So on Friday night, the crew grabbed a $5 Little
Caesars Pizza and headed out to find another Letterbox. The box was hidden in Maple Woods park, which is nestled in a nice neighborhood north of the river. We were
unsuccessful finding the box, but really enjoyed the hunt! Missouri isn't as flat as people think.
The trail reminded me of Colorado Mountains in a way (once you got high up on the trail of course and were covered by trees and roots). The kids loved it (minus Jonathan who was being pushed through a very bumpy trail in the stroller while trying to nap) and we got very close to finding the box. It was the same placer who hid the other box we had to look for twice, so we plan on coming back again sometime for another try.
The folks here in KC who are reading this should go give this trail a try with your kids. It's nothing to fancy, but would be really fun evening walk. It is off Hwy 1/Antioch up past 72
nd street. I can email you directions if you are interested...
A funny story about the evening stroll was when Caleb walked off the trail trying to find the box in a huge pile of logs (it is under one of them, but there's tons). He stepped in some kind of tree/weed that has leaves that stick to you. John had a similar experience growing up in Omaha. Anyway, they are really sticky and are hard to get off. He had them all over his clothes and head. We took this picture to show how cute he looked covered with the leaves with the
letterboxing bag. We'll let ya know if we ever find this one another time!
So on Friday night, the crew grabbed a $5 Little Caesars Pizza and headed out to find another Letterbox. The box was hidden in Maple Woods park, which is nestled in a nice neighborhood north of the river. We were unsuccessful finding the box, but really enjoyed the hunt! Missouri isn't as flat as people think.
The trail reminded me of Colorado Mountains in a way (once you got high up on the trail of course and were covered by trees and roots). The kids loved it (minus Jonathan who was being pushed through a very bumpy trail in the stroller while trying to nap) and we got very close to finding the box. It was the same placer who hid the other box we had to look for twice, so we plan on coming back again sometime for another try.
The folks here in KC who are reading this should go give this trail a try with your kids. It's nothing to fancy, but would be really fun evening walk. It is off Hwy 1/Antioch up past 72nd street. I can email you directions if you are interested...
A funny story about the evening stroll was when Caleb walked off the trail trying to find the box in a huge pile of logs (it is under one of them, but there's tons). He stepped in some kind of tree/weed that has leaves that stick to you. John had a similar experience growing up in Omaha. Anyway, they are really sticky and are hard to get off. He had them all over his clothes and head. We took this picture to show how cute he looked covered with the leaves with the letterboxing bag. We'll let ya know if we ever find this one another time!
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