A Shave and a Hair Cut "2 Bits"

I am going to have my scissors and clippers at next weeks Karate class (Aug. 25th). I am offering cuts at $5 for kids and adults. If you are interested or want your child's hair cut, come with clean dry hair. Selena travailing hairstylist extraordinaire (hehehe)

Contact List

IT'S HERE!!! The contact list is done. If you have not gotten a copy and want one I will have them on me at future events. Also, I am still working on a PDA file to send out in an e-mail. Thank you for your patients. Selena

Karate Class

After class on Tuesday, I was stopped and asked about next weeks class. I know it is not scheduled, but I will be at the church for class on Tuesday Aug 4th At 1:30. Please, if this affects your schedule don't worry about missing class. For those who want to come, I will see you there. The following week our family will be away on vacation. So there will be no class on Aug 11th. Augusts class schedule will be posted after the mom's meeting. Thank You Selena

Contact List

OK, still working on the contact list. But I think I have gotten almost everyone. I have another round of e-mails to send out. If you have not heard from me please contact me with your info.. I hope to be getting this out very soon. Thank you, Selena.

Sabbaday Falls and Our First Letterbox!

We had a fun hike to Sabbaday Falls on Monday! The weather gave us a little scare at first because it down poured most of the drive down the Kanc to the trail head! When we got there the sun came out and it was beautiful. Here is a group photo we took before heading up the trail: The falls were raging because of all the rain we've had, it was fun (and a little scary) to see them like that!

The kids found this little salamander and enjoyed "playing" with him and checking him out!

When we got to the top of the falls it was time to find the perfect hiding spot for our groups very first Letterbox! We started out by searching for the Letterbox that is already there. Samantha found it first and we enjoyed checking out all the different stamps that others had left. We exchanged stamps and then moved on up the trail to find our own spot. Here is a clue to where we hid it:
Here is the link to our letterbox clue:

Floating Leaf Series: Sabbaday Falls Letterbox

To find out more about Letterboxing check out these great sites:

Letterboxing North America

Atlas Quest Letterboxing

Calendar of Events

Hi to all!

Here are the new group activities discussed at the Mom's Meeting last Monday night.

Monday July 13th Group Hike to Sabbaday Falls and Planting a Letterbox @ 1:00pm
The group did this hike 3 summers ago and we really enjoyed it! It is a nice one for little ones because it is pretty short and ends at a beautiful waterfall! It is posted as a no swimming area but it is easy to spend a lot of time there watching the water make its way through the falls and into the pools. We are also going to attempt to "plant" a letterbox! This is something our group has been talking about doing for several years. This will be a good spot because it is not that far into the falls so it will be easy for us to check on the box periodically. If you are not familiar with letterboxing this would be a great time come along and find out all about it! Here are a couple of sites on letterboxing too.

Letterboxing North America
Atlas Quest Letterboxing

We will be meeting in the parking lot of the Ranger Station at the beginning of the Kancamagus Highway at 1:00pm because several of us need to purchase National Forest parking passes ($20 for one or $25 for two if anyone wants to go in together on these and they are good for a whole year!). There are also lots of informational brochures and maps on the National Forest there! We will then proceed together to the trail head (about 15 miles).

You will not need anything for the letterbox (unless you want to bring your own personal stamps) but don't forget a snack and some water!

Tuesday July 14th Karate @ 1:30pm

Tuesday July 21st Karate @ 1:30pm

Wednesday July 22nd Thompson Brook Falls at Wildcat led by Tin Mt. 10-12:00

Tuesday July 28th Karate @ 1:30pm

Thursday July 30th Lost River Trip. We would leave town around 10:00 and then have a picnic lunch when we get there. Here are the group rates if we make a reservation and a link to their web sit:.
http://www.findlostriver.com/
2009 Group Admission Rates: Adults: $11.00 Ages 13-18: $9.00 Ages 4-12: $7.00 Ages 3, 2 & 1 are FREE. Group rates are offered to recognized businesses and organizations when reservations are made in advance. This would include, but is not limited to, school groups, church groups, camps and scout groups.

Monday August 3rd Ocean Trip (see email for more info)

Monday August 10th Mom's Meeting hosted by Melanie Ness

*A trip to Aquaboggan has also been discussed, more info coming soon!

If you have any more ideas for trips or activities or would like to plan something that the group would enjoy please let me know and I will add it to the list!


Thanks
Liz Kelley