N CA box updates
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Started on 2005-03-03
N CA box updates
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-03-03 05:08:29 UTC
Okay, I don't know where the 'official' division between Northern &
Southern CA 'really' is and when I asked folks along the way (i.e.
near Bakersfield) nobody could give me a definitive answer so if I
accidentally post info about Southern CA boxes in this venue, please
pardon my ignorance--it wasn't intentional. ;) I have this
internal notion that the 'border' is somewhere around SLO and across?
Here goes:
Alive & well:
PAX--13 Feb 05
Tip of Shasta--13 Feb
Source of Sacramento--13 Feb
Hedge Creek Falls--13 Feb
Dammed Shasta--new stamp, new location 13 Feb
Glory Hole--same awful stamp of ours 13 Feb
Queen City Shasta--14 Feb
Ol'Brandy Creek--14 Feb
A Dreidel for Charles--14 Feb
Frog Legs--14 Feb
Howler--14 Feb
Slinky Dog-14 Feb
Best of Davis #1-4--15 Feb
Sacramento History Cemetery--15 Feb
Nymph of Sea--15 Feb
Every Flavor Beans--15 Feb
Outlaw Joaquin Murieta--16 Feb
Tule Elk--16 Feb (is this Southern CA yet???)
Flutter--26 Feb (is this Northern CA yet???)
Oceano--26 Feb
Fluttering Kings--26 Feb
Mission SLO--26 Feb
Bookstore Box--26 Feb
SLO Walking Tour--26 Feb
Other Bldg--26 Feb
Halloween--26 Feb
Night Train--26 Feb
Night & Day Mouse--26 Feb
Palme d'or--26 Feb
Family Poker Night--26 Feb
A-Z 'S'--26 Feb
Elephant Seal--26 Feb
Jade Cove--27 Feb
Salmon Creek Falls-27 Feb
Saddle Rock-27 Feb
Big Sur Homestead--27 Feb
Oak Grove--27 Feb
Lorax--27 Feb
Mission Carmel--27 Feb
Carmel-by-the-Sea--27 Feb
Shell Letterbox???--27 Feb (found this box without any clues for it--
nor can we find clues to it still...)
Monterey LB--27 Feb
Pt Pinos Lighthouse--27 Feb
Semper Fi--28 Feb
SF Landmarks #1 & #3--28 Feb
GG Conservatory #1 & #3--28 Feb
Where the Buffalo Roam--28 Feb
Golden Gate Bridge (Marin Headlands)--28 Feb
Sacramento Solon--1 Mar
Folsom Prison--1 Mar
Wide Window--1 Mar
Possibly missing or we're missing brain cells:
Mill St--SLO
December 26th--SLO
Night & Day--SLO
Citizen Kane--Rosebud
Potty Break
In Memory of Reagan
SF Landmarks #2 (found box with no stamp/logbook inside)
Playland Lives
I Left My Cart in SF (gardeners had just cleared debris from area)
Carousel's Pink Treat (completely cleared ground all around hiding
spot--ie removed about 2' of dirt/landscaping from all around)
Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
any others in the area) In fact, it looks like GGP is going through
a major Spring Clean Up at the moment coinciding with the renovation
of some of the venues, so I wonder if this may be part of the reason
some of the boxes were invisible? The ones we did find in this
area, we tried to camouflage exceptionally well--hoping to preclude
non-letterboxers from finding them.
So, that's a quick run-down of our 'blur' trip through Northern CA.
I'll attempt to contact the individual planters of these letterboxes
over the next few days as time allows. We had these grandiose plans
of driving up along the ENTIRE California Coast to revisit my old
stomping grounds but we simply ran out of time (why does Feb only
have 28 days???) once we hit Marin County and had to hightail it
back home along I-5, yet again! Work is such a drag... :(
For all the planters of the aforementioned awesome letterboxes,
thanks for an unforgettable vacation throughout California!!! Wow--
I'm still in total awe of the number of boxes that now exist
throughout the state--it gave us a dilemma we'd never before
experienced (apart from the Northeastern US and Portland,
OR/Vancouver, WA)--we had to pick & choose between letterboxes and
it was REALLY difficult to do!!!
