Introducing the Newest Letterboxer... Freya

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I am VERY excited to share that our family is growing by 4 paws! Freya (FRAY-uh) is our new puppy, and we are very excited for her to be joining our family.


She is a Golden Retriever/German Shepherd Mix (Golden Shepherd) and was born on October 20th. We got to meet her for the first time yesterday, and she is just the cutest little puppy! We had puppy playtime (which was actually puppy naptime) yesterday, and Dylan and I were happy as can be. It was funny because she makes a little moaning sound while she sleeps - literally the entire time. I doubt she'll be sleeping in our room while that's still happening. She is certainly going to bring a little light into our lives, and we are so excited to be dog parents.

The thing we are most excited to do with her is to take her letterboxing. She can't walk far while she's still so small, but the second we can take her on a little bit of a longer walk, we'll bring her boxing with us. She already has her own AtlasQuest account set up and we're making her a little logbook and trail stamp. Our hope is that when she's a big dog, she'll actually carry all of her own stuff on her harness.






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