Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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May 2003

IL/WI: Found our first Hitchhiker :)

Started by moofie (moofie@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
we were in IL on our way to a ballgame and stopped at the IL State Beach to search for Matt the Rat's Dead River Letterbox ... excellent hiding place, btw, matt, and a fun search during this past...

DE, MA, RI report + drama

Started by (HANNAHKAT@aol.com) | 9 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-29
DE, NY, RI boxes found 20030523 Along the Way (Port Mahon, DE): In place, dry, and intact. 20030524 Vanderbilt series (Hyde Park, NY): All four boxes in place, dry, and intact. 20030525 Seamon...

Hitchhiker Web Page

Started by merebc99 (mmoomaw@bridgewater.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-28
Does anyone know why the hitchhiker page on the main website doesn't work? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Lettterboxing in VA

Started by merebc99 (mmoomaw@bridgewater.edu) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-28 | Last message: 2003-06-04
I set out with my friend sunvalleysu, her two children and my husband to go letterboxing in Richmond, VA. I have to say that we lucked out with a beautiful day. We first tried to find a letterbox...

Great Link/ Was:Need Help Identifying a flower.

Started by cavy_lovers4 (adelcoll@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-28
Thanks for posting that link! Its a great site -- I was able to finally identify a weed that I knew I was incorrectly calling pink Ragweed (its lady's thumb). I am always picking up great stuff...

VA - Riverbend Postponement

Started by TripleV Gang (tripleveegang@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
The Triple V Gang is out for the 7th as well, we are camping with the cub scouts. We are available any other weekend in June though and we are kind of glad that it's being moved. One question...

DC - The Inventor not MIA, Orion stamp is.

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-28 | Last message: 2003-05-28
I drove around checking on some of my letterboxes and on reports that they were missing. I was ecstatic to find The Inventor right where is should be. It is odd that the person reporting it...

maintaining letterboxes

Started by wanda4wanda (wanda4wanda@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-05-28 | Last message: 2003-05-28
hi all i was just wondering...... i see where people have planted letterboxes whilest on a trip somewheres and then posted the clues to it..... what about maintaining these boxes??...because who...

Poison Ivy...

Started by lferrero1 (lferrero@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-28
We use Ivyrest lotion before we go out...supposed to prevent the poison ivy, works so far...

VA - Riverbend Picnic Postponement

Started by Kathy Kalberer (kkalberer@cox.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
I know that we'll never be able to accomodate everyones schedule, but here's ours: June 7th is out: a birhtday day party, gymnastics practice, two piano recitals and three end of the school year...

boston npr status?

Started by charm city box company (charmcityboxcompany@geekpunk.org) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-05-28 | Last message: 2003-05-28
//hello all, I left a little orphan in boston, the npr letterbox, just curious if any one has visited it, and if some one could give a status. even better, any one willing to adopt it? -- Charm...

VA Oceanview LB

Started by short spike (spike_678@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
allo i have replaced the log book in the VA OV LB so stamp away! this book has heavy pages so use both sides if you wish. spike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo!...

Be sure to

Started by Jonsey9999 (kiwi-1@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
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New Letterbox//California

Started by moghedian2000 (moghedian2000@cox.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
Clues can be found here: http://www.members.cox.net/moghedian2000

VA RIVERBEND GATHERING POSTPONED!!! IMPORTANT!

Started by (gbecket@aol.com) | 12 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
In a message dated 5/27/2003 5:00:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, ADGLBNA@aol.com writes: > Personally I would love it if we postponed. I am moving into a new > apartment on Sunday and therefore...

VA: Wet and windy by Williamsburg

Started by be ma (bema57@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
Thanks K&K. We're sorry it's gone missing (but, we guess that is better than us just missing it!) Any idea why the adult and pupa stamps and log books were sharing a box? We're not arguing with...

What's in your LB backpack?

Started by jillnick72 (jillyths@hotmail.com) | 29 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-06-01
Out of curiosity, what do you all take with you when you go out letterboxing? My husband and I realized this weekend that some extra plastic bags to replace any damaged/wet/dirty ones we found...

OH - Mystery Hiker Missing

Started by Rick (geoflyfisher@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-27
As the webmasters are the keepers of Franzsolo's box clues, I was informed by some people who were looking for John's Mystery Hiker in John Bryan Park that it was missing. I went for a hike a...

What Do You Think - Virtual Stamp For Missing LB?

Started by sileagle1 (sileagle@alltel.net) | 9 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
I am becoming increasingly disheartened over many of my boxes turning up missing. Some, no doubt, are due to bad hiding places on my part, some due to people not re-covering them well, and some just...

Email a box's placers (again)

Started by Wes Garrison (wes@wesgarrison.us) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
So, the email-a-box's-placer link went away. I found it hiding and returned it to its place. Wes -----Original Message----- From: Wes Garrison [mailto:wes@wesgarrison.us] Sent: Monday, May 19,...

New virtual box and CT bonus box

Started by codybcleo (codybcleo@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
I have completed another virtual box...Chippy. It is also a bonus box in CT. Figuring out the clues will give you the location of the bonus box (but not specific directions...it is a bonus box...

Gerbil Gathering and LB Vacation

Started by Brian, Ryan & Lori (bconnoll@marksonrosenthal.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
TeamGreenDragon had a great time on vacation last week ! We found 62 boxes spread out over five states ( Tom Cooch's " Beehive " being my favorite find ( the box has been there three years and we...

Vienna VA boxes found

Started by Sam I am (samitchell@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-27
Howdy all! This weekend Johnny Nomad and I got out between the rain showers to find all 3 In the Park Sports Series and Be's Search for the Mushroom Kingdom. Then we called it quits, b/c it...

Glad It Wasn't Me Experience in CA

Started by Annye Keenberg (annye@sbcglobal.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-27
Taking full advantage of the (finally) great weather in Southern CA and the national holiday yesterday, my son and I took my husband out for his first experience with letterboxing. An avid hiker and...

OT: Need Help Identifying a flower.

Started by The Carringtons (cshouse@optonline.net) | 7 messages | First message: 2003-05-27 | Last message: 2003-05-28
Looks like Columbine to me. I have a flower up the road from my house in Pennsylvania. I can't find it anywhere in my flower books so that I could identify it. [Non-text portions of this...