Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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September 2002

Lopez Island, San Juan County, Washington Letterboxes (2)

Started by Nail Family -- -- (7nails@truthmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-02
Agate Beach Letterboxes (2) Lopez Island, San Juan County, Washington State These 2 letterboxes are located in Agate Beach County Park on the southern end of Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands of...

Pasadena, Maryland

Started by Bonnie J. Schupp (schupp9@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Pasadena, Maryland Posted by Bonnie Schupp schupp9@comcast.net    Medium difficulty; easy walk (about one mile round trip), level, shaded Downs Park, Anne Arundel County, on the Chesapeake...

Altoid tins - stamp pad

Started by Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) | 21 messages | First message: 2002-09-01 | Last message: 2002-09-03
Hello all, This rainy cool CT night, I am experimenting with an Altoid tin trying to turn it into a letterbox. Small stamp (Factis eraser cut to ~ 1.5"x1"x .5") fits. Handmade logbook fits....

Harriet Hitch Hiker

Started by David Welker (gdavw@mac.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Wow! We got a HH today! Harriet Hitch Hiker was found today at Rockwood Park in Chesterfield Va. We shall carry her onward! I have never posted to a talk list before.... hope this works. My...

Missing letterbox, Roosevelt Island

Started by virginiawaterbird (virginiawaterbird@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-09-02 | Last message: 2002-09-02
The key to finding this one lies with your compass. You can't be sure you're on the right pile of rocks until the compass headings match the ones given in the clues. The Jolly G-Man is really...

Boxing in CT

Started by thelionandsanddollar (pmoriarty01@snet.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-09-02 | Last message: 2003-03-26
We spend a lovely, if overcast afternoon letterboxing in SE CT today. We found the Thames River Light Series safe and dry, as well as the Avery Light box. Then we headed down the road a piece and...

WA: Two new boxes in Bellingham

Started by Sam Wilson (wilsons@myrealbox.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Sehome Arboretum Box placed 8/25/02 by Susan and Sam

WI : Eagle letterbox dried out and returned

Started by robbyrobot2002 (rmsolem@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-02
The Eagle Wisconsin letterbox that I and few friends found on the evening of the 16th in a container of water has been dried out stamped and returned in new bags and container. Beautiful hike but...

Back from a week in ME

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Greetings, After a lovely week of boating, fishing and swimming in Sebago Lake, Maine, we managed to get some boxing done as well. Rings in Heaven: Found the box while walking out, thinking we'd...

??? Spotswood / Monroe Township NJ area

Started by irishtinker (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
In about a month or so I will be going to this general area of NJ. I am going down and back in the same day. Can anyone please tell me some QUICK boxes I can hit that are not very far out of my way....

Sig. Stamp Question

Started by shipwright17 (shipwright@myrealbox.com) | 20 messages | First message: 2002-09-01 | Last message: 2002-09-18
I should like to enlist (no pun intended) the advice of the other 'boxers here regarding a question of signature stamp propriety: When I first started letterboxing (in May), I carved my first stamp...

New Letterbox - Milton, MA

Started by adelcoll (adelcoll@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Please post these clues to another Blue Hills box. Thanks, Adelcoll, Cavy-lovers The Blue Hills Birthday Letterbox To celebrate her 11 years Maddie invited to a hike her friends' dear They all...

NJ Cahilly Family's Letterboxes

Started by (PPogie@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
HI, Cahilly Family, Mary and I spent Saturday hunting you letterboxes.  We had a great time in The Park and were able to find all but the Critter Collection Box.  I think we were in the right spot...

New Traveller (with a twist)

Started by defygravity (defygravity@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
This morning, Peter J. McGuire, the Father of Labor Day, is honored with his own Travelling Letterbox. This letterbox has a separate Clue book, which is placed in a host box. The Traveller is then...

If you like lighthouses...

Started by (cherieph@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Here is a lighthouse trip in NJ that looks interesting.  It would be great fun to plant at a bunch of them so the rest of us could find boxes.  Ican't since I have plans for that weekend already. New...

Pink Lady's Slipper Box, Cheesequake Park NJ

Started by (cherieph@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Has anyone found this box ?  I was looking on Sat and for the life of me couldn't match the clues to the trail.  Found the other box, Crabbing Bridge, without trouble-good clues, well marked trails,...

new box: Twin Lights, monmouth county NJ

Started by (cherieph@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
This is the beginning of a series of boxes in NJ lighthouses-I hope.  Box #1 is yet to be planted since the SAndy Hook Lighthouse is under some renovation and I wasn't sure if I could get out there. ...

OR: New box near Grants Pass!

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Name: Applegate Rest Area Placed: August 28, 2002 State: OR County: Josephine Nearest Town: Grants Pass URL: http://www.geocities.com/rscarpen/Lb/US/OR/Applegate Enjoy! -- Ryan

FrankenFish Letterbox

Started by psycomommy2003 (ktborrelli@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-09-01 | Last message: 2002-09-01
Saw the movie "Signs" last night. SCARY !!!!! So all last night kept thinking of the nasty fish. In my head all I could remember was FRANKENFISH, FRANKENFISH, and more FRANKENFISH. I remember...

Devil's Hopyard, missing letterbox

Started by (LilBLTBX@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-09-01 | Last message: 2002-09-01
In the description for the two letterboxes placed by the Drew Clan, the first box was reported missing. Yesterday, we found that it is actually the second box that is missing, and not the first. ...

RI: The Hills Are Alive

Started by (Vitlaur@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
For anyone planning on doing the Hills Are Alive Series in RI, I had to temporarily pull box 4. Recently a shelter was built nearby and some things have changed. The box was left out in the open...

New Southeast PA Mystery Box

Started by shredmtb (shredmtb@fast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01

Get Togethers

Started by wanderingsole143 (breedenbunch@insight.rr.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
We are from OHio and would like to come to an event....what region are we considered? LOL :) Maybe we'll have to become honorary 'Southern Highlanders' too :) Sue

OH-Rolling Hills ravaged by rodents

Started by wanderingsole143 (breedenbunch@insight.rr.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-09-01
Rolling Hills at Deer Creek State Park was indeed ravaged by rodents. After MUCH searching it was located with the lid missing , stamp slightly chewed and logbook wet and eaten :( Seeker, we...

missing letterbox Roosevelt Island -- DC

Started by David Roodberg (drberg@bellatlantic.net) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-09-01 | Last message: 2002-09-09
We had a great walk on Roosevelt Island, but, unfortunately, after digging in the ivy, were unable to locate the letterbox.  Has anyone seen it recently?  All the indicators were in place so...