Hi Ho, Hi Ho - It's Off to OR We Go!!!

We've been busy since we've last posted - busy arranging our OR vacation for this September! The main focus of our time there will be the 10th anniversary celebration of letterboxing in the US called We Live and Breathe Letterboxing! This event takes place the weekend of September 12 through the 14th and we'll be there and can't wait!

Along with that, our thought was to dovetail a week's vacation after the event since the airfare was paid for anyway. When last the Pinecone Pair hit OR we so wanted to visit the OR coast but there just wasn't time for the trip. This time - Sue & I have made the time!

After the first announcement of the Live and Breathe event back in October, we signed up for several choices with our timeshare for a condo in 3 different locations along the beautiful OR coast. Since nothing has yet surfaced, we've been chomping at the bit. If you haven't guessed by now, Sue & I are planners and without a place to stay, we didn't want to book airfare or rental car with the uncertainty of where or even if a condo would open up during that time frame.

Then, Marmalade set us straight! Why not make reservations and for a place that you know you'll get in she wrote - so we did! A week or so ago, we booked a nice place on the beach in Lincoln City and that will be our fall back location. So - airfare and car rental are now booked and ready and a sigh of relief was taken! If a condo comes through, we'll take that but if not, we're fine with this great little hotel located on the beach in Lincoln City!

So - you may be asking yourself, what's up with the 7 Dwarfs lead in and picture???

The tie in is a wonderful new series somewhere in OR by Maiden. She's the originator of Jay's Tool Box. And Maiden has really done it this time with a very cool clue that ties in Google Earth and all this program has to offer along with You Tube to create a very unique and innovative letterbox clue. The mystery series is called 7 Hats for 7 Dwarfs. You can see the clue here and don't forget to click the "video of the tour" link there. That's were the fun really begins!

Great job, Maiden!