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Here's the clue to the new box I placed today. This one leads you to lovely views of the Connecticut River Valley. When you get to the summit you can wave south across the valley towards the two...

Jay wrote ... > What a great idea! They don't necessarily have to be epic hikes up the > Yosemite Valley. We've got one box your 92yo Mom could participate in: > she'd have to watch because of the...

Speaking of red-yellow-orange Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire is looking quite nice too. E and I take a daily walk along a walking trail right near our house and this is where Simila Letterbox...

Hi. This is in response to the person who asked recently if rubber cement would hold up in the long run for affixing a carved eraser to a piece of wood backing. In my experience the answer is no....

Directions: Walk back to your car either taking the path backwards or walking out of the park and turning Right. Follow E. River Drive to Allouez Ave. Turn Right and there is your car. Drive your...

Directions: From Heritage Hill, turn left onto Webster Ave. Turn Right at the Second Set of Stop Lights. This is St. Joseph Street. Follow this to the corner of East River Drive. It will be the...

Hi All, I know that I have mentioned Stampfest before, but it is now time to sign-up so I thought I would mention it again. Stampfest is a retreat for those who love to carve rubber stamps...

Dear fellow letterboxers, I have finished the Green Isle Park Series! I have pictures in the camera and shall get them to the photo shop this weekend. Mitch, they will be in the mail next week...

Attention All New England Letterboxing Shoppers: According to the sale flyer in yesterday's Amherst Bulletin, CVS will be putting all Rubbermaid Servin' Saver containers on sale at 20 percent off...

Folks, I'm going to hand-carve the next stamps I need for letterboxes. Not having done this before "in the field" I need to know what supplies to take with me to my destination. I've got everything...

The water does go to SF. Engineering wise its an amazing system, gravity feed all the way, but they say that the filling of Hetch Hetchy killed John Muir. The system involves more than Hetch Hetchy...

I've been having a problem with my computer for a little over a month now - ever since it crashed and I had it refurbished: more RAM, faster prcessor, new hard drive. I am hoping someone on our...

the clues works from the top of 4 mile trail which is at the top near the snackbar. One nice way to do the hike is to walk up and take the bus down. Going down is hard on the knees and you slip a...

Where: Yosemite Valley Glacier point via 4 Mile Trail 4.6 miles long, 9.2 round trip 3200 fett gain in elevation (Area can be reached by car or bus.) Allow 3-4 hours to hike up Allow 6-8 hours...

Here's another "lost" cluesheet: Mount Snow Placed during the rainy 1999 Norba National Mountain Bike Racing Finals. At the Clock Tower, facing the slopes, climb, leaving the chairlift to the...

Here are clues for one of my "lost in cyberspace boxes." Grand Monadnock No. 1 On Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, there are as many interesting ways to summit as there are people...

"A good day in the mountains!" is the last line of the clues for the Drew clan's two Holyoke Range range letterboxes (in western Massachusetts), and it's no lie! I set out on this sunny but...

Namaste! The Norwich Bullitn articles was Sunday Sept 17th, in the Active Living section.. I learned about Letterboxing in college, accidently, I was a comparative literture student and...

Hi All, long time no write, though I have been doing a fair amount of reading. I've placed 4 boxes this summer but have only put clues out for one. I was hoping to do my own Web Page so that I...

Thanks, Bonnie. We absolutely LOVE the three separate parks that make up that amazing ridge. The Holyoke basalt lava flow extended down into our home area in southern connecticut also, and the M&M...

Well, here's the clues to my first box. I know the whole rhyming thing is a little corny, but as my mom always said, it's original too :) Oh, and your hunt begins at Liberty State Park.(14B of the...

Thanks for the response. I am going to take your advice and not self advertize this letterbox but I'm going to place it Saturday. If the Park Service really wants to save the enviroment in the Valley...

Hi, I just found out about this hobby. I am a die hard hiker so this looks like a fun thing to do. I live about 2.5 hours from Yosemity and frequently hike the area. Does anybody know if there are...

saw an interesting license plate frame at Costco last night. Seriously debated hanging out in the parking lot to ask about it... "Ask me about Stamping Up!" -- Thom Cheney tcgrafx... among other...

I have been traveling out west for the past couple of weeks so if you sent me mail and I didn't respond, I will in a few days as I have over 500 e-mails to sort through. The good news is that I have...