Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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June 2003

Maeleine - was [LbNA] Re: Gnome Alone - posting info on HH's

Started by cavy_lovers4 (adelcoll@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
We had some friends pick up the French version of the book Madeline for our Madeleine. In the French (Montreal) version the name is spelled Madeleine. I do feel I have condemned her to a life of...

Gnome Alone - posting info on HH's

Started by Esther (esther@middletennesseefamily.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
ensure that she will never, ever find a key chain, set of stickers or other dime store goodie with her name on it... Poor thing! Critical issues one neglects to consider when naming one's...

Hello to Sunshine

Started by swampyankee (RNSaunders@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
Hi to the other sunshine-- I'm sorry- I didn't realize that "Sunshine" was already being used. When we started boxing in March, I went thru the stamps I already owned and found a happy little...

NC -- The Bodie was no problem, it was my hair!...

Started by be ma (bema57@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
Thanks to the incentive of the OBX letterboxes, team BeMa traveled farther down the Outer Banks than we had before (as a family that is, Da and Na vacationed way down when Na was very, very...

VA: Rich. Boxing Supplies

Started by mlgainey (mlgainey@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
For Richmond, VA boxers or those boxing in Richmond in the near future, FYI: The Ben Franklin crafts store on Midlothian Tnpk. has lots of stamp pads on clearance for $1.49 each. Lots of colors and...

Nice boxing day in CO

Started by Autumn (Autumn@shadowslight.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
Spent a nice, cool, slightly overcast day out on the trails today! Planted another box on the same trail as the Beltane Box, so that will be a two-box trail as soon as I get the clues...

PA/NJ Picnic Gathering - June 28th

Started by dman10327 (cloverly@localnet.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
10 days to go! It looks like we'll have a good turnout if the weather co-operates (for a change). Ed is cranking his 2 1/2 alarm chili recipe. Bev is having ACE stir her Brownie mix. Everyone bring...

100 boxes for Erik Davis Project

Started by Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-06-19 | Last message: 2003-06-19
Ned and I had the privilege of meeting The Vermont Viking (along with his lovely partner Susan and their son Ben) a few years ago at the Inn at Long Trail over some beers and conversation. The man...

Another rattler sighting in CA!

Started by hi_care (hi_care@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
OK, so we're new out here and had never seen a rattlesnake. Sooo...it did scare (and intrigue) us a bit when we ran into one at the DrewClan's Wilikos Village letterbox at Sugarloaf Ridge State...

CT - new box - Jack and the Beanstalk

Started by lynnbinkowski (lynnbinkowski@msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-19
The rain can't stop me! Just planted a new box (but no magic beans!) in Cromwell, CT. Jack and the Beanstalk is also near the recently planted Old Burying Grounds Letterbox, so come boxing in...

NC - "Flying High...."

Started by be ma (bema57@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-19
in the OBX (and you all thought I was going to say "upon the wings of loooooovvvvveeee..." Sorry -- I only sing old songs out loud and off key to drive my kids nuts -- we had a whole "shake your...

100 boxes for Erik Davis, LbNA co-founder

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
The original North American letterboxer and co founder of LbNA, Erik the Vermont Viking, is seeking to reach F100. Erik is no longer able to hit the trails, but would enjoy to receive postcards...

# 1 Box in Los Osos Oaks

Started by jugglermouse (jugglermouse@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
Yep, # 1 is missing. A squirrel chewed through the box and left all intact but the stamp- Pandora found it like that and rescued the remains and contacted Ryan, who reported that has plans to...

TX---San Antonio area letterbox

Started by wanda4wanda (wanda4wanda@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
hi all.... this is not on the main webpage so please print this out to find...hopefully i can post it there at a later date.... name:: Hokey POKEY nearest city::SCHERTZ (suburb of san antonio...

ATTENTION WEBTV/MSNTV USERS--PROBLEMS???

Started by wanda4wanda (wanda4wanda@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-18
hi all webtv/msntv users.... questions:::: i am having a hard time posting my new letterbox on the letterboxing.wesgarrison.us website.... everytime i click on a state....in my case i tried both...

a central NY challenge

Started by ehughes52 (libby@twcny.rr.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-21
For all those boxers in central NY and anyone else who might be travelling through: how about planting some here? There are a dearth (like the word? it was one of my fathers favorites) of boxes...

Where am I? =)

Started by (RiskyNil@pocketmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
It's come to my attention that perhaps several of you would like to meet me in Front Royal and to contact me directly if you wish to do so. Right now, I'm trying to get into town on Saturday...

VA: Puddle Duck for lunch

Started by abacus00 (abacus00@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-18
I decided to "duck" out at lunchtime and snag a nearby letterbox. The paved path is rough having been made uneven by roots pushing up. This is the second box I have successfully located without a...

UP Michigan LB report...

Started by Diana Hammond (diana@oseda.missouri.edu) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-18
I was up in the Keweenau Peninsula of Michigan's UP this past week camping and looking for warblers with my sister (Grey Treefrog). We found the Superior View letterbox placed by Esperanza in good...

Sweet Springs Letterbox(es) [was Boxious Day...]

Started by Sir Balthazar (neovolatile@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lea Shangraw Fox" wrote: > Tried to find the original posting back in Aug 2001 in the archives but struck out. Would you be willing to paste the clues into...

Michigan Welcome Spring letterboxes removed

Started by clickermom3 (clickermom3@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
I removed the Welcome Spring letterboxes from their hiding places at Kensington Metropark today. They were placed as temporary boxes, and I was concerned they'd be discovered and destroyed. I was...

Misery Loves Company LB

Started by (mindizney@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-25
I seem to remember there being a post concerning the Misery Loves Company LB. Is the box in place? Or is it missing? Music Woman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

HH listing

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-18
Hi BeMa, This may be what we you seeking: http://alum.wpi.edu/~p_miner/travelers.html Pete

RI replant East Bay Bike Path Series II

Started by tweety02769 (tweety02769@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-06-18
We have replanted the Fisherman with new clues. The stamp is a mirror image of the old one.

HH listing -- I promise I will make a not of it this time!

Started by be ma (bema57@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-06-18 | Last message: 2003-06-18
Sorry to repeat -- but, could someone please post the address for the HH website. I DID bookmark the last time I checked but, since I had linked to it from the post, my computer saved some Hotmail...