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San Francisco boxing

3 messages in this thread | Started on 2007-01-25

San Francisco boxing

From: Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) | Date: 2007-01-25 16:54:02 UTC
I was in The City yesterday to run some errands and got around to replanting Playland
Lives! (finally). It is in a new location, which I hope won't be quite as difficult to locate as
the original spot. I also nabbed the Be a Hippy! and Sutro Bath stamps. I attempted
Quacky McLaren and was wondering if anyone else on the list has tried this one. Following
the clues put me in the middle of a grassy area, with no likely-looking hiding spots
nearby. Anyone have any comments on this one?

I've been meaning to put a shout out to Renee of 3CatFam for playing chauffeur last week!
Thanks for negotiating all those curves on Mt. Diablo. We did some boxing out in Contra
Costa county, and plan to do more. I got a peek at the stamps for the Herding Cats series
she is working on, and they will definitely be worth the 7.5 mile hike (I am waiting until
they are all planted though - only want to do that hike once!)

Sleepy Cat and I also had some letterboxing adventures last Friday. She hurt her leg and
was not able to walk, so we cancelled our scheduled day in Vacaville. Instead we did
"carboxing," consisting of drive bys where I could bring the box back to the car and we
could stamp in there. It takes slackboxing to a whole new level! We did a 300 mile
roundtrip and managed to bag 12 finds. The new boxes out in the Turlock/Hilmar area by
TwoRoests are quite fun and worth the drive out there. I've been there twice now, and
every time I come back home, they've gone and planted more boxes!

So, this period of unemployment has brought many letterboxing opportunities. I am still
planning on getting to Vacaville some time, and am up for some group boxing - any word
on that Black Cavalier? I am busy 1/27 and 2/3 but open other days (even weekdays).

-- Princess Lea


Re: San Francisco boxing

From: Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | Date: 2007-01-26 03:10:31 UTC
I hope Sleepy Cat is on the mend!

Lisa


Re: [LbNCA] San Francisco boxing

From: doublesaj@hughes.net (doublesaj@hughes.net) | Date: 2007-01-26 03:33:30 UTC

Lea:

We'd love to go boxing with you but timing it right is going to be tough. We need abougt 3 in Vacaville and the 2 new ones in Yolo (1962 something and the Bats/Vic Fazio one) but our weekends are pretty much taken up through the 11th of Feb. When you get a date in mind, let us know and we'll see. We can offer you a rest stop or sleep over here maybe if nothing else.

You need to see the California Seal site! A unique opportunity to find your own box! John works right across the street from it 2 days a week so if you're up here on a weekday, maybe that would work.

Let us know.

~~Doublesaj~~

----Original Message----
From: princesslea@alamedanet.net
Date: 01/25/2007 11:54
To:
Subj: [LbNCA] San Francisco boxing







I was in The City yesterday to run some errands and got around to replanting Playland
Lives! (finally). It is in a new location, which I hope won't be quite as difficult to locate as
the original spot. I also nabbed the Be a Hippy! and Sutro Bath stamps. I attempted
Quacky McLaren and was wondering if anyone else on the list has tried this one. Following
the clues put me in the middle of a grassy area, with no likely-looking hiding spots
nearby. Anyone have any comments on this one?

I've been meaning to put a shout out to Renee of 3CatFam for playing chauffeur last week!
Thanks for negotiating all those curves on Mt. Diablo. We did some boxing out in Contra
Costa county, and plan to do more. I got a peek at the stamps for the Herding Cats series
she is working on, and they will definitely be worth the 7.5 mile hike (I am waiting until
they are all planted though - only want to do that hike once!)

Sleepy Cat and I also had some letterboxing adventures last Friday. She hurt her leg and
was not able to walk, so we cancelled our scheduled day in Vacaville. Instead we did
"carboxing," consisting of drive bys where I could bring the box back to the car and we
could stamp in there. It takes slackboxing to a whole new level! We did a 300 mile
roundtrip and managed to bag 12 finds. The new boxes out in the Turlock/Hilmar area by
TwoRoests are quite fun and worth the drive out there. I've been there twice now, and
every time I come back home, they've gone and planted more boxes!

So, this period of unemployment has brought many letterboxing opportunities. I am still
planning on getting to Vacaville some time, and am up for some group boxing - any word
on that Black Cavalier? I am busy 1/27 and 2/3 but open other days (even weekdays).

-- Princess Lea








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