Can they be mailed across country? I've only found 66 boxes, but haven't
found any hitch hikers yet (except the one that I stamped when I was with
the person who placed it, but I didn't count that one). If you're finding
too many, start collecting and asking for addresses :-) They wouldn't count
as 'finds', but it would be a cool way to get ones from far away when you're
like me and can't travel across country.
Scoutdogs
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:38:19 -0000
> From: "Amanda Arkebauer
> Subject: Too Many Hitchhikers
>
> Are there too many hitchhikers out there...I have been having
> discussions with other letterboxers (off of the board) and that has
> been a major topic.
>
> It seems like every box we find has a hitchhiker in it.
>
> I know that you can just leave the hitchhiker for someone else to
> deal with, but I find that hitchhikers are the Lazy Man's letterboxes.
>
> All someone has to do is get the stamp (often not even a hand carved
> stamp!) and put it in some zip-locks with a logbook. No clues to
> write, no box to buy. Very Lazy.
>
> Forget about trashing the geocachers, let's address the flood of
> hitchhikers out there! Do we really need more???
>
> --Amanda from Seattle