Thanks again,
dvn2r ckr
Steilacoom, WA
Re: N CA box updates
From: rscarpen (letterboxing@atlasquest.com) |
Date: 2005-03-03 07:21:46 UTC
> I have this internal notion that the 'border' is somewhere around
> SLO and across?
SLO County would be part of "Central California", so it doesn't really
fit well in either category. It tends to end up in both as a result. =)
I'm just so bummed I couldn't be in SLO when you passed through! I
like showing off my hometown to friends who aren't from there. Oh,
well.... Maybe next time!
-- Ryan
Re: [LbNCA] N CA box updates
From: (Doublesaj@aol.com) |
Date: 2005-03-03 11:55:37 UTC-05:00
In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
dvn2rckr@yahoo.com writes:
Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
any others in the area
WE NEED MORE DETAILS ON THIS!!
~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
P50 F 378 X73 V17 HH 31
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
dvn2rckr@yahoo.com writes:
Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
any others in the area
WE NEED MORE DETAILS ON THIS!!
~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
P50 F 378 X73 V17 HH 31
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [LbNCA] N CA box updates
From: Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) |
Date: 2005-03-03 08:59:45 UTC-08:00
On Mar 2, 2005, at 9:08 PM, dvn2rckr wrote:
> Okay, I don't know where the 'official' division between Northern &
> Southern CA 'really' is and when I asked folks along the way (i.e.
> near Bakersfield) nobody could give me a definitive answer so if I
> accidentally post info about Southern CA boxes in this venue, please
> pardon my ignorance--it wasn't intentional. ;) I have this
> internal notion that the 'border' is somewhere around SLO and across?
I think we had this discussion when the groups were just starting up -
naturally there was some competition to secure SLO for the North vs.
the South. In my selective memory, I thought that we decided SLO
should be in Northern California as far as the mailing lists go for
population reasons (3/4 of the state's population already being in
"true" Southern CA). But Ryan's right, SLO is actually Central CA
(Kernville too, isn't it?), so maybe it's best to just post to both
groups.
-- Princess Lea
P.S. Thanks for the report!
Re: [LbNCA] N CA box updates
From: Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) |
Date: 2005-03-03 09:03:14 UTC-08:00
Hi Bethany -
On Mar 2, 2005, at 9:08 PM, dvn2rckr wrote:
> Every Flavor Beans--15 Feb
> Oceano--26 Feb
> Monterey LB--27 Feb
> Where the Buffalo Roam--28 Feb
>
> Possibly missing or we're missing brain cells:
>
> Playland Lives
>
These are all mine and I thank you for letting me know their status.
Playland is actually probably still there - I get lots of reports it is
missing but every time I check it is still right where I left it. I'm
not sure where folks are being led astray - maybe it's the part about
the burnt log, since it's just a dinky thing about 12" long, not a big
LOG log.
> Carousel's Pink Treat (completely cleared ground all around hiding
> spot--ie removed about 2' of dirt/landscaping from all around)
I found this one one the day of the gathering and then tried to take
Amanda back to it later - knowing exactly where it was, I can confirm
that it was indeed gone!
-- Lea
On Mar 2, 2005, at 9:08 PM, dvn2rckr wrote:
> Every Flavor Beans--15 Feb
> Oceano--26 Feb
> Monterey LB--27 Feb
> Where the Buffalo Roam--28 Feb
>
> Possibly missing or we're missing brain cells:
>
> Playland Lives
>
These are all mine and I thank you for letting me know their status.
Playland is actually probably still there - I get lots of reports it is
missing but every time I check it is still right where I left it. I'm
not sure where folks are being led astray - maybe it's the part about
the burnt log, since it's just a dinky thing about 12" long, not a big
LOG log.
> Carousel's Pink Treat (completely cleared ground all around hiding
> spot--ie removed about 2' of dirt/landscaping from all around)
I found this one one the day of the gathering and then tried to take
Amanda back to it later - knowing exactly where it was, I can confirm
that it was indeed gone!
