Letterboxing Northern California - Yahoo Groups Archive

Since not all boxes planted for a Gathering can be left in place, what do people do with them? Are they permanently retired to make the stamp extra-rare? Are they turned into postal boxes? Are...

I planted a box in Sacramento today, clues are up on lb.org.

Any who knows where this is please let me know either off list or thru here. I signed up a long time ago and haven't seen any chatter about it. Not sure where I located it at so I am posting to...

I have a question about letterbox protocol. I am in the process of creating my first postal letterbox, however I thought it would be fun to share it at the gold rush gathering. Now there will be...

Hi all! The series I think Grumpy Grinch is referring to is the Fresno County multicultural series by Sierra Sally. The little Jiggs' and I did this series (all 11 in about 4 hours - and 100 or...

Sometime last year the stamp in our Dammed Shasta Letterbox was traded out for some trinkets by unknowing geoca$hers. After a year, we finally had the opportunity to travel the 500+ miles to add...

When putting together a multi-box series, is it kosher to start with one or two and add boxes later (as you finish carving the stamps and making the clues, for instance)? Is it OK to have a multi-box...

Hey Guys, Kat is kool! (apologies, Carole and Gary!). I got a bunch of her boxes when I went to the Moab area in October. Very nice! Also, when I got home and went to the Lake Tahoe Mini Letterbox, I...

I first learned of letterboxing when my local newspaper published an article about geocaching and I stumbled onto the below hybrid box in SF. (columba) Princess Lea carved the stamp. It is still...

We're going to Twain Harte this weekend in Tuolumne County. My husband's going for a Jeep trip, so I'll be on my own Saturday and Sunday without a car. But if anyone has any recommendations for...

What do you all think of letterbox hybrids? They're geocaches and letterboxes in one: a set of clues goes up on letterboxing.org, and a set of coordinates go up at geocaching.com. They have a stamp...

This hitchhiker was taken from Canada and released in Marin Co. yesterday. -Bonedoc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Cadenza has thought this one out. She too was concerned about little packages left about, so she set it up properly. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Inbal Kashtan To:...

Another box has been added to Shollenberger Park, Petaluma as of today. It's a 2-sided stamp, too. Although the bird migrations haven't really started yet, there's certainly a lot of wildlife...

Oh, wow! I had no idea and didn't get to thinking about that yet. I'm surprised - I'd think anything like that could be construed as a potential bomb.... (I'm not kidding! I grew up there, and we...

> FYI, we'll be flying back from Israel that day Does that mean you're gonna go for the letterbox in Israel? Because, there is one in...

I'm just glad folks attempted the series! Yes, the hills are there, but so are the descents and the easy trek back to the car is where you get to feel good about what you just acomplished. I'm...

aT, Your description truly made me laugh, and laughter is a good way to start the day!! I thought it was just our age and couch potato life style that was causing our discomfort, but if you felt...

> I spent almost 4 hours up at Redwood Park yesterday doing Blackbird's > Who Goes There? series. All I can say is ouch, my muscles are sore > today. Our family got there a couple of weeks ago. To...

FYI, we'll be flying back from Israel that day (returning May 1 in the morning). So, sadly, we'll miss this one :-(. Alien Explorer > From: "Sally" > Reply-To: LbNCA@yahoogroups.com > Date: Mon,...

Oh Lea, Lea, Lea, There are parts that are STEEP!!!! Feels like straight up. Then up some more. Then, oh, up some more! The advice given to me re: getting Sideways and Planet Walk in one trek was to...

Gold Rush Romp Old Sacramento Front Street between J and I Streets Everybody is invited April 30th 10 am to 4 pm 10 AM to Noon Stamp Exchanges, clues & maps distributed, carving demo Noon ...

Now you see what I mean about Rattlesnake Bar seeming like a "piece of cake". Actually, it was such a nice pleasant walk that ended with a beautiful stamp that it actually did seem like...

Hi, I made it to 2 of your Folsom Kids' Park boxes yesterday & found that the books that had what I felt were inappropriate messages in them. Based on the handwritting, it looked like a junior...

Tuesday looked again for Mystery in the Haunted Mansion #1 but still couldn't find it. Is this missing? or am I being clueless? The Mntnbikemann's could not find #1 on February 6th when they did...