A Few Letterboxes in Albuquerque

Thomas and I were in Albuquerque today to visit his cousin who had surgery on Christmas Eve. She spent about 12 days in the hospital and is finally home. Her energy level is pretty low so we only stayed for an hour. We had decided to run a couple of other errands in Albuquerque and also do a little letterboxing. I found three boxes that I thought would be nice to look for.

Our first stop was a neighborhood trail in the northwest part of Albuquerque that lead us into the bosque. We parked on the side of the street and entered the trail. It was an easy walk and pretty short to reach the bosque. We found the landmarks and quickly located the box - partly because it was sticking out a little. That box was My Plane Ride to New Mexico by Tarte N Tires. I stamped in and wrote a quick note and got everything back into the box. When we replaced it we gathered some more sticks and things to cover it better. I really enjoyed this stamp - it was a nice carve and a play on words.

From the bosque we headed to Old Town Albuquerque. We had to find the Capilla de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. It is located down the road from the church on the plaza. We found a spot to park and started walking . The place we were looking for was hidden behind buildings in a little courtyard. We found the spot and then found the microbox - La Reina de Mexico by What What. I found a bench to sit on to stamp in. The microbox contained two small stamps, the logbook and a first finder certificate. They were great little stamps and I really enjoyed finding this box. I would have never found this spot if it hadn't been for letterboxing. We had to wait a minute to hide the box because a few people were walking through the courtyard (which leads to the Albuquerque Museum). Once it was back in place we returned to the car to head to our last box.

This box - La Merona - is at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. So we made our way there and parked. The clues were in Spanish and it was a little difficult to translate them. And once they were translated some of them were really odd. Thomas and I sat down together and tried to make out what it all meant while standing in front of the museum. It was pretty easy to understand the clues once there and Thomas located the box pretty quickly. We were a little worried about retrieving the box because the spot is very exposed. But we got it without incident and we took it over to a bench so we could sit and stamp in. This box is by Wronghat and is a wonderful carving - I really loved the stamp. I stamped in and then got everything back into the box. Thomas returned it to its hiding spot. I also was the first finder on this box and collected another certificate.

It was now time to head back up to Santa Fe. Thanks to all the boxers who placed these boxes - we had a wonderful time in the Duke City and enjoyed all three boxes.