Sigh. It's Over.

I know, I know. It's been over a week since I went to Live & Breathe and I haven't posted a thing about it. I know you, my faithful readers, have been dying of curiosity to hear how the weekend went. Well, your wait is over. Here is the low down on the biggest letterboxing weekend EVER!

In a word, it was FANTASIC! I had so much fun. Live & Breathe was amazing. I have never been to an event like it.

I took Thursday - Monday off from work for this little shindig. Thursday I worked around the house getting things prepped and ready for Greg for while I was gone (laundry, dishes, dog food, etc) until about 12. I was supposed to meet up with Maiden1974 and pick up some folks from the airport and do some boxing, but that didn't quite work out, so I just went out for a few boxes on my own. I picked up two boxes in Orchard's Park, two at Leach Botanical Gardens (which is beautiful, by the way), attempted one at Willamette National Cemetery, attempted one at Happy Valley Park (and still didn't find the stupid thing), and picked up one at North Clackamas Park.

After that, I didn't do anything worth discussing. :-)

Saturday I got up bright and early and headed over to pick up Happy Papaya. We drove out to CCC and got two boxes there (Papaya got 3) then headed out to the camp.
Once we got there (after picking up a box outside the gates) we checked in and headed to our cabins. Marmy conscripted me to help with room identification and I found out the room I was supposed to be in only had 2 beds for 3 people. Rather than worry about that, I headed out to box. I ended up sleeping on the couch in one of the cabins, but since I hardly slept at all this wasn't a big deal.

Basically the next two days can be summed up thus:

Letterbox with group of people.
Eat.
Talk with fellow letterboxers and exchange.
Letterbox with more people.
Duck in the bathroom for a quick pee.
Letterbox with more people.
Eat.
Exchange.
Letterbox.
Laugh and have fun.
Letterbox.
Eat.
Sleep.
Letterbox some more.

I came home with the worst letterboxing hangover.

I was too busy talking, boxing, and generally having a good time to take more than about 3 pictures so I don't have any to show you. You can go on Atlas Quest and look at the pictures other people posted, though.

So here are the stats from the weekend:
Total stamps in new book = 251
Letterbox finds = 133 (which gives me 966 finds)
Exchanges = 32
Hitchhikers = 2
Postals = 4
Cooties = 3
Travelers = 32
Event Stamps = 48
Steps taken (all 3 days) = 60,410
Miles (all 3 days) = 22.883
Calories (all 3 days) = 2487
Wounds = 1 (small blister from ankle brace)
Hours of sleep = 6

When can we do it all again?