Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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July 2002

MI gathering?

Started by (stampinpam@aol.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-07-10 | Last message: 2002-07-11
OK, count me in as number three.  Hmm, I think that makes us a crowd! LOL I'm guessing I might be able to convince some of my stamp club buddies to join in, as well.  Just depends on the date.  The...

First Annual Michigan Gathering

Started by (edugaytor@aol.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2002-07-10 | Last message: 2002-07-13
Okay, we've got 2!  And I'm sure I can coer -- er, convince my letterboxing pals Emily (see "Secret Garden", just posted, her first!) and Margaret to come along, so that makes 4.  We could perhaps...

OR: Oregon Zoo Letterboxes

Started by (paisleyorca@webtv.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-10
John and I went to the zoo today just for fun and we remembered to take the clues for the letterboxes there. We were able to be discreet for the Wapiti and Marsh Boxes and are pretty sure we were...

CA: boxing in a NPS visitor center: the ultimate quest

Started by az89a (ron@goldenpic.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-10
As mentioned in my previous post, you have the unique oportunity to enter the dragon & liberate 3 letterboxes from the clutches of death. Here are the extremely difficult clues: Proceed to the...

CA: act now, operators are standing by

Started by az89a (ron@goldenpic.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-10
Here is your opportunity to: A. nab 3 nifty letterboxes, on the eve of their retirement, B. help the NPS tidy up their visitor center, and 3. save western civilization from eminent demise. As you may...

Letterboxing in New England again

Started by (tehutika@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Greetings, Another fruitful day on the trails, with one exception. We had to leave a site for the first time without having found the box. Our day started at Chesterfield Gorge, NH. Having an...

New AOL Letterboxing Chat

Started by (edugaytor@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
To subscribers to AOL: I just started a Letterboxing chat that is listed on AOL under the "Special Interests" category.  Please stop in and introduce yourself to those in attendence, and pass the...

NY Ithaca

Started by (Vitlaur@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Yes!  I am inking up my stamp.  I am going to be there very soon.  I can't believe all the new boxes. LV

letterbox updates OR & WA

Started by funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-10
Having forgotten my stamp when I went to Beacon Rock in Feb. I braved the 93 degree weather today and hiked back up there to leave my mark. I discovered that there is a brand new day use fee on all...

OR gathering 8/10

Started by funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-07-10 | Last message: 2002-07-11
Sifting through the ballots, no hanging chads have been found. The date 8/10 seems to be the clear winner. The rough plan is as follows: Let's get together for a picnic lunch around noon at Balch...

Walkin' Wanda

Started by (LoveLetterBoxing@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
>>over 20,000 miles of solo long-distance backpacking in the 1980's, and some 50,000 miles of solo hiking overall! Wanda...I can't tell you how impressed I am with your walking miles...having only...

Naked Man on the trail & Wanda's Response

Started by "Tig" (mainetig@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-09
Bonnie - thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. I think many of us on this list find ourselves out hiking alone - at least some of the time. It is important for us all to...

I'm New, Found my 1st one in ME and got a Hitchiker to boot!

Started by strout99 (strout99@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-10
Hi All, Well, I learned about Lbing from an article in Yankee Magazine.Needless to say I was intrigued. Got some supplies together and went in search of my first letterbox in Brunswick/Topsham,...

Boost Wisconsin as well!

Started by Stephen Pope (cancun55@famvid.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-09
Here's to increasing the numbers for Wisconsin too...I'm a newbie starting in the Fox Valley Area, but hope to get home to Southwest Michigan to plant a few myself...the numbers for the...

Using stickers instead of stamps

Started by kkretsch (kkretsch@comcast.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-11
Folks, Has there ever been any discussion about applying a self-adhesive sticker instead of applying an ink stamp in a box's log book? It would allow for a greater variety of artwork, I should...

heat method

Started by Eliza B. (yahoo@moderngypsy.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Let me just interject here that the heat transfer method won't work for all kinds of material. I (heart) PZKut, but my stash of it is still in CA with all my other stuff. So I bought some...

!!!!!!!!! Ohio: new letterbox clue !!!!!!!!!!

Started by (theritzman@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Burton's Log Cabin Letterbox Placed: June 27, 2002 Burton, Ohio Geauga County Nearest Big City: Cleveland Difficulty: Easy to Moderate ( hour hike one way) Burton Square is located east of...

Maryhill Museum Box

Started by rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
> Have you heard of it being found recently? Amanda (from Seattle!) and I found the box back in March (I think it was March) when I went to hide the Tom McCall Perserve box, and it was alive and...

NC -- VA border -- Knotts Island Causeway -- "The Nest"

Started by (LoveLetterBoxing@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
**Jay This might could be listed in both the VA and NC pages as it's very close to the border--Just a thought. Our page title: The Russ Clan's Letterboxes NC -- (NC/VA Border) -- Knotts Island,...

New Box Clue!!-Douglas Mountain, Sebago, ME

Started by fox412 (fox412@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Douglas Mountain Letterbox Sebago, ME Cumberland County Placed: July 6th, 2002, my 24th Birthday!!! By: Krink Hiking: Easy to Moderate (my uncles 80 year old mother made it up, personally I...

Hot Iron Image Transfer Method (The Last Word???) :-)

Started by Ms. Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-09
Hello Everyone, April of Stampeaz here in CT, a stamp carver extraordinaire, was kind enough to share her method of transfering images to stamp medium. I have her permission to quote and she asked...

RI Clues

Started by Todd and Anne Marie Charland (irishtinker@earthlink.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-10
For some reason on my map I can't access the Rhode Island clues. Is anyone else having this problem? Can anyone tell me some RI clues?  

Illegal to plant on nps land?

Started by luvmytelescope (mickey@littlekeylime.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-11
I am very green to the letterboxing but am eager to get out and seek and plant some boxes. I only know of three boxes in Minnesota so if anyone has a good site for Minnesota clues, I'd really...

The Rusty Acorn--MA

Started by monotropa (bsennott@crocker.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-07-09
Hi. I'm the hider of that box, and I can verify that, yes, people have found it. It's a mystery box and you have to do a little sleuthing to figure out the location. Good luck! Bonnie P12...

New England Pumkin hitchhiker

Started by trey klein (ehkiii@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2002-07-09 | Last message: 2002-07-09
after beginning its journey on feb 18 in hampton, ct, the new england pumkin hitchiker has visted the following locations: feb 24 mansfield hollow, ct april 16 norwich, ct may 26 guilford, ct may 27...