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Just a quick reminder that the Manchester Winter Gathering is still going on Feb 4th from 12pm-3pm at the Super 8 Motel in Manchester, CT at 20 Taylor Street. There will be a carving demo, raffle...

Someone logged a find of this LB on LBNA on 1/14/06, but identified themselves only as "???" If this was you, was this an actual find or an attempted find? The reason I am asking is because as...

Hi to all in LB land, This past Sunday we checked out the above LB and found no hits yet. This was one day before the snow and it was in good shape. Added a pen to it (but not a Fisher Space one or...

I have a question for folks who are writing up clues on the various sites out there: Which north do you use for your headings: true north or magnetic north? While most of the time, the declination...

The NPS has created a new Draft policy that will take the Wild out of Wilderness. Comments on this new policy are being received until February 18th and the draft policies can be found at: ...

I noticed that not many people have joined the new Midwest Group, so thought I would mention it here. Joining a Regional group makes it so much easier to plan Events, but only if enough people...

Are we interested in planning another gathering this year? I don't have as much energy as Mandy and would want some help but I would be glad to begin the planning. Would we want to have it in...

Are we up for another gathering? I'll help plan it but I don't have the energy that Mandy did so more of you will need to help. Let me know your feelings, sometime in April or early May? Where? ...

We had the fun of finding Kelsung's new park lbs! They are all outstanding--very creative boxes and stamps! There's a bit of excitement, too (You'll know the one!). Thanks, Kelsung, and kudos for...

I've been trying to contact the owner of the Lonely Letterbox in Reno, NV, but there seems to be a problem with the address. We attempted to locate it using the photo clues. We definitely found the...

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After all the poll results were in, we announced the theme for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Gathering on the regional board on Monday. The theme this year will be "Wandering in Wonderland", based on...

The rain: Washed 95% of the snow away in the Catskill Area of New York You may need Yaktracs for the ice in places.......... Got to get some of those Fisher Space pens / otherwise:pencils Budster...

An early announcement for letterboxes who like to plan to travel... My local (Cape Cod) American Cancer Society's 11th Annual Relay for Life Event will be held at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High...

1) Frozen Pens After we hiked to check on the WGT letterbox this past Sunday , dummy me forgot to bring along an extra pen to replace the one that was just way too cold to work........ P.S. The...

High-tech treasure hunts keep authorities on edge `Geocaches' have been mistaken for terrorism devices. By Christopher Smith, Associated Press, appearing in The Herald, Bradenton, FL Wednesday,...

If you go to NO, I would highly recommend you get Supra Orleans. It is awsome! Just make sure you go on a clear day and take your camera. It was definitely one of the best out of 125+ boxes I've...

CT: Butterfly's Mystery Letterbox Today I replaced this box & I have modified the clues a bit, as it has been moved out of the poison ivy patch it was in. Happy Trails, Lobsta Lady

I'll be heading that way over Pres Day weekend. Wondering if any boxes survived the Hurricane. Anyone have any up-to-date information? thanks BookWorm in CT [Non-text portions of this message...

X-posted to letterboxing-socal: I rescued the Busch Gardens stamp from a destroyed letterbox in southern California. Having no place to return the stamp to (the box was destroyed as was the log), I...

Hey all ... just came back from the L.A. area where I was all of last week visiting a former classmate of mine from grad school. Anyway, interspersed with the "see-L.A." tourist stuff, I did a bit...

Hi boxers: For those of you interested in this past Saturday's events, Poison Ivy has written a report for us that we've posted on our blog. Mark http://markandsuepepe.blogspot.com/

How many of us have used up reems and reems of paper printing out clues? I know I have at least one huge three ring binder full of clue sheets and I think I may have a partial solution to this...

I noticed yesterday that LBNA was almost to 20,000 listings. I figured someone might want to get the honor of holding that number. When I got up this morning, the opportunity had passed for me. ...

grr, boy how upsetting. We just maintained one of our boxes (The Tempter)not more than two weeks ago, and went back to rebag one, and we found it out in the open, on the ground with the stamp...