Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2002

??? BenE in Coventry, CT

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-08-14 | Last message: 2002-08-18
Does anyone have a status on this box? Another letterboxer told me it was missing because she searched twice but I thought I would double check here before we go out for it.

underwater box?

Started by trey klein (ehkiii@yahoo.com) | 13 messages | First message: 2002-08-14 | Last message: 2002-08-15
does anyone know of a letterbox hidden completely underwater (by design, of course)? if so, how was the box waterproofed? any suggestions (other than the near $50 waterproof gear boxes at rei) from...

Vanderbilt Letterbox

Started by Amy Champion (jumpy_frog44@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-14 | Last message: 2002-08-20
Placed by Katydid on 8/12/02 In Hyde Park, NY in Dutchess County Vanderbilt Mansion, National Historic Site go to http://www.nps.gov/vama/vamahome.html for more info This site has great views of...

Status ? RI Letterboxes

Started by trishkri (trishkri@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-14
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "moonstone_baby" wrote: > I recently could not find the Viking Ship at Sunrise letterbox. The > area is very overgrown and lots of poison ivy. Viking ships was...

New Box, Oregon

Started by moloch515 (moloch515@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-14
I really wanted to place a box on the top of Broughton's Bluff in Troutdale Oregon, and thought I knew how to get to the top, but when I went out to hike up there, I realized I didn't know how to...

New: MA: The Kerr Clan LB

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-14
The Kerr Clan Letterbox Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield MA (Hampshire County) Placed: August 13, 2002 by TehutiKa, AsetKa and kids! Distance: 1/4 mile, if that Time: Under a half hour, but you...

VA -- "Saint Paul's Cannonball" back in service.

Started by (LoveLetterBoxing@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
St. Paul's Cannonball box was replaced today. It's enjoying it's third incarnation. Thanks, The Russ Clan

VA -- Norfolk -- New box -- "Green Tea" -- Southeastern VA

Started by (LoveLetterBoxing@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-08-14
Name:  "Green Tea" Date:  August 13, 2002 Placed By: "Itty Bitty Kitty" of the The Russ Clan Location:  VA--Norfolk Level of Difficulty: Moderately Easy e-mail: LoveLetterBoxing@aol.com LBNA page...

MA - Cricket Ledge

Started by Letterboxers at Holbrook Farm (letterboxes@holbrookfarm.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Is there any report on Cricket Ledge in Eastern  Massachusetts?  The web-site says that it was removed for maintenance in May of this year -- anyone know if it has been replaced?  I have...

Status ? RI Letterboxes (Newport/Narragansett)

Started by springchick1219 (springchick1219@attbi.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-08-14 | Last message: 2002-08-14
My daughter will be visiting Rhode Island this weekend and is planning to hunt a few letterboxes while there. Wondering if anyone has status information on the boxes in the Newport area, and also...

National Park Stamps

Started by Magic Mike (mmletterbox@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-14 | Last message: 2002-08-14
Hello... I've been reading the treads about putting the boxes on National Park Lands. While I find it disappointing, I can understand their position. However, if one must have a stamp from a...

MD - Brookside Gardens - Found!

Started by (Fireflylight@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-08-13
I am pleased to say I found the Brookside Gardens box today.  What a beautiful park.  I had never even heard of it before.  Ended up wandering the gardens for over an hour after finding the box. ...

Killington, VT boxes

Started by gershamabob (ellen@gershamabob.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-08-14
Hello there all, first post to list and a two week old letterboxer to boot ;) A friend and I jaunted a bit north for a day of hiking near Killington, VT, to hit three letterboxes which are near...

Boxing in the Berkshires of Western MA

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-08-15
Greetings, With the end of summer and my eminent return to college looming on the horizon, we took advantage of excellent weather to take a drive to the far western part of Massachusetts for three...

Blue Hills box wet/city lights okay

Started by adelcoll (adelcoll@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-09-20
Hi, We found the Blue Hills letterbox last week, but the cover is cracked and the book is wet and mildewed. The stamp is still there. We had no replacement materials, so we replaced as was. ...

2 boxes replaced in Wheaton Regional Park, MD

Started by (twograysquirrels@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Deer Hollow Wheaton Regional Park Maryland Placed June 5, 2000. Replaced 11 August 2002 Back through the field to the road of gravel, is where you must begin your travel. Look to your...

New COVENTRY, CT box 3

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Planted 8/12/02 By Irishtinker Rated EASY A Trip Through Town Box 3 of 3 of "When I Was a Girl In The Martin Box" By Orra Parker Phelps, an autobiography of a girl living in Coventry, CT in the...

NJ - box notes

Started by Kimberly (MartianShark@msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
There are now staff box clues available at EMS Woodbridge, and from the 19th to the 24th there will be a video playing with a hint to one of my boxes as well.   Also, found the NJ mystery...

A note for newies and old timers alike

Started by Kimberly (MartianShark@msn.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-08-13 | Last message: 2002-08-19
With an influx of new people, I'm getting a little disturbed by some posts.  It seems everyone has forgotton a very important principle of letterboxing - Leave No Trace.  This means more than...

Addendum Re: VA New LB "Backwards Bob Flies a Kite"

Started by drgnprl (dragonpearl@rcn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Addendum This change will go into effect this afternoon. Webmaster, sorry if you've updated the page already. The section that reads: To find the box, stand next to the pillar with the number 4...

New Coventry, CT Box 2

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Planted by Irishtinker On 8/12/02 Rated Easy THE MAY BASKET Box 2 of 3 of "When I Was a Girl In The Martin Box" By Orra Parker Phelps, an autobiography of a girl living in Coventry, CT in the...

New Box in Darien, CT (Fairfield County)

Started by reagleea (reagleea@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Name: "The Hungry Frog" Letterboxes Where: Woodland Park; Darien, CT (Fairfield County) Number of Boxes: 2 Placed By: MAX (reagleea@yahoo.com) on August 4, 2002 Distance: 3/4 Mile Time: 30 -...

Opps I forgot my info BOX 1 - COVENTRY, CT

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Rated EASY Planted 8/12/02 By Irishtinker Strawberry Picking Box 1 of 3 of "When I Was a Girl In The Martin Box" By Orra Parker Phelps, an autobiography of a girl living in Coventry, CT in the...

Ct Bear Hill

Started by NLS (jsperrazza@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Hi Voyageur Re. the Bozrah Bear Hill Letterboxes. Both were there on July 21 --a HOT hike.!! But a nice loop walk. Butterfly

NEW COVENTRY CT - Series Box 1

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-13
Strawberry Picking Box 1 of 3 of "When I Was a Girl In The Martin Box" By Orra Parker Phelps, an autobiography of a girl living in Coventry, CT in the 1870's.