Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2003

OH - John Bryan S.P. sitrep

Started by Bigguy (bigguy9210@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-24 | Last message: 2003-08-25
CardinalMom, the kids, and I enjoyed a very nice afternoon of boxing at John Bryan State Park today although we failed to rendevous with Crappiefishergirl. Cellular signal was really weak down in...

CA: Southern California--A Message To Gwen & Don & Jam & Jelly

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-24
Jam & Jelly & Don & Gwen, I'm extremely embarassed that I said, in a public newsgroup, that I was the first stamp in "The Real 49er" letterbox when now I know that this claim is wrong. At the...

Exposed Boxes

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-24 | Last message: 2003-08-24
Quite frequently this summer I have found letterboxes totally out in the open, sometimes with lid intact, other times with contents strewn about. At first, if the box was in the right spot and...

CO: Roxborough Gathering a great time!!

Started by Autumn (Autumn@shadowslight.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Well - the weather was warmer than I expected, but the turnout for our 1st Colorado RMLetterboxing Gathering was better! A quick recap for those that couldn't attend ... We met at the visitor's...

Western Mass.- update on 2 letterboxes

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
On Thurs. we visited Campbell Falls and retrieved Music Woman's letterbox. The stamp is awesome and imprints very well, due to the thick backing. The box was totally exposed however, with contents...

NY-Ithaca Gathering-THANKS!

Started by Alafair (lkazel@mindspring.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
I would like to send a HUGE thank you to Turtle McQ for a perfect day at the Ithaca NY gathering. It was nice meeting so many wonderful fellow boxers. The weather was perfect and the food was...

CT- A wonderful day in our neighborhood

Started by swampyankee (RNSaunders@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Well, we finally met Chuck, Molly, and Chickabirdie on the trail. We happened to be right in our hometown, doing the new Eagle Watch and R.K.W. Storm letterboxes. Pretty piece of property near the...

New Pictures Here...

Started by babbluxford (babbluxford@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-09-17
http://www.geocities.com/yueased/index.html

my 2 cents feedback to Letterboxing.org web design

Started by Brian Bohmueller (riversol@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Hey all and to the webmasters for Letterboxing.org!! I've been letterboxing now for 6 months (geocaching for about a month), and by far letterboxing is more fun! Still, I think there are a few...

Posting Guidelines

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@pocketmail.com) | 20 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-25
A few people have suggested to me to create a set of rules-- posting "guidelines", actually, since rules would be impossible to enforce. Actually having some time on my hands and with Internet...

WI letterbox challenge

Started by Tim Kuehl (tkuehl@wi.rr.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-25
Ok WI letterboxers I have a challenge for us! According to the box count on the LBNA website, we're at 91 letterboxes for the state (although some are missing). My challenge is to be at 200 by...

NJ Box Pinchy! Pinchy!

Started by Ace (all_c_eye@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Went out and was "First Finder" in the letterbox "Pinchy-Pinchy" found in Crows Woods Recreation Complex. The clues, found...

(RI) New Mystery

Started by Mary (RI) (rid25751@ride.ri.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-09-04
Long story short, Dan and I placed a box a week or so ago, but haven't had invitees bite on a beta-test. Of course, why bother testing a Mystery box? They are supposed to make you wrack your...

C=Conviscated count

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-25
In reply to the question of what is the C in the count. We started using it mostly in jest when several of our boxes were confiscated by National Park Service. Now it us part of our p/f category. ...

Boxing update/SitRep/Status/Info/Conversation/Message/Whatever

Started by Steve (kerjin@myndworx.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Good morning my fellow Letterboxers. Today continues the adventures of Team Rayvenhaus as they attempt to reach that illusive #100! Getting the family up early was the easy part. Getting them...

ATTN: Lynette (planter of the "Lord Stirling" box)

Started by Silent Doug (silentdoug@douglasgerlach.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
Lynette-- Since the contact feature is busted, I'm posting this note here.... Your "Lord Stirling" box is listed on the LBNA site as being in Morris County, but it's really in Somerset County....

CT -- Hot on the Trail for Frosty

Started by be ma (bema57@hotmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-24
Call me a nerd. Call me a quasi-intellectual. Call me anything (but don't call me late for Baskin Robbins -- Ba dum Bum....) But, there is nothing I like more (aside from chocolate) than...

Database Update

Started by warrioringilead (warrioringilead@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-27
Having been off-line (and OUTSIDE AND BOXING !!) for the bulk of the summer, I missed the SitRep debate but discovered the poll and the new database for reporting letterbox status. I loaded up the...

great Idaho ghost town letterboxes

Started by (cadenza74@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
I just posted the clues to 7 letterboxes in Central Idaho. They are the Land of the Yankee Fork Series, Sunbeam Springs, and The Dam Letterbox! (I just couldn't resist that last one.) I'm quite...

NJ letterbox report: South Mountain Reservation

Started by Silent Doug (silentdoug@douglasgerlach.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-23
I made a quick detour to Millburn this evening, and found the South Mountain Reservation letterbox, just as twilight faded into night. All was in good...

Webmasters and mistresses: trouble with the website

Started by yooperann (wfisher47@attbi.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-23
I've been out of commission for a few months dealing with multiple family crises, but I've received a couple of e-mails about my boxes, including an email that made it obvious that I'd made an...

Blackwater Falls, WV box

Started by EarlyBird (iamafink@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-23 | Last message: 2003-08-25
We placed this box in late June this year, and would be interested in knowing if anyone has come across it yet. Our first box!

our Lb name

Started by Kathy Kalberer (kkalberer@cox.net) | 9 messages | First message: 2003-08-22 | Last message: 2003-08-23
Hey Everyone, We've had a very busy summer and haven't done much Lb. I was just reading some posts and there's another Happy HomeSchooler!!! I was just wondering if there was "first rights" to...

Missing Box?

Started by onegooddog2000 (johncjc@hotmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-22 | Last message: 2003-08-23
Hi! We're new. -Searched for our first box and seemed to be in just the right spot after a couple of false starts, but still couldn't find the box. Is there any way to know whether we just didn't...

MANSFIELD,CT.,Circle of Life Series

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-22
The last posted home for Honor Liberty HH is the Circle of Life Series near Mansfield, Ct. I would appreciate any one in the nearby area checking for this HH, pick it up and contact us off list. As...