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#1 "FLOWERING FERN" LETTERBOX and #2 "TALL PINES" LETTERBOX Placed on the "Nature Trail" DIFFICULTY RATING: Easy to moderate. We encountered small areas of rocky, rooty, muddy areas, and in...

I just finished carving my signature stamp... I know it's rough, but I've never used carving tools before, and I think it came out pretty well for a first effort! :) It's a good thing I finished it...

Mary, thanks so much for placing these boxes in VA, NC and SC. It is so wonderful to have something like this to spice up a long drive! You've inspired me, I'd like to place some rest stop boxes as...

Those boxes were placed and *are* maintained by Girl Scout Troop 73 in Cheshire. They aren't really abandoned, it's only that the troop has not set up an account and reloaded the clues -- it's...

Went letterboxing today to get the last stamp we needed from Lake Anna State Park in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Want to know how to turn a .8 mile hike with 3 kids in to a 2 hour search? Try following...

It is me, washing laundry in sunny Palmerton, Pennsylvania, after hiking 1241.8 miles to get here. =) Oh these horrible rocks--when will they ever end? New Jersey is looking better to me every...

There is a new letterbox by Amanda from Seattle http://www.geocities.com/samanark/Clues/WA/noflowers That link should get you to the clues. --Amanda

Well, a year ago I stumbled upon this crazy thing called letterboxing. A year later, I am a whopping P6 F6. You can now assign maintainers to your boxes. If you place a box in some distant area,...

Happy 5th Birthday Wendell, MA Letterboxes! Wendell State Forest Gathering, Saturday August 16th, starting at 10:00am Get out your party hats! Gingerblue and Deanne, the lazy letterboxer, have...

Stopped for some quick letterboxes this past weekend. Found "Chico y Frio Hermano" and "Music to My Ears" at Annie Vinton School. (Forgot the clues to the Winterfest box there so will have to get...

This is a great hobby but hard to keep up with all the new boxes that come out. Everyday more boxes are hidden in CT! Isn't it wonderful!!!!

Just wondering . . . Why do local parks charge entrance fees for people who don't have tags on their cars from the areas that the parks are in? I first experienced this in the Fredericksburg, VA,...

In no small part due to the people who've found our club's boxes and emailed us with reports, the kids have decided to expand their efforts a bit and create some hitchhikers. I think their concept is...

Hello just letting you know that I planted 6 Boxes in Hampton at the Ostby Memorial Forest.The NeeDeeps

This letterbox was placed during the Rubber Stamp Camp Out July 11-13, 2003 at Milo McIver State Park in Oregon. The stamp was carved during the stamp carving class and is the first stamp ever...

I just put out a new hitchhiker-at the lovely Holcomb Farm Bluebird box in Granby. It's called Hippy Van HH and it's a lot of fun-hopin it travels all around the country. Happy Travels...

Pam- My server keeps bouncing back the emails you are sending me about meeting tomorrow, so hopefully you will read this one on the list. Yes, meeting at Dunkin' Donuts at 10AM sounds fine to me....

I just want to say that the folks in NC were terrific about my "adopting" of their boxes. I have not had a single negative comment about my adopting of all the abandoned NC boxes. I have been...

Hi! Did the "Delaware State Stamp" last Friday at Fenton Ruby Park with a couple of my students and their moms. What fun - had no idea there was this letterboxing subculture right in my...

There is a 6$ fee for out of county residents to drive into the main gate during the weekends in the summer. If you are out of county like me and don't wish to pay there is a State run boat launch...

Maddie and I got out for a quick walk before the rains come (its very overcast and windy now...). Tackled "Clueless" in Ledyard. Bravo Psychokiwis!!! A fun hike, all boxes in good condition! ...

Based on comments from a number of folks (thanks!), I made some adjustments to the letterbox rating system on my site. It rates the overall difficulty and terrain of a letterbox on a 1 to 5...

I have replaces the #2 box at Scotts Cove and have posted the new clues. The new box is in the immediate area of the old box but due to the popularity of this area for courting couples I did not...

Hi Everyone, I did put the clues in DD's B-Day card. Surprise She is not a Chief but a Chef. Surprise Doesn't work in Washington but New Preston. Surprise Took her to find "Corrina Lynn" and it took...

Here's an update on the boxes we've gotten within the past week or so: Christmas around the World Series (Chaplin): 1. Mexico - the Legend of the Poinsettia - contents of box were very wet and...