Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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May 2003

Thanks for your input re: series.

Started by jamnjelly03 (jamnjelly03@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-15
Thank you for all of your input. Everyone had really good recommendations. I think that our next series will have log books in each box. Many commented that sometimes they don't get to all the...

What's Hot?

Started by Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-15
The what's hot section, that used to live at the top of what's new, is back. This is the spot where we post Gatherings, collaborations, and general grooviness. Check it out at...

CT Update: Elaine and Jerry's Bluff

Started by Steve (shol3039@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-15
Ok, so no adoption in the near future but I managed to get a hold of Eric at EMS. I told him about the box and that the log was intact and he's going to make an effort to replace the stamp...

Request assignment of Space Shuttle Explorer letterbox

Started by Brian Bohmueller (riversol@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
I finally got a chance to create an account. Please assign the subject letterbox to my account. Thanks Brian Bohmueller [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

VA - Williamsburg Area

Started by Timothy Hardin (cardweaver@peoplepc.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-15
Depending on how much time you have, I have 4 boxes in Mariners' Park in Newport News just south of Williamsburg. As far as 2nd graders are concerned, I'd say the first two, possibly three would be...

Stamp images on line- microboxes

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-15
Thanks for all the nice comments. To the person who asked, you can see my carvings by visiting www.ScoutDogsBoxes.com and click on the 'Stamp images' & 'more stamps' links. To answer your other...

Go Fly A Kite Letterboxes

Started by Eagleboxer2002 (eagleboxer2002@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-15
The first letterbox in the go fly a kite series is missing. The box will be replaced as soon as I get a chance to recreate the stamp. I am sorry for the inconvinience but vandals somehow found...

May 17th Gathering

Started by The Carringtons (cshouse@optonline.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-14
I think the trip to the MD/VA/PA gathering might be too much for us. 5 1/2 hours is a loooooong ride with 7 kids in a car! What time does the MUCH closer CT gathering begin on the 17th? I have to...

What a wonderful Boxing day

Started by The Carringtons (cshouse@optonline.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Thanks to Katydid! Welcome home BTW. The Alphabet Bandits revisited the Vanderbilt box since half the Bandits lost their stamps after our last outing. We were overjoyed to find 3 more on the...

Pandora in LA, Long Beach and Orange County area May 27-29

Started by pandora{HIB} (hispandora@phlsystems.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Hey Everyone, I just found out I am going to be in the LA, Long Beach and Orange County areas May 27-29 and... I got my mom and my Aunts into letterboxing and will be working on getting them stamps...

Letterboxing on Mother's Day Weekend

Started by dagonell2001 (salley@klaatu.canisius.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
I took my wife to see her mother in Syracuse, NY. Friday we drove all day and crashed. Sat. I was the dutiful son-in-law and did all those manly man repairs around the house. Sun. & Mon. I let...

Dog Scouts Troop Stamp Carvings

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Excellent carving. Glad you put them online. I like to see other letterboxers carvings. The quality doesn't matter. I like seeing what's out there especially in places I probably won't ever go to. In...

More stamp images on line

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-14
Hi all, I finally got around to scanning, and uploading to my website, 10 more images of stamps I've carved. They are all microbox stamps. They are on the "More Stamps" page at www.ScoutDogsBoxes.com...

? to the group

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-15
In my Harry Potter series, I put a log book in boxes 1 and 3 (of a 4 box series). There are also clues to boxes 2 & 4 in the ones with the log books. I put a little note inside boxes 2 & 4 explaining...

Misery loves company the first box in Ct.

Started by Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-14
> A great amount of credit has to be given to the Drew > Clan for their dedication to letterboxing. They are > the true pioneers of letterboxing in CT. > Thanks so much! And we heard about...

N. CA: exchange interest?

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Hi Northern California letterboxers. We'll be in Northern California (primarily Monterey County & SFO Bay area) on business next week and will attempt to look for letterboxes during our stint in...

? to the Group

Started by jamnjelly03 (jamnjelly03@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-14
Quick question to the group. Letterbox series that you have planted, do you put a log book in each box? Has any one just put a stamp in the first few with the log book in the last? How would you...

Old Faithful?? Yellowstone??

Started by Sheri Foote (mountaingirl53@earthlink.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-05-13 | Last message: 2003-05-14
Help! We're going on a trip to Yellowstone. I KNOW I found clues to a box by Old Faithful awhile ago and now I can't find it anywhere. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Anyway, if someone...

Scenic Suggestion for the NE?

Started by cavy_lovers4 (adelcoll@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-16
Hi, What we letterbox, my husband mainly goes along for the walk and to indulge his photo hobby. In hopes of getting to do more boxing... I would enjoy hearing folks suggestions as to...

Randy and Lenny discussion

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-13
Glad to see that the argument part of this discussion was short and was able to end well. I've met Lenny a few times. I think of him as a good man. He was upset by a bad day. Emails were taken the...

"Leo" - New S. Ohio box

Started by BigGuy_45640 (bigguy_45640@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Difficulty: easy Terrain: moderate Date planted: 5/13/2003 Leo Nestled in the wooded hills of Jackson County, Ohio is a quiet little park administered by the Ohio Historical Society. It protects...

"Just For Kicks"- New S. Ohio box

Started by BigGuy_45640 (bigguy_45640@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-05-14
Difficulty: easy Terrain: flat Date planted: 5/13/2003 Just For Kicks To find this microbox (please bring a stamp pad and pencil!) go to the rest stop on US Route #35 about 7 or 8 miles west of...

trouble getting to the clues

Started by Jana J. Riska (cadenza74@earthlink.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2003-05-13 | Last message: 2003-05-14
Is anyone else having trouble accessing clues on the site? I can't get to anything from the map or the new search engine. It sometimes goes to a page with the breakup of the state sections, but...

Question for the 5/17/03 Gathering

Started by (Mae62202@AOL.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-05-13 | Last message: 2003-05-14
Hello, I have made something special that has 17 stamps, but need to know is there going to be room for me to set up a card table? Thanks The Engraver [Non-text portions of this message have been...

Sorry. I knew it truncate my address.

Started by rtrwathome (rtrw@attbi.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-05-14 | Last message: 2003-05-15
I'm about to drive from CT to Kansas and was hoping to pick up a few easier boxes along the way. Since I'm travelling with the antiletterboxer, they will have to be fairly short walks, probably...