Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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February 2001

New Mystery Boxes in Virginia

Started by (Btrplc2b@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2001-02-06 | Last message: 2001-02-07
If you enjoy word games, then this mystery clue is right up your trail. Two rounds of Scrabble is all it takes to reveal the mystery location of these four letterboxes on a five-mile circuit hike....

Freestone Point Battery box replaced

Started by Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-06
Mad Piper... The Freestone Point Battery box, located in Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, VA has been replaced. On 12/26/00 I found it torn apart, logbook wet, container full of frozen...

No Luck in CT

Started by (axtowner@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
On 2/4/01, Annie B. (1/4 of The Elements of Hiking) wrote: < first park we've encountered with tons of dogs (and their owners) but none of the droppings (probably because of the big sign and the...

Rattlesnake Ledge Letterbox

Started by Briles, Amanda (a1b@exchange.gasco.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
Hi All! My mate, John, and I headed up to North Bend, Washington this weekend (about a half hour from Seattle, maybe a little under three hours from Portland) and we sought out and scored the...

ANY IDEAS!!!

Started by Space (Judi@SpaceFamily.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2001-02-05 | Last message: 2001-02-07
I'm always scanning the supermarket for plastic containers that are just the right size. Also chech out the Dollar Stores. They usually have lots of cheap containers in the right size.    ...

Summer Music

Started by Miner Peter R NPRI (MinerPR@npt.nuwc.navy.mil) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
Summer Music in Winter Wanda & Pete heard all the talk; so they just had to go for a walk. Found, they did, "Summer Music" in winter. The Drew's clues - they did not hinder! Prelude and duet sung...

web page and weekend 'boxing

Started by joie christensen (see_joy29@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
Along with everyone else i want to congratulate the webmasters on a job well done!! Thank you for all that you do to keep the LBNA  up and running and for making it look so good!! Enjoyed reading...

We have merit badges!!!! Clarification :o)

Started by (mohmers@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
HI. The merit badges offered will be F (for found), P (for planted), X (for exchanged) The denominations will be 10 , 25, 50, 75, 100, Before now, I haven't considered above 100. What...

New box in New Jersey's Pine Barrens

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-05
> Hope everyone had a great letterboxing weekend, We did. Managed to find one of Squirrel's boxes in MD, hit an O meet, then do some ghosttowning in the Pine Barrens. The highlight of the trip...

No Luck in CT :)

Started by Annie (bburton@snet.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2001-02-04 | Last message: 2001-02-05
3/4's of the Elements ventured out today and for the first time ever came up empty handed. We started at the Rensalear Box in Glasonbury, what a terrific park, the first park we've encountered with...

Stone Needle in NJ found!!

Started by (glassreed@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2001-02-05 | Last message: 2001-02-05
Ah, one of our sweetest finds...a NJ mystery box, the "Stone Needle". And as the first finders, we were treated to a gift certificate at a nice local restaurant! Mmmmm...what a treat on a cold...

Clue link

Started by (yukonwells@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
Please add this page to your Oklahoma map (Oklahoma City). Thank you. http://hometown.aol.com/yukonwells/myhomepage/index.html

Ain't Our Web Site Grand?

Started by (bsennott@crocker.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
I finally had a chance to check out the new organization and look of the LBNA site. WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!!!! It is absolutely wonderful. Nice work, Webmasters! Bravo! Bonnie

Clues to new box in OKC

Started by (yukonwells@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
Here is my clue to Martin's Martin in NW Oklahoma City. Dennis Wells Yukon, OK (405) 350-6924

Suffield , Ct.

Started by Carolyn Stearns (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
In Suffield Connecticut we placed a box to find but not a hike. It once lived a day at a winter gathering and  found many a friend there. But a gathering is no place to live so it crept along...

Fall Gathering Idea

Started by Mark S. Fitton (mfitton@snet.net) | 7 messages | First message: 2001-02-04 | Last message: 2001-02-05
I would like to give my idea or suggestion for the next gathering. I think it would be nice if we held it at one of the State Parks. The location could be announced well ahead of time. Then various...

2 new VA boxes

Started by Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
The Jolly G-Man has been at it again.   Aya - The Fern and  Bi nka bi - Justice can be found  at  http://www.1bigred.com/jayc/letterbox/adinkra.htm   They are 2 African Adinkra symbols with...

Great Day

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-04
Thanks to Jay Drew and his Trout Fishing in North America and Watermelon Sugar, and Deb Perry's Special Snowflake we added 3 to our count today. It was such a nice sunny day and both parks were...

Digest Number 286

Started by ribnag (ribnag@entropy.tmok.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-03
> They could be designated as E for "event" or M for > "miscellaneous" or S for "special" or C for "clueless" RIBNAG casts 3 votes for "E" and 1 vote for "M". Oh, in case anyone wants to know, in...

We have merit badges!!!!

Started by (mohmers@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2001-02-02 | Last message: 2001-02-03
HI everyone. One of the letterboxers on the list suggested the possibility of having a group of merit badges made on one piece of cloth and cutting them off as you earned them. At Valerie's...

o.k. webmasters

Started by Carolyn Stearns (cstearns@neca.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-02-02 | Last message: 2001-02-05
The site looks spectacular but....... I can't get into the talk list when I press the subscribe button nothing happens. I got in this time through the submit clues area. Any suggestions?...

Valley Forge #2

Started by Paul Beverley (paul@beverleyz.freeserve.co.uk) | 2 messages | First message: 2001-02-02 | Last message: 2001-02-05
I'm an occasional visitor on business from the UK to King of Prussia, PA.  Last summer I tried to find Valley Forge #2 but ran out of time.  I'm back in PA next week but the clue is no longer...

New home page

Started by stgeorge (stgeorge@gateway.net) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-02
A very 'classy' home page.  It's reminiscent of an age-old sporting activity!   To the webmasters: thank you.   Marilyn St. George

Weekly reminder

Started by (glassreed@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-02-02
Hi, all: This is the "Patch Pest" reminding y'all to get your orders and payment in for the LbNA patches and decals by Feb 20th. (And thanks to those who've already sent me their...

Event Stamps

Started by Thomas J. Pike (tjpike@snet.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2001-02-01 | Last message: 2002-11-06
Hello Amanda - I'm so glad that you liked my stamp and am flatterd that you though it was a Drew Clan creation. That was actually only the third stamp I have ever carved; I also carved the...