Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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April 2002

NY-Report on Storm King boxes

Started by Marsha Preston (mkpreston@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
  We were unprepared for the scale of this place!!!  Also we were there in record 91 degree heat!  In April, no less!  We fould two of the three, no luck with King's Ritual.  Peace Mother was a...

article in Yankee

Started by dmlathrop (pineknoll@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
Here's my letterboxing story to share. Being a hot 92 degrees today in CT, I set out with my kids to a letterbox close by where we live that we had visited over a year ago.  When we were...

newbie questions

Started by Erin Shoemate (dindrane@needcoffee.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-04-17 | Last message: 2002-04-17
Greetings: I am fairly new to letterboxing, having never set out a box of my own, and having only found two in the past. So please forgive me if the following questions are silly or old; they...

HH - Personal Philosophy

Started by Trish Kurdziel (trishkri@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
To paraphrase Shrek, "Hitchhikers are like onions - they have layers." One of my favorite things about HH's is opening the log book and carefully peeling back the layers, discovering the different...

Adams Mill Correction State of CT

Started by pati lewis (plewis02@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
The first attachment sent was incorrect..this current attachment are the clues to the Adams Mill Trail Letterbox placed 4-15-02 in Manchester, CT..Thanks

Maine - Acadia National Park letterboxes

Started by danceofthepen (WindDncr24@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
If this post is a duplicate, I'm sorry :) I couldn't find my first post. We're planning a trip to Maine and found info on the Acadia boxes. Can anyone let me know the status of the following...

Acadia Letterboxes - Maine

Started by danceofthepen (WindDncr24@aol.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2002-04-17 | Last message: 2002-04-20
Hi. We're planning a trip up the coast of Maine. I see there are four letterboxes in the Acadia National Park. I did a search of the archives. One message said that Thunder Hole is missing? ...

Jay Drew in Yankee Magazine!

Started by warrioringilead (czf@attbi.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-17
Just got my copy of the May 2002 Yankee Magazine and under the category of "Yarns, Snippets, and Whatnots", on page 22, in an article titled "Hide and Seek", is our own Jay Drew describing the...

moderation

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 15 messages | First message: 2002-04-16 | Last message: 2005-06-05
Once again, I have received a request to moderate an individual. Those of you who know me personally know I abhor moderation in all but the most extreme of circumstances. Moreover, moderation...

New Central MA Letterbox (The Quaking Bog)

Started by Barry chase (bcec@altavista.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
  The Quaking Bog Letterbox Holden,MA   Placed 4-15-02 by Barry49   Trail Advisories:     This is MDC Property so sorry no dogs allowed.     Entire walk can be completed in about an hour.  30...

recent postings on new boxes in RI

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-04-16 | Last message: 2002-04-18
Just wanted to let everyone know, in case they hadn't noticed, that the clues for our 2 new mysteries, The Pine Barrens of RI and Going Downhill, have been posted at the bottom of our webpage...

Newly Planted Letterbox

Started by pati lewis (plewis02@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
It is called: The Adams Mill Trail Letterbox Placed: 4-15-02 Where: Manchester, Ct./Hartford County In Honor of Janet and Pat who bravely endured chemo and radiation for the cancers they were...

CT captains walk

Started by funkybluesmama (funkybluesmama@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
had a wonderful day of letterboxing recently that ended with captains walk. The stamp is incredible! Box was cracked however, but contents are in good shape. Just a note, after finding the box...

Three trunks

Started by Queenie Brown (me_queenbee@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2002-04-16 | Last message: 2002-04-17
Hi my name is Joanne, and one day I was strolling thru the park near my house with a friend. And we just happen to stumble across a letterbox. For my friend it was the first time she ever heard of...

New Haven CT

Started by Mountain Scorpia (mountainscorpia@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
How odd. How were the stamp, the cocaine spoon, and the credit card attached to each other? How did you determine the credit card was stolen and not just lost? Just...

CT - hitchhiker

Started by Kirstin Peterson (summerlove23@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
I found the New England Pumpkin hitchhiker at the Grumpy Letterbox in Mansfield Hollow, Manfield, CT. I've also planted a new hitchhiker today named Wandering Worm. Beautiful day for a...

RI updates

Started by M. (rid25751@ride.ri.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2002-04-16 | Last message: 2002-08-18
Newport-Fort Adams and Fast Passage (Castle Hill and Brenton Point) all there.  We replaced a few plastic boxes and baggies that were cracked, broken, inky.  Coastal weather takes a...

Happy Birthday Max

Started by Chip Cranfill (ccranfill@cadrawer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
Happy Birthday again Max. Great party, we had a blast. Hey Amanda, we were hoping to leave a HH in your very capable, well-traveled hands. But the box wasn't big enough for the stampbook. Oh...

Exeter, RI letterbox

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
Hi Bernie and Mimi, The good news is that the Mercy Brown box was moved last winter. See Bob Hopkin's new clue in message 9592 from 15 Jan. Wanda and Pete

(Brookline, MA) A geocache for letterboxers

Started by cthulhia (cthulhia@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-16
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=17343 you can probably figure out the locale with an online map server. At least, you can narrow it down to the street and probably make...

Escondido, Calif. (San Diego County) April 11, 2002

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-15
Jack Creek Falls at Lake Dixon, 1700 North La Honda Dr., Escondido, Ca, planted by Don and Gwen Park Hours are 6:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M., no pets, very nice picnic/BBQ area  under sheltered...

Exeter, RI letterbox succumbs to backhoe?!

Started by Bernie Mulligan (bfmulligan@mindspring.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-04-15 | Last message: 2002-04-16
We hope we're wrong. After all, we've struck out on several recent attempts for various reasons. We tried to find the Mercy Brown, Exeter Vampire letterbox today. The clues were easy until we...

CT: Lady of the Lake

Started by elizabeth tripp (elizabeth.tripp@yale.edu) | 3 messages | First message: 2002-04-15 | Last message: 2002-04-17
Hey Everyone, Just wanted to give you a heads up on a terrific (fairly) new box planted by Letterboxer 2002.  Called Lady of the Lake - this box is to die for - truly!  Not only is it in an...

N.J.-PCLG found update...

Started by joie christensen (see_joy29@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-15
Hi all!! Floating Feather and I took a hike on Sunday and located your mystery box "Huts". It's wet. We dried the book as best we could. Took it out of the plastic bag and put it in a new box with...

HH -- Churchill on the Road

Started by signingchimera (thomsen_k@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2002-04-15
The "Churchill on the Road" hitchhiker is back on the road again! Karen aka Chimera P15 F111