-- Lea
Re: N CA box updates
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-03-05 02:27:46 UTC
--- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dvn2rckr@y... writes:
> Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
> evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
> any others in the area
Finally got a moment (around work commitments) to explain this in
more detail. Well, the police incident had nothing to do with the
drug parapharnelia we came across earlier in the day looking for a
letterbox near Presidio. Instead, we were exploring the environs of
Chorazin's prayer book and noticed lots of personal belongings
showing up in odd places around the area. First, it was an
expensive looking pair of DKNY sunglasses in a case, then it was a
credit card receipt, then lipstick, then AAA card, then checkbook,
then purse, then cell phone, diapers, baby wipes and it went on and
on. Having had my car broken into while on a trail in Tacoma a
couple of summers ago, I figured this lady felt as similarly
violated as did I at the time and thought that she'd be comforted a
little in actually seeing her belongings again (something that never
happened in my case).
So, I attempted to gather all of the belongings up from around the
region and was trying to figure out how to return her things to
her. The whole time I feared actually finding 'body parts' in the
area and prayed and prayed that this wouldn't be the case (yes, both
my in-laws are retired court reporters from the Alameda County Court
System, with experience in mostly death penalty cases AND I get a
daily run-down of what crimes have been committed around the Bay
Area and why I shouldn't hike out and about alone with the kids and
no firearm!)--so, I'd sort of been 'primed' to expect the worst
scenario around there.
I did find an insurance card and car registration inside so it
wouldn't have been too difficult to track her down. Also, I found
evidence that she was from a military family of some sort--so that
usually makes locating somebody a bit easier (at least, for me in my
particular circle). So, I was just putting together my mental plan
of how to return her things to her when I saw a police squad car
pass by--I flagged him down, transferred the items to him, he opened
up a police case on the found property and we went on our merry
way! So, that was our 'civic duty' good deed for the day!
Thankfully, it didn't involve finding body parts strewn about--which
is really what I was expecting at the time!!!
Re: [LbNCA] Re: N CA box updates
From: Michelle Boot (bootzoocrew@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-03-05 08:39:01 UTC-08:00
I want to know how that ladies belongings ended up where you found them and if they found her????? Sounds like you had a interesting time. W#hy can't our Letterboxing experiences be that interesting... :):):):) Michelle
dvn2rckr wrote:
--- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dvn2rckr@y... writes:
> Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
> evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
> any others in the area
Finally got a moment (around work commitments) to explain this in
more detail. Well, the police incident had nothing to do with the
drug parapharnelia we came across earlier in the day looking for a
letterbox near Presidio. Instead, we were exploring the environs of
Chorazin's prayer book and noticed lots of personal belongings
showing up in odd places around the area. First, it was an
expensive looking pair of DKNY sunglasses in a case, then it was a
credit card receipt, then lipstick, then AAA card, then checkbook,
then purse, then cell phone, diapers, baby wipes and it went on and
on. Having had my car broken into while on a trail in Tacoma a
couple of summers ago, I figured this lady felt as similarly
violated as did I at the time and thought that she'd be comforted a
little in actually seeing her belongings again (something that never
happened in my case).
So, I attempted to gather all of the belongings up from around the
region and was trying to figure out how to return her things to
her. The whole time I feared actually finding 'body parts' in the
area and prayed and prayed that this wouldn't be the case (yes, both
my in-laws are retired court reporters from the Alameda County Court
System, with experience in mostly death penalty cases AND I get a
daily run-down of what crimes have been committed around the Bay
Area and why I shouldn't hike out and about alone with the kids and
no firearm!)--so, I'd sort of been 'primed' to expect the worst
scenario around there.
I did find an insurance card and car registration inside so it
wouldn't have been too difficult to track her down. Also, I found
evidence that she was from a military family of some sort--so that
usually makes locating somebody a bit easier (at least, for me in my
particular circle). So, I was just putting together my mental plan
of how to return her things to her when I saw a police squad car
pass by--I flagged him down, transferred the items to him, he opened
up a police case on the found property and we went on our merry
way! So, that was our 'civic duty' good deed for the day!
