Letterboxing Northern California - Yahoo Groups Archive

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May 2004

SLO Boxes??

Started by sierrasally64 (Sierra64@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-05-15 | Last message: 2004-05-15
Hi All I'm going to Central Coast next week. Can anybody tell me which of these are missing? Is this cheating? I don't want clues, just don't want to waste time looking for boxes that are...

missing boxes in LA Area

Started by samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-14
Oh, I forgot to mention I also looked for the San Dimas Boxes Grandpa's 75th and Briggs Point Both of these boxes are missing. The planter had been cleaned out and replanted and the ivy had been...

LA area boxing

Started by samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-14
Hey there, I was in LA on the 12th and did some letterboxing. Got Agriscapes by Sierra Sally! Very clever hiding place. And I got the Strange Stamps at Heritage Park in Santa Fe Springs I highly...

Ide Adobe: Red Bluff

Started by funhog1 (funhog1@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-05-13 | Last message: 2004-05-13
Sorry to say that this long-lived box is now defunct. The hiding place has been altered and the cubby no longer exists. I spoke with the friendly Ranger there and she was sad about its demise too....

Driving to LA - Good drive-by letterboxing along the way?

Started by moderndulcinea (moderndulcinea@yahoo.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2004-05-13 | Last message: 2004-05-23
I'm moving to SoCal this weekend, driving along Highway 5 down to Claremont. Are there any good letterboxes that wouldn't require too much of a detour that I could hit along the way?

Sad day on LbNCA....

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@pocketmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-11
It seems we've got our first spammer in our midsts. I knew the day would come, but it's still sad. Anyhow, I banned the spammer, deleted their message, and changed it so all new members will now...

Just lurking....

Started by Steve (rayvenhaus@myndworx.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-10
Not that we have the ability to get to Northern California , let alone any part of California, in the forseeable future, we di want to, however, lurk on this list and keep up with news and other...

CA Mother's Day weekend successes

Started by doublesaj12 (Doublesaj@aol.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2004-05-10 | Last message: 2004-05-12
Old Blue and I had a lovely weekend to commemorate 2 years of boxing. Got 11 plus the Campfire HH! The following are alive and well: "Frogs Legs" and "A Dreidel for Charles" both by Caitlin,(we were...

Nor Cal - Box Updates!

Started by Pete (jiggs111@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-09
Hi all! Thought we'd post these updates on a bunch of boxes that 3/4 of Clan Jiggs pickerd up on the 8th (Mom Jiggs is still recovering from her latest bit of surgery (nothing major)). We...

Museum of Modern Art/Black Bird

Started by Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-07
I had Amanda from Seattle walk the Museum of Modern Art route with me last week and determined that the clues for Skrik needed some revisions. So I have changed them around, plus recarved and...

Oh, and hurry - try to get to Nepenthe before Princess Lea!

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-07
(That won't be easy).

A Fine Day to Plant a Letterbox (Nepenthe, my third)

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-07
I have the day off from work and a completed letterbox with clues: http://home.earthlink.net/~pgonyea/nepenthe.htm So this little box- baby is going to its new home. Nepenthe was a potion believed...

SoCal: The Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens Mini-Meet

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-05
I'd like to thank Purple Iris for suggesting the SoCal mini-meet of April 17th at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens. I had such a great time, especially because of the unexpected rainI'm a...

LbRS Chanages and Additions

Started by Team Rayvenhaus (rayvenhaus@myndworx.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-04
Just wanted to let everyone know about the upgrade done last night to the Letterbox Rating System (LbRS). The following things have been added/changed in response to the feedback I've gotten. Due...

The "Black Cat" has been caught!

Started by Joseph (letterboxspector@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-03
On a spur of the moment letterboxing trip we found our first HH! How much fun is this? The "Black Cat" has been adopted and will find a new home on our next trip out. Thanks Amymisha For the stamp...

New Peninsula Box

Started by cavaliermanorltrbx (cavaliermanorltrbx@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-05-02 | Last message: 2004-05-02
The experts said it coudn't be done. We said, "You know, we'd really like to place a letterbox near where we live." They called me crazy! They said, "Don't you know? San Mateo County can't hold...

Busy Day Scouting

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-05-02
Just got back from an afternoon of determining hiding spots for my next two boxes. Took a friend with me for assistance with developing clues and to serve as a "reality check". Since we covered two...

What the Rookie of the Year has learned...

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2004-05-01 | Last message: 2004-05-01
Thanks, Princess Lea, for dubbing me with the ROTY designation. You are much too kind, and someday soon we'll finally meet to work on our collaborative letterbox... I wanted to share a phrase with...

April 2004

Duh! I could provide the link...

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-04-29
"Yes, Noe!" Letterbox http://home.earthlink.net/~pgonyea/yes-noe.htm Enjoy!

New SF Box: "Yes, Noe!"

Started by paulonthepark (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-04-29 | Last message: 2004-04-30
After returning from a weekend in Long Beach and getting my first 5 finds, I was charged up to plant my second letterbox. It's a tribute to Noe Street in my neighborhood, Duboce Triangle. It has...

THE KERNVILLE GATHERING

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-04-28 | Last message: 2004-04-30
Like the Jiggs Clan, I wanted to also praise Don & Gwen for their fantastic gathering this weekend in Kernville. The weather was perfect, and you could not find two more gracious hosts....

SoCal: Two new boxes planted in Kernville, California Central Valley, Area 5.

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-04-28
I just posted two new letterboxes on Letterboxing.org, which were planted during Don & Gwen's wonderful Kernville Gathering. It was nice to see Ryan and Amanda again, though I was disappointed that...

TUBATULABAL

Started by gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-04-26
Hi Jiggs, I just received a report from Lee & Nancy that they were first to stamp in. Don

Sentry of the Pig?

Started by moderndulcinea (moderndulcinea@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-04-25 | Last message: 2004-04-28
I noticed that Pleasanton's Sentry of the Pig is no longer listed on the LBNA website. What happened to it? I hope it didn't go missing...of all the letterboxes I've found, that one has been my...

CA: The Wide Window

Started by Lemony Snicket (snicketl@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-04-24
While hiding in a cave to avoid electronic spying devices, a horrible thing has happened. Horrible, no--worse than that--DREADFUL news has occured! You can save yourself a lot of...