Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2003

France Letterboxes?

Started by hoopoe4me (scribenbirder@msn.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-30 | Last message: 2003-08-30
Well pick me up and put me down! I have a new job and will soon be leaving for France to visit our company HQ. Today they offered me some bonus days at the end of my trip. (Insert little...

Ct. State Patches and Letterboxing ???

Started by phynstar (mmstilphen@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-30
When is the latest to submit our boxes for the patch?

Contacting the Placer - not always possible

Started by Tig (mainetig@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
A fellow letterboxer brought up the following points about my post which I think is very valid and I wanted to share my response/thought with everyone. They stated that for clues placed on...

VA-New Letterboxes (kid-friendly)

Started by nrnian (letterbox@jasonfoster.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-29
Clearly there aren't enough letterboxes in the Northern Virginia area so we've just added 3 more! :) Check out "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" in "What's New". Enjoy!

Seeking the 4-hearted Fittons!!

Started by samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Has anyone heard from the 4-hearted Fittons lately?? Their email address does not work. I was at their Old Man Letterbox in NH and the book was full. I took it upon myself to replace the book with...

Destroyed LB sites

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Hey Funhog, We thought the shoe tree was one of the coolest letterbox sites we had seen. There is another tree on the Mtn road from Agnes to Grants Pass. At least it was there 3 yrs ago and was...

NH Beaver Brook

Started by MIke Brooks (qocmike@msn.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-30
I'll admit that I didn't search the archives before my trip to find the note from July 9 repeated below. I figured I had one free day in southern NH, picked some titles at random, and eventually...

Destroyed LB Sites?

Started by Mary Marshall Fowler (mmf1@comcast.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-29
It just occurred to me... have some LB sites been destroyed or extremely modified? If I had placed LBs as a child, in the area where I lived in Monterey Park, CA, the sites would have been...

family huntingRE: [LbNA] Florida Newbie

Started by Pam Kleingers (pam@kleingers.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Welcome! I am a recent convert as well--thanks to that same article. I usually search with my 6yo, 4.5 yo and 16 m o, so I know what you are experiencing. Here are a few thigns that have been...

WA Anniversary Box

Started by Mary Marshall Fowler (mmf1@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
the Anniversary Box is in or near Des Moines, Washington, not in Federal Way, WA. We took a bus in Des Moines in order to go there. How do we arrange for changes in the instructions? Mary...

TX: (How many letterboxers?) Response

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-31
Wow! I didn't expect so many responses so soon! :) Thanks to all who replied, and I hope to see more replies, as more Texans see this thread. Don, thanks for the encouragement! Yes, I had heard...

Cape Caper update

Started by mulbie (mulbie@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Hi folks. It's been a very busy week for those of us preparing to go back to teaching, so I'll keep this short. By the time I was able to get online to make a camping reservation at Nickerson...

the status database - Why is this so complicated?

Started by Tig (mainetig@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Honestly, I have yet to figure out all the hubbub on this, either - nor the need for the database. Let me explain. Wes and the other web-masters spent a great deal of time redesigning the LBNA...

NJ - 3 new boxes

Started by Kimberly (MartianShark@msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
Below is the link for the three new boxes hidden in NJ. One is the Princeton Cemetery box, actually hidden a while ago, but we'd misplaced the clues :) The other two are a series on the Henry...

OR, CA - Exchange opportunity

Started by California Bear (californiabear@comcast.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-30
My wife and I will be heading into Northern Cal. and South Central Oregon next month and wanted to see if anyone up that away was interested in meeting for an exchange. Our itinerary is as...

the status database

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-29
I (or more accuratelly the moderators) have been asked to make an "immediate" decision on the matter of the status database. The choices presented are "kill it" or "lock it down". I'm not...

SitRep: Overlook Letterbox back in business! Enjoy the 3 day weekend!

Started by RUFIS T BUDSTER (budster2@juno.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-28
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Revised Ants Go Marching Series Hampton Ct.

Started by Dan (danzad_99@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-29
We revised the clues a tad bit for the Ants Go Marching Series in Hampton Ct. Alot of people had trouble with a few of the ants. We hope this will help out. Teach & Preach

TX: How many letterboxers are there???

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2003-08-29 | Last message: 2003-08-29
I have wondered for about a month, and tried to find out from several other sources, a very rough figure for the number of active letterboxers in Texas. From what I can 'see' there aren't very...

Letterboxing in FL

Started by (StDebb@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-28
Hi! I'm wondering how many other Florida letterboxers are out there. It's apparently not as well established here as in some other areas, but there must be some of us around! Feel free to...

Ginger Finds Molly

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-29
Thanks to Cre8tiveMom and her letterboxing partner, son, Adam, The "Looking For Molly" HH arrived at my door in Mansfield CT today. The long search and journey has ended. Now we will be having a...

CT DEP 5 forest Letterbox patch

Started by bubbatroysondae (fourdesign@snet.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-28
Oh happy day- Metoui's Chicken and I received our DEP State Forest letterbox patch in the mail today. I know I'm blowing my own horn but this is like winning the lottery for me-or back in the days...

Florida Newbie

Started by dhbosch (jdbosch@concentric.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-29
Greetings! My family and I are eager to dive into this new hobby. I got psyched after reading the article in Family Fun magazine. We've got a four year old and an 18 month old -- so we'll start...

2 New Boxes & 1 New HH in NW, CT

Started by (Mae62202@AOL.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-28
Just back from the "Family" camping trip and wanted to get these boxes posted right away. They can be found on "What's New?" Also got patch from CT DEP. Enjoy The Engraver [Non-text portions of...

CT-DEP Forest Patches arrive

Started by painterly49 (gberinato@hotmail.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-08-28 | Last message: 2003-08-29
I was happy to find in our snailmail box today the patches 46R and I earned for hiking and finding 5 of the DEP letterboxes. We are continuing to hike the DEP forests, but we need to hike many more...