Thankfully, it didn't involve finding body parts strewn about--which
is really what I was expecting at the time!!!
dvn2rckr
--- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dvn2rckr@y... writes:
> Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no luck but found
> evidence of a crime and called the police instead so didn't pursue
> any others in the area
Finally got a moment (around work commitments) to explain this in
more detail. Well, the police incident had nothing to do with the
drug parapharnelia we came across earlier in the day looking for a
letterbox near Presidio. Instead, we were exploring the environs of
Chorazin's prayer book and noticed lots of personal belongings
showing up in odd places around the area. First, it was an
expensive looking pair of DKNY sunglasses in a case, then it was a
credit card receipt, then lipstick, then AAA card, then checkbook,
then purse, then cell phone, diapers, baby wipes and it went on and
on. Having had my car broken into while on a trail in Tacoma a
couple of summers ago, I figured this lady felt as similarly
violated as did I at the time and thought that she'd be comforted a
little in actually seeing her belongings again (something that never
happened in my case).
So, I attempted to gather all of the belongings up from around the
region and was trying to figure out how to return her things to
her. The whole time I feared actually finding 'body parts' in the
area and prayed and prayed that this wouldn't be the case (yes, both
my in-laws are retired court reporters from the Alameda County Court
System, with experience in mostly death penalty cases AND I get a
daily run-down of what crimes have been committed around the Bay
Area and why I shouldn't hike out and about alone with the kids and
no firearm!)--so, I'd sort of been 'primed' to expect the worst
scenario around there.
I did find an insurance card and car registration inside so it
wouldn't have been too difficult to track her down. Also, I found
evidence that she was from a military family of some sort--so that
usually makes locating somebody a bit easier (at least, for me in my
particular circle). So, I was just putting together my mental plan
of how to return her things to her when I saw a police squad car
pass by--I flagged him down, transferred the items to him, he opened
up a police case on the found property and we went on our merry
way! So, that was our 'civic duty' good deed for the day!
Thankfully, it didn't involve finding body parts strewn about--which
is really what I was expecting at the time!!!
Re: [LbNCA] Re: N CA box updates
From: Kathleen Brown (moonrabbit2@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-03-05 12:03:39 UTC-08:00
I'm so glad you finally told us the story. My
curiosity was peaked, but didn't want to seem too
nosey, just in case there were those dreaded body
parts...
Moon Rabbit
--- dvn2rckr wrote:
>
> --- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > dvn2rckr@y... writes:
> > Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no
> luck but found
> > evidence of a crime and called the police instead
> so didn't pursue
> > any others in the area
>
>
> Finally got a moment (around work commitments) to
> explain this in
> more detail. Well, the police incident had nothing
> to do with the
> drug parapharnelia we came across earlier in the day
> looking for a
> letterbox near Presidio. Instead, we were exploring
> the environs of
> Chorazin's prayer book and noticed lots of personal
> belongings
> showing up in odd places around the area. First, it
> was an
> expensive looking pair of DKNY sunglasses in a case,
> then it was a
> credit card receipt, then lipstick, then AAA card,
> then checkbook,
> then purse, then cell phone, diapers, baby wipes and
> it went on and
> on. Having had my car broken into while on a trail
> in Tacoma a
> couple of summers ago, I figured this lady felt as
> similarly
> violated as did I at the time and thought that she'd
> be comforted a
> little in actually seeing her belongings again
> (something that never
> happened in my case).
>
> So, I attempted to gather all of the belongings up
> from around the
> region and was trying to figure out how to return
> her things to
> her. The whole time I feared actually finding 'body
> parts' in the
> area and prayed and prayed that this wouldn't be the
> case (yes, both
> my in-laws are retired court reporters from the
> Alameda County Court
> System, with experience in mostly death penalty
> cases AND I get a
> daily run-down of what crimes have been committed
> around the Bay
> Area and why I shouldn't hike out and about alone
> with the kids and
> no firearm!)--so, I'd sort of been 'primed' to
> expect the worst
> scenario around there.
>
> I did find an insurance card and car registration
> inside so it
> wouldn't have been too difficult to track her down.
> Also, I found
> evidence that she was from a military family of some
> sort--so that
> usually makes locating somebody a bit easier (at
> least, for me in my
> particular circle). So, I was just putting together
> my mental plan
> of how to return her things to her when I saw a
> police squad car
> pass by--I flagged him down, transferred the items
> to him, he opened
> up a police case on the found property and we went
> on our merry
> way! So, that was our 'civic duty' good deed for
> the day!
