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August 1999

Puddingstones

Started by B. J. Drew (nep1bjd@nep10.med.navy.mil) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-08-11 | Last message: 1999-08-15
Yes! That's in Naragannsett, and a very likely place for a RISD student to hang out! So with those credentials you must be the one to talk to about custom stamping. A friend just back from Japan says...

New RI letterbox

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-08-11 | Last message: 1999-08-12
Jay Drew and his family have salted yet another letterbox in southern New England, this one at Newport, RI. I think it has an exceptionally nice flavor to it - definitely salty! The clues may be...

Cool Letterbox-related Find

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-08-10 | Last message: 1999-08-10
What a beautiful postcard, Marty! Wish I could help with the identification, but I would guess you're right about the general time period. Tom Cooch P9F14 aka The Orient Express Braintree,...

Puddingstone rocks in Newport

Started by B. J. Drew (nep1bjd@nep10.med.navy.mil) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-08-10 | Last message: 1999-08-10
Good morning, Erik. I haven't heard anyone call them the puddingstone outcrops, but that image is so descriptive that I'm SURE you must be talking about those 12 foot tall oozes of conglomerate down...

F2P2?2 Bonnie and Der Mad

Started by Greg Bradley (bradman@blitz-it.net) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-08-07 | Last message: 1999-08-09
I like your coding after your name Bonnie.  I can't wait until some creative person comes out with the found "10" letterboxes stamps patch that we can where proudly sewed on our jacket. ...

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Started by Greg Bradley (bradman@blitz-it.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-07
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No. 3 letterbox for Mt. St. Helens

Started by Greg Bradley (bradman@blitz-it.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-07
Letterbox name: Mt. St. Helens #3 remarks: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument south face hiking trail to the summit. Please see http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/climbing before planning...

Florida Boxes .. any more

Started by Graham Howard (ghh2@tutor.open.ac.uk) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-07
Just a quicky... I notice that there are 3 boxes in Florida..all from our old friend (hope you are well) Doc Mings... Are there really no more in Florida...? Just a check ..

Question for some who've been around si

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-08-06 | Last message: 1999-08-07
Dear Graham, Sounds like a delightful way to spend the day! (Some of us are pretty silly too.) Sorry I can't drop by and join you for a little card- table tea on top of the tor. I have a prior...

A Walk in the Woods

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 8 messages | First message: 1999-08-06 | Last message: 1999-08-08
Dear Bonnie, Since my wife doesn't work on Fridays and can watch the children - and since I am hanging around Braintree tomorrow in anticipation of your visit! - I took the day off today and drove...

Whoops. Apology to group.

Started by Mark Sheehan (sheehan@montana.campuscwix.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-05
Whoa! Sorry about that last long note. It was intended just for Mitch. I guess I grabbed the wrong address. Embarrassed, -Mark

revised maps for Montana letterbox sites

Started by Mark Sheehan (sheehan@montana.campuscwix.net) | 7 messages | First message: 1999-08-05 | Last message: 1999-08-07
Hi, Mitch, Attached are two new .gif maps to replace the ones you posted for the Montana letterboxes. I realized recently that while the clue text refers to the Hyalite Creek trail, the map called...

Lighthouses

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-05
Nice job on putting together the Lighthouse Chain, Randy! Tom Cooch P9F11 aka The Orient Express Braintree, VT "The game is afoot!"

Two More Mass. Boxes

Started by Bonita McLaughlin (bonitasusan@hotmail.com) | 5 messages | First message: 1999-08-04 | Last message: 1999-08-05
OK, everybody, I'm on a roll here in Massachusetts. Does it have something to do with the heat wave finally breaking? I hid two boxes on a trail at the Quabbin Reservoir in Pelham today. The...

More Southern NE Boxes

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 5 messages | First message: 1999-08-04 | Last message: 1999-08-05
Letterboxers have been very busy in southern New England this week. Bonnie, who placed a second box in Shieling Forest, NH, on Sunday placed two more at Quabbin Reservoir, MA, yesterday. The clues...

Success!

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-08-03 | Last message: 2004-03-14
Bonnie, Congratulations on your letterbox finds. It is a great feeling indeed! Ditto on your new Shieling Forest box. I can't wait to get down again. I posted your clues a few minutes ago. You...

New CA boxes, FINALLY

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-08-02
> This is a pretty good arrangement to consider for those of you who don't > have any other letterboxers in your immediate area. All you need to do > is lure one of us to your area, and we could...

new boxes

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 11 messages | First message: 1999-08-01 | Last message: 2006-11-09
Here are the most recent additions I've made to the website: New Mexico is now on the map, thanks to Dennis' Smokey Bear Letterbox. Montana exploded on the scene with Mark's 5 new boxes in Hyalite...

July 1999

chicago trip?

Started by Dierdra Baumgart (fencing_lady@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 1999-07-30 | Last message: 1999-07-30
Dear John, that site you sent on Chicago is interesting. I would not mind going there to find the boxes and see what there is to be seen. any one else want to join in the pilgrimage? (sorry if I...

AZ Day hike?

Started by Marty Chamberlain (martyc@cyberdude.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-30 | Last message: 1999-07-30
At 11:30 AM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote: >http://www.desertadventures.org/letter.htm > >Maybe we can AZ on the map??? Hmmmmm...The page says that the letterboxes are "temporarily" placed. I wonder if...

Chicago Botanic Garden Letterbox Program

Started by John De Wolf (Jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-30 | Last message: 1999-07-30
Hi L-boxers, I found the attach checking out a new utility I installed on my machine. http://www.chicago-botanic.org/PlantingFamiliesKids.html Take a look at the last activity listed on the page. ...

new box

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 12 messages | First message: 1999-07-29 | Last message: 2003-04-03
I put another box in Valley Forge park: http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/box13.html Happy hunting. -- Randy "the mapsurfer" Orienteer * Letterboxer *...

Excellent Eraser

Started by Bonita McLaughlin (bonitasusan@hotmail.com) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-07-29 | Last message: 1999-07-30
Hello everyone! In preparation for hiding more letterboxes next week, I've been doing some stamp carving and have tried a new eraser that to my mind is the best one so far. It's called Colorific...

Three more lighthouse boxes

Started by Steven Stary (kurrwic@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-07-27 | Last message: 1999-07-28
Hello all, (and a big welcome back to Adrian!) I've placed the next three of the Door Co. series, though one of them (in Algoma) isn't in Door Co., it's just kind of on the way. Randy, if you want...

Hello Adrian

Started by E. Bourne (edbees@rcn.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-26 | Last message: 1999-07-26
>Hi All > nice to see there is still a lot of activity over there. I have >been off line for quite some time due to a stay in hospital. Also got >married on saturday. Back in action...