old stompin' ground

last Thursday, J took me on a tour of his hometown. first, we went to a really neat antique place called the Antique Association where there was a lot of unique things. some have been there (according to J) since he was little.

(Lacey would die if she saw this!)

(i'm hoping to go back and get this one)

out back, we found an old dilapidated double decker bus
and a bench to sit on next to a little creek .

later on, we tried to go Letterboxing, but was fruitless, even though we tried several times and found the spot where it was supposed to be...so now it's 0-2.
then, he took me on a driving tour and took us to an old flour mill.

oh yea, to start the day, we went for ice cream at Nutter's! the best ice cream place ever!

fruitless

i've been reading quite a few things about Letterboxing (first noticed it on My Papercrane's blog), and was very intrigued by the whole scavenger hunting, clue reading, treasure finding thing. i thought it would be perfect for a summer activity i could do with the kids, Claire loves this stuff, so we decided to make our own stamps and set out to find one in She-town.

we ended up empty handed and pretty disappointed,
but vowed to hunt down the second one in a few weeks.

does anyone have any suggestions? are we not looking hard enough?