> Thankfully, it didn't involve finding body parts
> strewn about--which
> is really what I was expecting at the time!!!
>
> From there, we headed to the Golden Gate Bridge
> letterbox in Marin
> County and a 'flash' drive by of the house I used to
> live in from 77-
> 81 not too far from there in Lucas Valley before
> checking into the
> most exquisite youth hostel we've ever stayed in to
> date--the
> Sacramento Victorian Mansion on H Street. That one
> almost 'one-
> upped' my all-time favorite youth hostels we stayed
> in in Billund,
> Denmark in 1997 or the one we stayed in at
> YongPyong, Korea in Jan &
> Mar of 1998! The hostel at Pigeon Point
> Lighthouse--halfway between
> Half Moon Bay & Santa Cruz was a real gem, too--for
> anybody who may
> be interested in 'inexpensive' lodging around CA!
>
> dvn2r ckr
>
>
>
>
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curiosity was peaked, but didn't want to seem too
nosey, just in case there were those dreaded body
parts...
Moon Rabbit
--- dvn2rckr
>
> --- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 3/2/2005 9:15:36 PM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > dvn2rckr@y... writes:
> > Chorazin's Life (only attempted the first one--no
> luck but found
> > evidence of a crime and called the police instead
> so didn't pursue
> > any others in the area
>
>
> Finally got a moment (around work commitments) to
> explain this in
> more detail. Well, the police incident had nothing
> to do with the
> drug parapharnelia we came across earlier in the day
> looking for a
> letterbox near Presidio. Instead, we were exploring
> the environs of
> Chorazin's prayer book and noticed lots of personal
> belongings
> showing up in odd places around the area. First, it
> was an
> expensive looking pair of DKNY sunglasses in a case,
> then it was a
> credit card receipt, then lipstick, then AAA card,
> then checkbook,
> then purse, then cell phone, diapers, baby wipes and
> it went on and
> on. Having had my car broken into while on a trail
> in Tacoma a
> couple of summers ago, I figured this lady felt as
> similarly
> violated as did I at the time and thought that she'd
> be comforted a
> little in actually seeing her belongings again
> (something that never
> happened in my case).
>
> So, I attempted to gather all of the belongings up
> from around the
> region and was trying to figure out how to return
> her things to
> her. The whole time I feared actually finding 'body
> parts' in the
> area and prayed and prayed that this wouldn't be the
> case (yes, both
> my in-laws are retired court reporters from the
> Alameda County Court
> System, with experience in mostly death penalty
> cases AND I get a
> daily run-down of what crimes have been committed
> around the Bay
> Area and why I shouldn't hike out and about alone
> with the kids and
> no firearm!)--so, I'd sort of been 'primed' to
> expect the worst
> scenario around there.
>
> I did find an insurance card and car registration
> inside so it
> wouldn't have been too difficult to track her down.
> Also, I found
> evidence that she was from a military family of some
> sort--so that
> usually makes locating somebody a bit easier (at
> least, for me in my
> particular circle). So, I was just putting together
> my mental plan
> of how to return her things to her when I saw a
> police squad car
> pass by--I flagged him down, transferred the items
> to him, he opened
> up a police case on the found property and we went
> on our merry
> way! So, that was our 'civic duty' good deed for
> the day!
> Thankfully, it didn't involve finding body parts
> strewn about--which
> is really what I was expecting at the time!!!
>
> From there, we headed to the Golden Gate Bridge
> letterbox in Marin
> County and a 'flash' drive by of the house I used to
> live in from 77-
> 81 not too far from there in Lucas Valley before
> checking into the
> most exquisite youth hostel we've ever stayed in to
> date--the
> Sacramento Victorian Mansion on H Street. That one
> almost 'one-
> upped' my all-time favorite youth hostels we stayed
> in in Billund,
> Denmark in 1997 or the one we stayed in at
> YongPyong, Korea in Jan &
> Mar of 1998! The hostel at Pigeon Point
> Lighthouse--halfway between
> Half Moon Bay & Santa Cruz was a real gem, too--for
> anybody who may
> be interested in 'inexpensive' lodging around CA!
>
> dvn2r ckr
>
>
>
>
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