Letterboxing Northern California - Yahoo Groups Archive

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October 2004

What are some of your favorite boxes?

Started by jceg5540 (greendoc@sonic.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2004-10-29 | Last message: 2004-10-31
Thanks to the fish out of water posting, I checked out the clues for the Daly City box....how fun and clever of Tara! I would love to hear other folks favorite boxes....just the name...so I can...

NCA Gathering

Started by Carole Martin Hada (akacejay@comcast.net) | 9 messages | First message: 2004-10-28 | Last message: 2004-10-29
My husband and I are relatively new to LB'ing and know quite a few of you by trail name and stamp only. We would love to meet some of you, so I am all for offering my help in getting another...

California's First Letterbox

Started by gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2004-10-28 | Last message: 2004-10-29
Ryan, I crossed posted since there may be some LbNCA folks that aren't receiving SoCal List. Don With the help of Peter Kuhne, we now have the Circle X letterbox in Ventura back in place. I...

Perplexed Pilgrim

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-27
Our Perplexed Pilgrim took up residence today in a beautiful location in Sacramento County.

Gatherings

Started by pinecone444 (pinecone444@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-10-26 | Last message: 2007-03-19
I'm a letterbox newbie, but I know about gatherings...who hosts it and how does one happen? Any in the near future? Blackbird

Help please with Fish Out Of Water

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2004-10-26 | Last message: 2004-10-28
Grumpy and I have gone over the clues to this box and find outselves in a real muddle. We are at a complete loss here - feeling very foolish. If anyone can give us some obtuse hints, we'd very...

latest finds

Started by kel gennert (arttrekker2go@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-26
Well, the snow is dumping down again today. It looks like we've gotten a couple of feet out there! I'm so glad I escaped yesterday afternoon to Folsom to look for Diana's boxes ("Folsom" and...

Anyone found the "Fish Out Of Water" box?

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-26
We are happy to see a new box, "The Frolicking Place" in Daly City. We'll be out soon to search for it. I noticed the placer is the same person who planted the "Fish Out of Water" box and am...

Our Finds for today

Started by deiselluver (deiselluver@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2004-10-25 | Last message: 2004-10-26
Hi everyone. Well Jeff and I went out on our first LB excursion. WE set out with 6 Letterboxes to do. Due to some unusual curcumstances when heading to SF to do 4 of them we ended up only...

Healdsburg Quartet

Started by jceg5540 (greendoc@sonic.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-25
Thanks to Arttrekker during a family outing to Healdsburg we were able to also letterbox. The Quartet is definitely worth checking out... great stamps and fun clues. Hopefully the snow will have...

Can letterboxers read minds?

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-24
[A different query than the geocacher literacy issue] Just the other day, I was thinking about my letterboxes, and suddenly remembered that I hadn't heard a thing from a hitchhiker called "Leap!"...

Curses in letterboxes

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-24
Yes, as Princess Lea said, I now put a slip of paper with a curse inside my boxes saying something to the effect of: "This letterbox is protected by a very strong curse. Anyone who removes...

hi & Lea's bummer

Started by kel gennert (arttrekker2go@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-10-22 | Last message: 2004-10-23
Hi Everyone! artTrekker here...I just wanted to formally introduce myself, even though I've already found a bunch of your great boxes and contacted some of you. I'm new to the group, and have only...

New Basic Bunny Letterbox

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-22
Basic Bunny was originally one of the two Lakeside Lovelies, but he objected to being called lovely. He has been replaced at Lodi Lake by a Pretty Posey. Bunny has struck out on his own and can...

Princess Lea Vandalized Box

Started by Carole Martin Hada (akacejay@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-21
Princess, this was truly a "dastardly deed", if in fact he did as he stated. If this box is close enough to get to and you can check on it, perhaps you should. It's very possible that he was only...

what a little $%^&#*()@^&#

Started by Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) | 11 messages | First message: 2004-10-20 | Last message: 2004-10-25
I often put my AOL email address in my boxes just to be a little more anonymous, however that means I actually have to go check that account from time to time. I've been fairly negligent recently,...

Beautifully carved stamp!

Started by jceg5540 (greendoc@sonic.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-20
My compliments to Blackbird! We happened to go to Chabot on Sunday and went after the Fairy Ring. A beautiful stamp and another wonderful hitchiker both carved by Blackbird. Of course, I did...

Lemony's Reptile Room

Started by Carole Martin Hada (akacejay@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-18
Dear Group, This is for those of you that has solved and attempted the Lemony Snickett Mystery Box in CA. My son and family just returned from Florida where they picked up the stamp from the Reptile...

new box WSW

Started by pinecone444 (pinecone444@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-18
A new box in San Francisco, by name of WSW... Blackbird

LB Finds

Started by Carole Martin Hada (akacejay@comcast.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2004-10-17 | Last message: 2004-10-20
Dear Letterboxers, First off, we finally carved our stamp. Up until Friday we have been using a pre-made purchased stamp. Now, we want to pass along information on our week-end "finds." 11...

Lakeside Lovelies await you

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-10-16
Grumpy Grinch planted two more letterboxes today. Lakeside Lovelies await your searches.

Can geocachers read?

Started by jceg5540 (greendoc@sonic.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-10-14 | Last message: 2004-10-16
Thanks to the heads up from Grumpy Grinch I found out a stamp was removed by a neophyte geocacher. It turns out there is a geocache very nearby and a beginner confused my box with a geocache. ...

Two New Letterboxes

Started by grumpygrinchy (ffuselier@comcast.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-10-14 | Last message: 2004-10-14
Placed Bounce Bounce in Elk Grove and Little Lamplight in Lodi today. Y'all come down!

Haunting and Hunting Boxes

Started by sierrasally64 (Sierra64@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-10-14 | Last message: 2004-10-14
Everybody is invited to Sierra Sally's Haunted House Friday - Sunday October 29th, 30th and 31st at McBean Park in Lincoln California. Free admission with a can of food. There are quite a...

new box

Started by pinecone444 (pinecone444@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-10-12 | Last message: 2004-10-16
Just posted to the LBNA site...Fairy Ring in the East Bay... Blackbird