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And now, without further ado..... Rock Creek (winter home) Start with the original clues, and then.... The creek is high, the water fast, I've found a drier home at last. Over the bridge, in a...

Those of you who've been visiting the Web page lately: Mitch and I have been having some trouble getting the Menu Bar at the top of the page to appear properly in all browser windows. I hope I have...

Hi gang, Rock Creek should be in its new home this afternoon. I have some additional clues to get you to the new spot. Since the new location is over the bridge it kind of mucks up Mitch's first...

To all: Our scanner is broken at work. Can anyone else scan Sheila's Kid's Map of the Bob Woodruff Park Letterbox? Let me know and I will send you the map. Sorry Sheila (and everybody) about the...

Hi, everybody!! Just a few thoughts that I wanted to throw into the discussion of Kids and Maps. It occurs to me that the number of five year olds who have the freedom to hop in the car and drive...

MixtMedia@aol.com (Wisconsin/Turville Pt. Deborah) wrote: > ...my first inclination > is maybe to list good clues for kids as "Good for families" rather > than "good for kids" ~ I'd worry that kids...

I got Shiela's kid's map in the mail today (of the Bob Woodruff Park Letterbox). I have to scan it. You're all going to like it. I think its definitley kid friendly. Its 8 1/2 by 11" (in...

Hi there, I must have deleted or misplaced (how unlike me! ) the original message you sent to the L-USA list about the letterbox map you were working on.... I'm fascinated by the idea of having the...

>I'm into GPS (Global Position System). In fact I have a unit floating >around in >Texas. Do you think your students would be interested in trying it? It can >show your compass bearing as you...

Mitch wrote: > Deborah writes: > > It would be really neat to make a letterbox map for kids in the > > > > manner of Shepard's 100 acre wood map in Pooh books... Mitch writes: > Everybody, This is...

In a message dated 10/30/98 6:01:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, davisarc@wcvt.com writes: > Funny thing happening here over the past 4 months since the flood, huge > sasquatch style footprints have...

Dear Bob & Mary Ellen, I teach orienteering skills to middle-level students, and have found Cliff Jacobson's "The Basic Essentials of Map & Compass" to be a good, inexpensive source of info. Tom...

Dear Letterboxers, By popular demand, I have assembled a list of answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" for this talk list. The text of this document follows, and can also be found at...

I thought the idea of a kid-style map would be great fun so I carved some little icons and made a map for my Bob Woodruff Park Letterbox - Plano, TX. Maybe if my sister and her kids come to visit ...

Deborah sparked some ideas about creating kid-friendly maps when she referenced the "100 Aker Wood" map from the Winnie the Pooh books. For those who are not familiar with this map, you can see it...

I found this cool new software called ICQ. http://www.pclink.com/elf/icqsetup.exe It monitors the web to see if others are online. If they are they show up on your list and you can then send live...

Rachel, Good eye!! Multnomah Falls is a very memorable sight. They say it's the most photographed feature in Oregon. If you think it's beautiful in photos and on a rubber stamp, you should come...

Hey Mitch, want to hear a story? I was over at a friend's house, and there was this picture there that looked familiar to me. Suddenly I said "That's COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE!!!" See, I recognised that...

OK ~ I'll have to 'fess up now. Please be kind, but I kinda took a wrong turn when I went out to test clues for the letterbox this weekend. My kids will never let me live it down, I think. The first...

In a message dated 10/24/98 7:22:45 PM Central Standard Time, elf@pclink.com writes: > Sending an attachment is easy if you have a scan of the picture 'k, now I do. And I think I've figured out how...

To all: Did you know that with a lot of browsers you can simply type the address: "pclink/elf" in your browser to get to the L-USA home page. Try it. See if it works. Its easy to remember. Also,...

>> Adrian Williams wrote: >> I would like to know who tipped them as you put it. I did not give my >> permission for my name to be used. Can anyone answer? >> I just let it go to the Smithsonian. I...

To people who may not carve their own, but who may want a nice personal stamp: Check out this site. http://www.stampcity.com/aas/gallery.htm I attached a sample of a train stamp. Cool,...

In a message dated 10/23/98 7:37:14 PM Central Daylight Time, elf@pclink.com writes: > I think I had the clues out of order before > on this new letterbox. > I hope I fix it. How do they read...

In the new issue (Nov/Dec 98) of Somerset Studio (a magazine for paper arts, art stamping and letter arts ) is an excerpt from the Smithsonian article about Letterboxing. This should generate more...