Letterboxing Northern California - Yahoo Groups Archive

A couple of weekends ago I went down to the Monterey Peninsula for the weekend and found the following boxes: San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo Point Pinos Lighthouse Om..... Los Lobos...

I'm so excited to see that more boxes are being placed! I'm going to have to set aside some weekend to get to these really cool sounding boxes. Nepenthe is worth the trip! The stamp is really...

I had a few moments to myself yesterday and decided to spend them looking for some of the new boxes in the City. It gives this SF native no end of pleasure to think of the growth of the hobby in...

And sat there and STARED AT where it was hidden for 20 minutes waiting for all of the people around me to leave. The didn't of course, and so I left, alone. :( That sucked. I would have...

We finally found it! Thanks Jennie, Jiggs, Sally and Dan for your support. We had just about given up after the last visit, but with your emails we were reinvigorated and found success! Great...

Its in San Francisco... here's the link: http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.asp? boxnum=8615&boxname=In_Memory_of_Reagan Its the "In Memory of Reagan" letterbox located at Inspiration Point. :D...

I spoke with him as well yesterday evening. Seemed to be on the up and up. We'll see if the article comes about. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Steve of Team...

I have no idea if this is legit or not, but today I received an email, sent via my Pasadena Humane Society Letterbox post on letterboxing.org, purporting to be from a Los Angeles-based reporter...

Does anyone know if the Natomas Oaks box is sill viable? The clue was written more than a year ago and after 2 trips to the site, we still can't find the box even though we found a few spots that...

What's great about letterboxing is that there are so many possibilities and variations. Here's still another angle on urban letterboxes: I'm preparing a box now that will reside in an artistic...

Here's Moonbird, the estranged friend of Sunbird, freshly planted today (and Moonbird salutes Tara and her new SF letterbox)! http://home.earthlink.net/~pgonyea/moonbird.htm This letterbox has one...

I planted two letterboxes in Sycamore Grove Park to celebrate some interesting oddities of the city of Livermore. I also noticed that the Sycamore Grove Letterboxes clues have been updated. Ryan...

Hi everyone...I just planted my first letterboxes in San Francisco at Baker Beach :D They are anxiously awaiting their first finder... Tara --------------------------------- Do you...

I've placed my first letterbox! The "Joss House" is a beautiful Daoist temple built in 18__. It's just a third of a mile leg stretcher, but I hope it will be fun. And Zen, of...

Hi all! We managed to get up to Nevada City today and, after some serious clue deciphering, were able to be first finders for the Lone Grave LB! This is an absolutely gorgeous handcarved stamp...

Well, I have finally placed the Lone Grave letterbox. Its my first one. The box is packed full so hurry and be the first finder. Please be kind with your remarks about the stamp...It is the first...

Hi all! 3/4 (Mrs Jiggs still recuperating) spent a wonderful couple of days exploring the coast and north regions, managing to pick up 9 of 11 attempted boxes! Here's the breakdown.. Gift in the...

I've added to my "Other Canyon Series" of letterboxes in Altadena, California (just north of Pasadena) with a fourth canyon stamp--"The Moist Canyon Orange." The first finder will be rewarded with...

Hi all! We took a short trip out to Davis today, to try and pick up a box or two, and update the Best of Davis series. Here's what we found... A Rocky Trail - Missing (?) we spent about 90...

Hello All, Just a report on some boxes on the Central Coast. Added 15 boxes to my log book, placed 2, set the Monarch Butterfly HH free and dropped off the Sunnyside HH. The following boxes are...

Well, the Sunbird flew down from its perch for a quick visit today. He came to admonish me for being so cruel, making the font size for the clues too small and purposely hard to read. Mr. Sunbird...

Hi Ryan, We think of Greenhorn cave as being closer to Lake Isabella than to Bakersfield. Next time you manage to hit the Kern Valley you can try out the little Deep Creek Cave by following our...

Due to popular demand (or demanding popular letterboxers), here's the link to my eye-boggling Sunbird letterbox: http://home.earthlink.net/~pgonyea/sunbird.htm Whew! Is that better, Ryan?

Since I had my best friend visiting me from Key West I just HAD to introduce her to letterboxing. So we hunted down Princess Lea's "Where the Buffalo Roam" and we planted this new box, called...

Hi all! Just wanted to updatethe status of a few boxes here in the north central area! Sutter Buttes - alive and well - no visitors since early April. Duck in the Park - another easily accesible...