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Team Weems went out today and replaced The Tortoise and The Hare's full logs books with new ones just ready and waiting for more visitors! I also carved a new "Hare" since a previous message...

I just returned from a wonderful family reunion and weekend of adventure in Damascus, Virginia. If you like to hike, bike, horseback ride, camp, swim, and fishthis is the town for you! While I...

Leave Only Footprints Letterbox planted 8/22/02 by Rubaduc Directions: take route 44 west from Avon-Canton, turn north on route 181 and follow American Legion Forest signs. When 181 intersects with...

I just had the pleasure of letterboxing for the day in Wheaton. Many thanks to Squirrel and The usual suspects for placing boxes in such wonderful places. The Gardens were absolutely beautiful, the...

hi I have just been introduced to this wonderful pastime through our local library,which ran four "quests" this summer...They are all finished now ,and i have looked on the web for others near...

I was at Big Lots today and found a 3 pack of tupperware-like containers. The largest is 1X3X7. the 2 smaller containers fit inside. The plastic seems pretty good. I don't trust the seals and...

Just a quick question. Who is the webmaster that takes care of the the Nebraska / Iowa area?  I would like to know who to direct my mail to so as not to clog up the list with stuff that can be...

I feel stupid!! I forgot to state. "The Indian And The Water Fountain" is in Norwich, CT. Sorry again Patrick

Installments 2-4 of the Michigan Lighthouses series are in place! Grand Traverse Lighthouse (Michigan Lighthouses Series, No. 2) Placed 8/21/2002 by SpringChick Leelanau County Northport, MI Old...

I'm sorry it took so long to get this back into the field. We looked high and low to find a replacement for the second box stamp. No one had any thing even close. I ended up carving something. ...

Place:Mohegan Park Rated: Easy 1 mile loop. Trail is handicap/wheelchair accessable. Boxes are not, but close by. This park has a playground and swimming area for the kids, so if you bring...

I went to place a box recently and found a geocache in the same spot. The dead tree was big enough for both so I placed it right next to the cache. Since we have tons of geocachers here and...

Black Hill Shore Box Black Hill Regional Park, Central Maryland Placed 17 August 2002 by two gray squirrels Easy Enter park, Pass visitors center, Turn right on the second entrance Picnic Lane Park...

Yesterday I headed up to into the north of Michigan (still in the lower peninsula). The day started overcast, and by noon the forecasted evening rain had made its early entrance. Mid-afternoon I...

How much is a pace? I have seen conflicting information -- a short step, a long step, one foot-fall, two foot-falls... When the number of paces is small, the discrepancy caused by this...

We found Grace's Hitchhiker in July, 2002, in the Horse Shoe Trestle LB (a truely great hand carved stamp for those in Oregon). The story goes... Grace's Hitchhiker was first placed somewhere in...

We found Cling Clang the HH on August 16, 2002, in the Live Free Or Die LB at Fort Stark, Newcastle Island in New Hampshire. The story goes, Cling Clang was an actual peddler man who traveled...

Greetings, My wife and I just returned home to Oregon from a very HOT and HUMID vacation in New England, adding 13 new images to our collection. These include: MAINE: > The Blueberry Hill LB --...

Welp, I just got a mail saying it couldn't be found and it was a pretty easy hiding spot so I am going to assume that it has wandered off. I wasn't too thrilled with the spot I hid it in so I'm...

Some might decry this, but I've started another folder in the files section for people to post their signature stamps in. Feel free to upload yours to it if you are so inclined. I enjoy seeing...

Estuarium Letterbox      Aug. 30, 2002 Washington,  North Carolina (Easy) Start at the Estuarium. On the back porch, read about "Watching the Weather".  Directly underneath you will see a...

The Indian And The Fountian series is ready to be returned to the field. We tried to stay as close to the original as possible, but we where unable to find the missing stamp in any of the...

these are both quite lovely stamps and deserve more attention than they are recieving. HINT! GO VISIT! anyway go enjoy your day. spike

Personally, i see no problem with carrying extra paper in case you run into an image you would love to stamp, frame and hang on your wall. as long as it doesnt turn into financial gain. then it...

Paperclip hitchhiker was found today at the UConn Mascot. We will be "attaching" it to another home shortly. Patrick and Amy