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May 2003

Buckeye Furnace - New S. Ohio box

Started by BigGuy_45640 (bigguy_45640@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-24
Name of box: Buckeye Furnace Difficulty: very easy Terrain: easy Buckeye Furnace Come out into the boonies and marvel at this restored relic of our mid-19th century forefathers' industrial might. ...

Holy Jim Falls

Started by Jack (hbwoodmanxx@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-24
We are new to this exciting new adventure called letterboxing. We hiked to Holy Jim falls but were unable to locate the box. How can we find out if it is still active? Or how can we contact the...

CT: Keep on Rollin "afloat"

Started by kayaktom2002 (kayakers@cox.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-24
We just checked and Keep on Rollin' in Windsor Center Trail is truly missing from its location; HOWEVER, we spotted the letterbox afloat in the brook below the metal bridge! Chances are someone...

Anyone seen Trailblazer HH?

Started by buffyvh88 (buffyvh@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Has anyone seen the Trailblazer HH? The last I heard about it, it was soaked and drying out over someone's stove. I cant find their contact information on the LB website. So I am wondering if it...

See, See, See Letterbox: Marion, OR

Started by fisherwomen03 (fisherwomen03@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
New letterbox! Placed Wednesday. Feel free to email successes or problems... Clues at Letterboxing.org (Oregon,...

6 New Boxes - Mansfield, CT

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Elephant Safari South (6) Placed: 1-26-03, 2-21-03, 3-15-03, 4-20-03 Placed by: Chuck & Molly Location: Mansfield Connecticut, Tolland County Rated : Easy to Moderate Chuck's Web Link:...

4 New Boxes - Mansfield, CT

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Elephant Safari North (4) Placed: 3-1-03, 3-22-03 Placed by: Chuck & Molly Location: Mansfield Connecticut, Tolland County Chuck's Web Link:...

re Gay City CT

Started by Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
Sorry to say that's it's true: since I've gotten a "real" job we haven't kept up with box maintanence like we should. We had heard that our Gay City boxes were so trashed that we virtually retired...

Fake Rocks and a letterbox in a movie

Started by Raygan (dragonpearl@rcn.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
Heya Balthazar, I was just looking at your site and wondering what you use to make your fake rocks. Also, I just remembered a scene in the Shawshank Redemption. Remember the clues Morgan Freeman...

Ritchie County, WV proximity to Beckley...

Started by jugglermouse (jugglermouse@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Well, I actually live in California and only visit Ritchie County once every Spring for about a week... but I passed your question on to a friend (and newly converted letterboxer!) in Cairo, and he...

Box counts

Started by Wes Garrison (wes@wesgarrison.us) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
If you don't want to specify a number of boxes for your placements, you may use -1. This will remove the box from any calculations and counts, and will show "Not specified" for the number of boxes...

A Neat Idea We Had

Started by Sir Balthazar (neovolatile@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
Dear Fellow 'Boxers, In planting the Middle Earth series (not completed, by any means), we came upon a very wonderful shop. We got the owner to agree to have a box and only give it out with the...

VA Gathering At Riverbend Park

Started by fjkrieg (fjkrieg@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Greetings! A BobCat Crew representative will be coming up with mlgainey to the gathering. I've been checking the maps for non-495 routes. Let's see...the Potomac is to the north....the...

HH site link??

Started by mulbie (mulbie@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Just a question. Didn't there used to be a link from the main LBNA site to the hitchiker (traveler) site? Or is this letterboxing hobby really driving me crazy? Mary Manatee

Leave No Trace Ethics

Started by codybcleo (codybcleo@hotmail.com) | 11 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
Although I am sure I will make no friends with this post I have to say that in my opinion we letterboxers are not doing a very good job at following the Leave NO Trace ethics. I have seen children...

Our Indiana letterbox

Started by Mark (qarre@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
The "Our Indiana Letterbox" has been found. I was the first to find it and it is in good condition. To the owners. You wanted to be notified when it was found, but left no email address, so I'm...

Ritchie County, WV

Started by K L (livelywriter@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
Is that anywhere near Beckley? I have family in the Beckley/Oak Hill area and visit from time to time. If Ritchie's close, it would make a good side trip. KL Kathryn Lively, author of SAINTS...

Travellers

Started by The Carringtons (cshouse@optonline.net) | 11 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-10-12
I think I either missed the answer to my question, or it got lost in the shuffle. How exactly does one know a Boxer is carrying a Traveler? If they sometimes require you to solve a riddle or...

Six new boxes in Ritchie County, West Virginia

Started by jugglermouse (jugglermouse@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
I just got around to posting clues to six boxes I planted in Ritchie County, W.V. a couple of weeks ago. One, the Glass Factory Hollow Box is in the town of Pennsboro. The other five are all in...

Question on Locations

Started by Annye Keenberg (annye@sbcglobal.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-22 | Last message: 2003-05-23
I've never planted any boxes, just found them, so please excuse my ignorance as I ask my question because I've never seen the form used for submitting listings :) Do the cities come as a default...

Quick Note to ID/WY LBers

Started by jedaryn02 (jedaryn02@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-22
That's so cool that folks found our Wyoming boxes in Jackson. Everyone kept telling me if we plant them, they will come...slowly, but surely folks are coming to letterbox. Thanks so much for...

New to list...need help in Ohio

Started by Layni Perry (LPerry1970@juno.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
Hi, my name is Layni & I live in the Cincinnati, OH area. I've been letterboxing for about 2 years 'unofficially' (by this I mean, I'll head out, find a box & not be able to log it because I've...

Mt. Monadnock , N. H. area letterboxes

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
My husband and I will be staying in Jaffrey this weekend. It's our 19th anniversary! I printed out a bunch of letterbox clues from the main website. Does anyone know if there are any boxes...

New box in Gaithersburg, MD (van Gogh)

Started by tempusfugitmd (donnas28@juno.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-23
[Please be aware that June 7, 2003 is the Great Seneca Cleanup. Volunteers will be clearing trash, etc. from the creek/trail. The box is very visible from these areas, so you might want to visit...

Trying to contact Ron in CA?

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-05-23 | Last message: 2003-05-23
I'm trying to contact Ron--possibly in CA--but there isn't an email address listed on the clues or the letterbox for him. We visited his Pigeon Point Lighthouse LB today near Pescadero, CA--it's...