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For those of you interested in Dartmoor letterboxing, there are a couple of books on the subject that have been published in the UK. They're not available from any US booksellers that I know of,...

Hi boxers: It looks like our Dartmoor trip in September is actually coming to fruition. Sue and I will be joined by 9 others [may increase to 12]on our trip to England in mid September! I was...

I figured that I would offer this up as an example as to the difficulty of rating systems. If you go to these clues and read them correctly you will not need to read the note added on 6/9/2003. The...

Hello all! Another newbie here! I'm Melissa in WA state. I learned about letterboxing several months ago, got all my gear, made a stamp, and have yet to go on a hunt. Time and life events have...

I am in school now, Wanted to do some boxing this weekend but it looks like the new fallen snow will stop me. I think I am going to attempt to rehind the Whydah in Welfleet tomorrow. ...

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Sissy n CR" wrote: > Geocaching has a clearly defined rating system Is it me or does this (rating) idea seem all too familiar and hint of geocaching to some...

Ok, besides Portland, OR ... the second trip I'm fortunate enough to be taking next month will be our annual sailing charter in Southwest Fla (Charlotte Harbor). Got the clues for the boxes from...

Woo hoo! Feb is turning into a major travel month for me. Two big trips coming up and plenty of time for letterboxing during each! I'll be free to "play" in Portland, OR on Feb 18, 19, 20, and...

Me and budster were thinking (Ha!) about how many lbers we passed each time we took to the road. We have our "letterboxing.org" in letters across the back of our 1986 Maroon colored Caravan and...

I am a member of the Doylestown Moose Lodge and so is muk-luk. We could host it there??? I can make a phone call about the price - or we could do it in the back of the resturant - no one is ever...

Yaaa.. - hopefully we will run into each other on the trail somewhere. Box on - the honeebee vze1ttea wrote: I read that article and became a letterboxer from that point on. And so is my...

Llehs@aol.com writes: > dana from south florida > Where in South Florida? I'm always looking for other Florida boxers! DebBee, in Plantation [Non-text portions of this message have been...

Part of letterboxing is looking for the "Gift" as Jay put it and following clues. Rating takes away from the responsibility of the finders to either do their home work on clues or failing to read...

I'd like to get the help of the letterboxing community concerning something I an working on..... I'm developing a new Letterbox Difficulty Rating Program and I would like you input as to what you...

I'm very interested in attending a warmer weather gathering in the Midwest. I think we should make the Great Lakes Gathering an annual tradition. I've heard so many great things about what a...

My son, Liberty Eagle, and I were able to find a few boxes around making a trip to Corpus Christi for the Stay Board program on the USS Lexington. We found the following boxes in good...

New box for you travelers...HAWAII! Enjoy, The Fleshman's The Lennens 3 The Morris'

I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that these two letterboxes are still in place? I am an active geocacher and benchmark hunter and have also done a few letterboxes. My wife and I went after...

While checking my box in the Exeter Cemetery for Pioneers in Lebanon, I found a Digi-Walker. I was wondering if it was dropped while letterboxing, or just visiting. If anyone lost it, please let me...

I was thinking of moving my Clues onto a webpage. Does anyone know of anyone who offers decent free domain hosting? Virtualave.net just shut down their freeservice. There seem to be plenty of...

Folks, I am still working toward organizing (term used loosely here) a boxing event in the greater Philadelphia region. I have a couple other local box placers signed up so far. The venue is still...

On December 25th 2003, the Connecticut Post ran an article on letterboxing in southwestern CT. I created a web page with the entire article for all to see. The address...

I have replaced Amanda from Seattle's "One-Armed Bandit" with a new carved stamp and log book. The original clues work fine for the new box. This box comes equipped with a self-destruct device if...

Just placed this one today after much ado finding the right spot. Placed by realroadrunner (Suzanne Placement date 1/13/04 Nearest City: Las Vegas Number of Boxes: 1 (soon to be two) Difficulty:...

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Phyto" wrote: I forgot to add that in the "getting started" section that the postcard suggestion is actually what I contemplated over when I first began...