Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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December 2002

WA: Burfoot Park - NEW

Started by Fudrick (fudrick@attbi.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-20
These boxes have been in my car for two weeks while I have been trying to find the time to get out there and place them.  dvn2r ckr snuk in and placed her boxes in MY park :-(     Burfoot...

CA: Box Update

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-21
At long last, I have replaced the Run For the Border letterbox in San Luis Obispo. Hopefully this time around, it's not going to go missing anytime soon. The clues have changed *slightly* at the...

WA: New Letterbox

Started by BB (bburk@harbornet.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-20
Here's a little something to do before the Park Fees ring in the new year.   New letterbox (3) placed at Manchester State Park in Washington State.   Have a look...

IL New letterbox

Started by greenheron2200 (greenheron2@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-21
Milk Capital Letterbox County: McHenry Town:Harvard, IL Placed 11/30/02 by greenheron with assistance from her sister Hound Maiden and her brother Inkboy Difficulty: Easy Placed to honor the most...

Smithsonian box

Started by leger de maine (legerdemaine@hotmail.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2003-03-01
     I just got a note from someone telling me that the scroll in the Smithsonian box is full.  I'm going to send another one out, but it likely won't be in place for a week or so.  If you're...

New Hitch Hiker loose in Connecticut today

Started by roberta a stillson (Rubaduc@juno.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-21
Yes, even in this rain I let "The Velveteen Rabbit" hitch hiker loose into the wilds of Connecticut. Please keep me posted on her travels

coyotes

Started by (gbecket@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-20
Wow - I moved to NoVA from SoCal and I never thought of coyotes here!  There if you let your dog or cat out you just suppose they're coyote food and that's the way things are.  I carried an air horn,...

Coyotes attack dog

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-20
About 15 years ago in Lebanon CT. my dog and I were walking back home through the woods. It was a drizzly windy day. The path took a left turn around a rock and brush. My part black lab dog Brandi...

New No. VA boxes

Started by virginiawaterbird (virginiawaterbird@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-21
I know I'm tooting my own horn here, but since my new boxes haven't yet made it onto the new stuff list, much less the State list, and since some of you out there may be looking for a respite from...

This happened @ "Rock Meadows" LB in MA Beware

Started by Brian, Ryan & Lori (bconnoll@marksonrosenthal.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-20
Pooch power saves the day: Black lab chases coyotes away during walk in Waltham By Mary Timm Gomes Thursday, December 19, 2002 WALTHAM - A Cambridge woman walking on Metropolitan State Hospital...

OT: I Can't Believe Flo Won! [Was: Re: Amazing Race in Seattle?]

Started by mlgainey (mlgainey@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-21
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen " wrote: > I didn't see it last night, but I heard that Seattle was the finish > line and they had to run all around it including such famous >...

New Letterbox OR -- Salem, OR, Marion County

Started by Barry (moloch515@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-20
On December 19, 2002, Barry placed the Bush's Pasture Park Letterbox in Salem, OR, located in Marion County. The clue is located at: http://www.geocities.com/moloch515/Bush.html Webmasters: ...

WA LB Update

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-20
Here's the low down on recent letterboxing treks around WA: **Found Kenneydell in perfect health hanging out around Black Lake. What a gem of a park & a great swimming hole for some cool dudes,...

WA: New LB in Tacoma

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-12-20 | Last message: 2002-12-22
Galloping Gertie Letterbox Tacoma Pierce County Washington Level of difficulty: Level to steep, steep, steep dirt/gravel trail (portions are mucky in rainy season). Clues easy. Setting: War...

New Letter Box in Palm Beach County, Florida

Started by clmiller111 (clmiller111@hotmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-12-19 | Last message: 2002-12-19
The Morikami Letterbox Placed on December 14, 2002, by C.L.Miller. Location: The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida This is a wonderful...

New letterboxes by Leader of the Pack: Town Gazebo Series [CT]

Started by Judi Lapsley Miller (judi@psychokiwi.org) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
Message A new letterbox series by Leader of the Pack... You can do these a.m or p.m. rain, snow and there is even a bench to sit...

Amazing Race in Seattle?

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-12-19 | Last message: 2002-12-20
I didn't see it last night, but I heard that Seattle was the finish line and they had to run all around it including such famous letterboxing places as Lincoln Park. Was one of the roadblocks...

Attention MA Webmaster: Another Change in Ft Phoenix directions

Started by mulbie (mulbie@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-12-19 | Last message: 2002-12-19
Sorry to have to do this, but it has become necessary to change the directions for the Ft Phoenix letterbox once again because of changing conditions. Therefore, The Yachtsman and I (Mary Manatee)...

Attn: CA webmaster

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
The link for the Zzyzx clue is broken on the main website. (I haven't looked at the "New Clues" page, but I don't really care as much about that.) It's trying to link to...

CA: New letterbox!

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-12-19 | Last message: 2002-12-31
Today, I officially hid my 100th letterbox! Woo-who! Sorry, but it's rather a lame stamp since I did it "on the trail", but I doubt many people will be looking for it out in the middle of the...

new member - VA

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
What a great way to learn about letterboxing! I happen to know their are several nice boxes in Arlington, ;-) And in case you didn't know there are three indoor boxes in the area: one in a...

WA: New LB near Boston Harbor

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
Burfoot Park Letterboxes Boston Harbor (7 miles North of Olympia) Thurston County Washington Level of difficulty: Level to steep dirt/gravel trail (portions are mucky in rainy season) with stairs,...

Nevada box updates

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
While wandering around the Nevada wilderness, I found five letterboxes which I thought I'd let everyone know are all still alive and well. =) * Desert Song * Goldfish * One-Armed Bandit * Both...

NV: New letterbox

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-12-19
Name: Welcome to Nevada! Placed: December 17, 2002 State: NV County: Clark Nearest Town: Jean URL: http://www.geocities.com/rscarpen/Lb/US/NV/Welcome Yes, folks, there's a new letterbox in Nevada,...

NE: Cowboy Trail Box (1 of 3)

Started by Elizabeth (iqzine@moderngypsy.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-12-19 | Last message: 2002-12-19
This is the first of three on the Cowboy Trail -- a converted rails to trails dealie here in Nebraska that will eventually be the longest in the country. The other two will be placed further on,...