Deerwood Arboretum

After I picked the boys up from preschool this afternoon, we went over to Deerwood Arboretum in Brentwood to find a couple of letterboxes that had just been placed.  It's super warm here still and the leaves are changing so it's beautiful and we have to be outside.

A couple of notes:  (1) A firetruck visited school today so both boys had to wear their firehats. (2) Carter (and most of his classmates) picked the recently added Ring Pops from the treasure chest in their class today (they get something every Thursday) so Carter has nice blue lips.

The arboretum is adjacent to the Little Harpeth River.

The first letterbox was under this bridge over the river.

It was under that rock in the center of the picture.

The blue lips and tongue ...

The second box was behind this tree in all the vines.  Fun.  I should probably check for ticks before going to bed tonight.

Rylan opened this one up.

We were the first ones to find both boxes and the second one had a "first finder" prize.

It was just a flower magnet but Carter LOVES his "surprise".

After finding the letterboxes we continued to walk (actually I walked while the boys rode in the stroller) the approximately one mile loop around the arboretum.  It's really pretty out here and tucked away between some established Brentwood neighborhoods.

The stamps from today were really detailed.  All the stamps we've come across are hand-carved.