#Letterbox tucson series#

Then around 2:00pm we all headed out again (except for Thomas) and this time did boxes that were on trails close to the pavilion. We spent about an hour at the pavilion getting something to eat, doing some exchanges and visiting. We decided to take a break and head back to the pavilion for some lunch (since it was already 1:00pm). When we reached the end of the trail we were close to the parking lot. More uphill and about 3 miles but we did it and found all nine of the boxes. On this hike we also found a single box that wasn't part of the event - Old Prospector: Abandoned Truck by Lee.

#Letterbox tucson series#

The boxes in this series were carved by different people - Sailfish, Chill-E, Shooting Starz and Shutterbug2012. As we hiked this route we found nine boxes in the Big Rodeo Series. As we completed the loop we were back at the trailhead and this time we took the Romero Canyon Trail to the Canyon Loop Trail to the Sutherland Trail.

This was a pretty easy hike and we had no trouble finding all the boxes. We hiked the one mile loop to find the 7 C's of Arizona series by Wisconsin Hiker. From the parking lot we crossed over to the trails and took the Birding Trail. Thomas and I left the pavilion with Lee, Pappasky and Gage and headed to the Trailhead Parking. I first got the event stamp and then did a couple of exhanges and spent a little time visiting before heading out on the trails to get some boxes. Then we headed to the Picnic Area and met up with everyone at the pavilion. I stamped in to both boxes and got them back into place. We easily found Bronco Rider by Dawgdok and Catalina Roundup by Shutterbug2012. We left the parking area and took a trail around a hill to find those two boxes. At the park we went back to the Equestrian Center to find two boxes that we didn't have time for yesterday.

We started the day early and headed out to the park to continue letterboxing a bit before the event started. So today it is about meeting everyone at the pavilion and doing some more letterboxing. Thomas and I spent part of the afternoon yesterday finding ten boxes at the park. I had gotten the clues from Wisconsin Hiker yesterday at the Padre Kino's Quest event. Today is event day - it is the 15th Annual Tucson Gathering: Rodeo! hosted by Martini Man and Wisconsin Hiker at Catalina State Park in Oro Valley.