Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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July 1999

Just checking in...

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-13
Hi, everyone!! Der Mad Stamper here... just wanted to check in and let you all know that I'm still alive. I've been kinda busy lately, but hope to get caught up tonight. I placed another...

Cana Island Rescued

Started by Steven Stary (kurrwic@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-07-11 | Last message: 1999-07-13
The Cana Island letterbox has been recovered and replanted. Following Deborah's suggestion, I went out armed with a long stick and a wad of chewing gum. Alas, the gum was not strong enough to pull...

New Vermont box

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-11 | Last message: 1999-07-11
I had a very pleasant day yesterday, driving down to Sherburne Pass in Killington. Placed a box along the Long Trail, and then watched the Women's World Cup soccer finals in my favorite pub. The...

state contact lists

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-10 | Last message: 1999-07-10
This is a reminder to people who may be state contacts (subscribed to one or more of the letterbox-xx contact lists linked from the map). When a new person sends e-mail to the contact list, you...

The Enchanted Palos Verdes Letterbox

Started by Wendy Gault (wendygault@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 1999-07-08 | Last message: 1999-07-09
The Enchanted Palos Verdes Letterbox Hi All, This morning my Dad and I went and planted my first letterbox, YEA!  It was really an unusual day with a rare summer storm that felt like Mexico...

Scanning pictures

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-08
cara.d.clark@co.multnomah.or.us writes: > I have a scanner in my office, er cubicle, really, so scanning will be > easy if someone shows me how...what do I do next? Cara, You can just attach the...

Thursday: 19th Oregon box on Mt. Tabor

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-07-08 | Last message: 1999-07-08
Dear Friends, I climbed to the summit of another extinct volcano today. Mt. Tabor is the site of a really cool park just east of the "neo-hippie" Hawthorne district of downtown Portland. It is...

Wednesday: Portland's 12th box on Powell Butte

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 8 messages | First message: 1999-07-08 | Last message: 1999-07-08
I planted another letterbox today at the top of an extinct volcano. This one's not so easy... expect blood loss. http://members.aol.com/letterboxr/usa/powellb.htm Der Mad...

North to Alaska

Started by Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-07-07 | Last message: 1999-07-08
The gear is packed.... including my trusty Brunton compass, a green stamp pad, a newly carved stamp in honor of the journey and the clues to the Skyline, Tsalteshi and Hope letterbox series. Next...

The Short (??) Sad History of a Door Co. Letterboxer

Started by (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-07-07 | Last message: 1999-07-07
Sounds like another great weekend of letterboxing :o) It's truly nice to see the flurry of activity in recent days. Also nice to see MT will be on the list soon. What's with the rest of the...

two new boxes in green bay.

Started by Dierdra Baumgart (fencing_lady@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-07-07 | Last message: 1999-07-07
Yesterday after my half day at Humana, I decided to place my letterboxes. One is at Heritage Hill State Park, where I work occassionally on the weekends. The other was on the lower part of...

The Short Sad History of a Door Co. Letterboxer

Started by (MixtMedia@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 1999-07-07 | Last message: 1999-07-08
Chapter 1: The Bare Necessities She includes the clues to available Door Co. letterboxes printed out in the wee hours of the morning. Which might explain why she over- looks the message that says...

A new Portland, Oregon letterbox

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-07-06 | Last message: 1999-07-06
I'm so glad to see all the activity that's taken place over the last few days!!! I decided it was my duty to join in the fun!!! I discovered a wonderful park here in Portland. It's the only...

yipes!!

Started by Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-07-06 | Last message: 1999-07-06
sorry for this off-topic post.... I was just informed that I have been bouncing... just wanted to send a post to confirm. -- Thom Cheney tcgrafx... among other...

Beautiful Scenery!

Started by Dierdra Baumgart (fencing_lady@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-06
Dearest Letterboxing Group, The height of my 4th of July weekend, was the 5th! I had to go up to Door County to visit a client of mine for a sweater I am crocheting for them. I brought Steven...

Whales Tails

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 8 messages | First message: 1999-07-06 | Last message: 1999-08-04
What ho, maties! I just got back from placing a box a few miles down the road in Randolph. The Whales Tails letterbox can be accessed either through our system of maps or directly...

waiver

Started by E. Bourne (edbees@rcn.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-06
>If you do want to reference a waiver, just add a link to >http://members.aol.com/catsdice/lbna/clues/waiver.htm > >I don't recommend creating multiple copies of the waiver. As long as...

Rock Creek #1

Started by Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-05
Ink on my fingers as I type this... I just finished carving a new stamp for Rock Creek #1. Another in the wildlife series of stamps that Mitch & I have placed nearby. The 3 previous stamps are no...

new letterbox

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 18 messages | First message: 1999-07-05 | Last message: 2004-11-11
Well, I braved the 100 degree heat and 100% humidity to check on my Valley Forge box today. The box was completely out of its hiding place, about 3 feet away, the lid was off, and water water was...

Long Island Box #2

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 4 messages | First message: 1999-07-05 | Last message: 1999-07-05
Fast work, Ed. Your stamp looks great. I like the link to the page with the history of Whisper. These sorts of things contribute a lot to the page and the box! I think it is a good idea to include...

A Miracle!

Started by jjp (exposto1@airmail.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-07-03
Exciting news from Texas! I had postcards in all 4 of the letterboxes I put out for the Duck Creek series--and when boxes #1, #3 #4 went missing I figured they were just part of the loss. ...

Hunt for the Cirle X Letterbox

Started by Wendy Gault (wendygault@earthlink.net) | 12 messages | First message: 1999-07-02 | Last message: 1999-07-06
(I accidentally sent this to Mitch only yesterday... so pretend that you got it yesterday, Thursday) So today was the day. I went to bed early last night in order to get an early start. I...

Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-07-02 | Last message: 1999-07-02
I got back last night from a two-day trip to the Penobscot Bay in Maine. I was driving my son Peter to camp, and took the occasion to place a letterbox on Cadillac Mountain. Because of its eastern...

June 1999

Long Island Letterbox

Started by E. Bourne (edbees@rcn.com) | 10 messages | First message: 1999-06-30 | Last message: 1999-07-02
Hi everyone, Well I did it! I hid my first box today. I believe it's the first on Long Island, here is a link to the clues http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/6552/box1.html. I hope you like my...

Two new lighthouse letterboxes

Started by Steven Stary (kurrwic@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-06-29 | Last message: 1999-06-30
Hi all, Just got back from placing two new letterboxes in the Door Co. Lighthouse series. Both are located in Bailey's Harbor, Wi, and even on the same road. (As Deborah may have mentioned a while...