We didn't have a good day of letterboxing. We started our search at the Chicago Historical Society at the southwest edge of the park. The clues were pretty straight forward so we followed them to a statue of lincoln, through a tunnel, down a path to a stone marker, along a pond and under another tunnel - and then here is where it all fell apart. We walked past some stairs and we were suppose to look under the sixth bush. It was hard to tell where we were suppose to look so we looked everywhere. But it was hard, we were on the edge of a parking lot and cars and people kept coming around so we ended up abandoning our search. The second box we looked for had us looking for a historical marker (well really only a post since the sign was reported missing). After walking for a while we never found the post and decided to give it up and move on with the rest of the day. Very disappointing! I'm not sure if we were just not paying attention or if the clues were just bad - whichever it was it was a bad day for letterboxing.
Today however was just the opposite. We were in the Hyde Park area of Chicago and made plans to look for two boxes. Our first box was located along a trail behind the Museum of Science and Industry. We followed the clues and made our way around the museum and down the trail. We walked around a lagoon and then past the Osaka Garden. We were suppose to spot a statue through the trees but never did see it.
And we were suppose to spot a natural pedestal which we found - it turned out to be a large stump with a hole in the middle. We took the box to a nearby bench and stamped in and we were happy we found the box considering our last outing. We rehid the box and returned to the museum. We sat on a bench at the museum and read the clues for the second box. Once we figured out where we needed to be we started walking. This box was hidden on the campus of the University of Chicago. We walked about a mile to get to where the clues started. From there we followed each part of the clue and ended up getting a nice little tour of the campus. At first we didn't think we would find the box because there is some construction around the hiding spot. But with a little persistance we found it. The construction actually gave us some cover from the students. So I stamped in and then rehid the box. During our walk back to the museum to get a bus back to the hotel we talked about our good day of letterboxing.
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