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I planted a new box today on the Nat'l Park Service (NPS) Mount Vernon Trail. You can ride your bike, jog, or walk the 18.5-mile, paved trail from Mount Vernon, the home of George...

FYI: The "Get Outdoors New England" site wrote a blurb on letterboxing this week and included a link to the LbNA site. You can check it out at: www.gonewengland.org. ~Valerie

Well ice has hit Lantern Hill along with the snow. Dan & I hiked up this afternoon to find the add on box. We snowshoed up where we could, much of the rock was exposed and easy to climb. When we...

(My mom coming up with this one is no surprise to me) What if we experience bad weather? If it's cold out we can still box, but if we're in the middle of a blizzard a lot of people won't be able to...

This is shaping up to be a really great gatheing. Wish I could make it down from snowy Vermont (where the skiing is so good right now it's hard to choose any alternative.) Tom

Here is another in the series. Bob and I are working on the Goddard Park box and I have two more in the planning (and carving)... Trish __________________________________________________ Do You...

We've put in 3 letterboxes at two new sites, the first one an easy puzzler: http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/drewclan/mystery.htm#Avery http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/drewclan/arnold.htm Hope you...

Wow we are getting this organized! We have 15 replies today counting my son and I and my club kids will double that easily. We will play Host as thats how we get the fascility free! So far we...

cstearns wrote "Would folks enjoy getting together with the kids on Jan. 28 a Sunday?"   I can speak for myself and my three children that the 28th is good for us. I can bring the bread as...

Hello all,   My first letterbox!  I only discovered letterboxing in the past couple of weeks but it looks like a lot of fun.  It also looks like a great activity for my son's cub scout den so...

As a footnote to my last post in response to Carol, I'm leaving for Texas today and won't be back 'till next Tuesday so I may not be able to check my email before then, but I can definately do the...

There had been a clue posted for a letterbox at Montauk Point on Long Island. I don't see it on the NY map anymore. Any information about whether this clue/box still exists would be...

Would folks enjoy getting together with the kids on Jan. 28 a Sunday? I have the following ideas how about some feedback. We could meet about 12 near the Uconn campus there is an ice cream shop...

On the new list Froggy went a courtin came up as manchester it should be mansfield if that could be fixed please. I would appreciate it. Carol

Letterboxing Database/Catalog As I mentioned a week or so ago, I have put together a discussion list for anyone interested in contributing ideas to a letterboxing database/catalog that I am working...

We love letter boxing! We just discovered this activity, having heard about it from Rotary Int. Magazine article. We visited the 3 boxes in So. Cal, the last one was Point Magu on 1/6/01. A brutal...

Ladybug,Nope that wasn't me with the 2Squirrels license but I do wish I had time to go to Richmond and look for all those great boxes. Maybe this summer when the living is easy. To whoever wrote...

Hello all,   There are 3 new boxes out there just for the kids(but bring your compass). "Tigers Woods", "Fireman's Friend" and "Whale of a good time", are 3 boxes I put out Sunday in St....

EXTRA...EXTRA.....This Just In! A rare Hitchhiker Whale was spotted in Virginia Beach today trapped inside a letterbox. All letterboxers are urged to converge on Virginia Beach to help set it...

Hey Squirrel....was that you driving on Interstate 64 West outside of Richmond tonight. As I passed a car with vanity license plate "2Squirel", I couldn't help but wonder. Kathy

Clear Day Finally broke the century mark in letterboxes found. I am happy to report the following boxes are alive and well. The Knight At Dawn; Gift To Renee; Mummies In The Morning; Afternoon On...

planted 1/7/01 By Cock-A-Doodle-Moo 4-H club Rated : easy 2 hour or less Nipmuck trail blue dots Froggy went a Courtin and he did ride uh-huh Froggy went a courtin and he did ride stamp and ink...

My son has carved a stamp using the rubber carving medium and a pair of point nose short blade scissors he just snipped away the material no in the picture. It was a letter I also suggest other...

Half of the "Elements of Hiking" went to the Ledyard Oak Series today and we found the "Magic Treehouse Hitchiker" at the 3rd box "Ledyard Oak"! We were also "found" by Valerie and Vic as we were...

I have a question (or two). I've been carving stamps out of gum erasers using a rotary tool (like a Dremel). I'd like to know what other people use for other materials and/or tools. We want to do...