Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2002

Problems

Started by John De Wolf (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-06 | Last message: 2002-08-06
  -----Original Message-----From: Nancy Allan [mailto:congokid26@hotmail.com]Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 2:05 PMTo: letterbox-usa-owner@yahoogroups.comSubject: Problems Hi,   Took...

Donna in Santa Cruz

Started by lizardbuttsfamily (mmebt@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
Welcome! We also are new to this sport of letterboxing. I had read in a past post that "Leafy" is missing. A number of the S.F. Bay area boxes were planted a couple of years back, and it seems...

Two new boxes in MD

Started by (twograysquirrels@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
Ardea herodias sighting letterbox Tuscarora, MD 4 August 2002 twograysquirrels@aol.com Attention Birders! An Ardea herodias was sighted nesting at the riverside base of a very large Sycamore tree in...

CA New Letterbox in S.F. Bay Area

Started by lizardbuttsfamily (mmebt@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
The Cradle This is a hike it or bike it, but Lizardbutt says it is better to bike it. Location: Alameda Creek Regional Trial Clue difficulty: easy Terrain: easy Distance: That is up to...

New Hampshire & Maine Question

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-06 | Last message: 2002-08-06
HI! Well I am gearing up for a letterboxing adventure in coastal New Hampshire and Maine. I am busy printing out clues. Here is the Q... I see on the clue for Sea Coast in Portsmouth it reads...

Webmaster - CA box is missing

Started by Dona Bumgarner (arachne@mac.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
I recently went looking for the "Leafy" box in San Francisco's Golden Gate park - unsuccessfully. The clues were clear and led us to a spot where we were sure something *used* to be hidden, but no...

(Norwalk, CT) Disc Golf Letterboxes

Started by (mindizney@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-06 | Last message: 2002-08-06
Darrin and I were in Norwalk yesterday and went to play a little Disc Golf!  However, when we got up to the 8th tee, and looked for the letterbox... sadly there was no box!  We found an obvious...

Hop hop hitchhiker set loose in MD

Started by (Fireflylight@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
Joey the Hitchhiking Kangaroo has started his journey!  He was set off to travel on August 5th, 2002 in the lovely state of Maryland!

VA boxes and HH news

Started by GenieK94 (geniek94@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
HITCHHIKER ALERT: Virginia is for Lovers has been set free on 8-4-02 by the Ultimate Syndicate somewhere in northern Virginia... The World's Smallest Hitchhiker was found in Stafford, Va., and was...

MA: Lake Bray Metamorphosis Series

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
Greetings! Thanks to the "L" Troop for this nice little series of boxes at Mt. Tom. The stamps were as good as any we've seen, and we particularly liked the stamp for the second box. We were the...

Hitcher Etiquette

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-08-05 | Last message: 2002-08-06
Greetings, I've got a question for the list on the subject of hitchhikers. We went out again today, and during our travels, we came upon our second HH. Are we supposed to stamp the box that we found...

WA State: New LB in Tolmie St Park, Lacey

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
Tolmie State Park Letterbox #1: Geoduck Clam Letterbox #2: Sand Dollar Placed By: DVN2RCKR Please send comments regarding the boxes to: blee@pobox.com Start at: Tolmie State Park (upper...

CT pics

Started by defygravity2001 (defygravity@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-06
I added some pictures from the May 11th Gathering at Sleeping Giant to the "photos" section at yahoogroups too. Better Nate than Lever, Aili --- In letterbox-usa@y..., "drewclan11" wrote: >...

New Box in WEST HARTFORD, CT

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
Planted on 8/05/02 By: Odilio and Irishtinker West Hartford, CT near the Bloomfield line     Jonathan's Dream   In 1996 Jonathan's Dream a fully accessible or universal playground opened in...

(RI) Point Judith REVISION

Started by MadMary (madmary@cox.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-08-05 | Last message: 2002-08-10
Hi all.  It appears that my first attempt at planting a box has caused some confusion.  My deepest apologies to anyone that I put at risk of heat stroke by sending them wandering around Point...

CA Millard Falls box

Started by j_arnal_1999 (j_arnal_1999@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-08-06 | Last message: 2002-08-06
On Saturday 8/3 we found the Millard Falls box. One of the landmarks is greatly altered but we managed to find the box despite that. It was a lovely hike and we enjoyed discovering a part of Los...

Suffield CT box

Started by kayaktom2002 (thumbsupgo@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-06 | Last message: 2002-08-06
Thanks Jesse! We stopped by on Saturday and it was much easier to find (back in its old location). So glad it's not "amiss". Assume the webmaster will put it back on listing as an active box. It...

letterbox status OR

Started by funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-05 | Last message: 2002-08-06
I took the time to check up on two of my Portland area letterboxes today. Both the Doyle Owl and the Crystal Springs boxes are doing fine. An elusive disappearing bench (it's come and gone twice so...

Hitcher and fishing news

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
Just picked up a couple of hitchers this past weekend: the Lonely Goatherd at the Lion's Club and Centi-bration at Captain Gray. Had some mass confusion with Fishing for Fun and Friends at...

Webmaster update OR revised clue

Started by funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-08-05 | Last message: 2002-09-30
On December 3, 2001 Funhog placed the Doyle Owl letterbox at Reed College in the City of Portland in Multnomah County, Oregon. This letterbox is a tribute to the elusive Doyle Owl. Sometime early...

Tall Tales and Small Wonders

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 13 messages | First message: 2002-08-05 | Last message: 2002-08-06
First of all, thanks to Carolyn and Heidi for another wonderful Mansfield area letterboxing event, and to Chuck and Barbara for the great photos! We've also been enjoying all the recent...

New letterbox Columbia, MD

Started by (Fireflylight@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
About a year ago, there was a beautiful trumpeter swan that lived on Lake Elkhorn in Columbia, MD.  Her name was Patty.  She was named after Patty Rouse, the wife of James Rouse - founder of...

Royal Roads Gardens Letterbox, Victoria B.C.

Started by Matthew_Colvin (mac47@cornell.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
A pretty, easy, scenic stroll. Royal Roads University campus "encompasses 565 acres of breathtaking beauty just outside the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island. We are located on the shores of...

On a brighter note

Started by Matthew_Colvin (mac47@cornell.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
we found both other Victoria boxes with no problem. We replaced the damaged log book in the Bear and Berry box at Gwen's request. We introduced two local families on letterboxing. We planted a...

Could not find Oak Bay letterbox :-(

Started by Matthew_Colvin (mac47@cornell.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2002-08-05
We looked and looked. We had trouble with the clues too though; came up with three possible general locations (based on differing interpretations of the clues) and searched them all quite...