In addition to giving me an "excuse" while letterboxing, I actually take a camera and record the view of the area or things such as signs in a park, etc. I include these in my "logbook" which is actually more of a scrapbook. I carry pieces of paper with me which I stamp (and if I don't get a goodimage I can do it again) then I add them to my book when I get home.
Memlili

SpringChick wrote:
I too have found that having a camera gives you license to walk, look
or scrutinize pretty much any place in the woods without people
wondering what you are up to. They never give you a second thought
and just go about their way, whereas without the camera, they watch
everything you are doing as if you are looking for a place to plant a
bomb or something.

SpringChick


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Polk"
wrote:
> I bring gloves, extra baggies, extra log books and lots of paper
towels. I also bring some kitchen size trash bags. If I am
searching in an area that has a lot of traffic (foot or car) I can
walk around looking in bushes and people will think I am looking for
trash. I usually do find trash so I throw it in the bag. It can't
hurt to do a little cleanup work while out having fun. : )
>
> I have recently also started carrying a camera. This is also nice
to have when people look at you funny when you are somewhere
unusual. I started doing this after I was going for the Eaton Canyon
Hummingbird. It was way up high on a hill. A woman kept looking at
me while I was up there. I had my GPS receiver with me. I pretended
it was a camera and that I was up there to take a picture. She
actually moved so that she wouldn't be in my shot!
> ___________________________
> Eric Polk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jillnick72
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:49 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] What's in your LB backpack?
>
>
>
> Out of curiosity, what do you all take with you when you go out
> letterboxing? My husband and I realized this weekend that some
extra
> plastic bags to replace any damaged/wet/dirty ones we found would
be
> good, and some wipes to take the inkstains off of our fingers
would
> also help. We also realized that bug spray is essential!
>
> So what's in your "kit"?
>
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I LIKE that idea. I had already decided on the scrapbook idea. Today I
took the pages with the clues and stamped that (on the one I found!).
But the pages are grungy from handling, and it would have been less
conspicuous had I not wanted to (try to) keep them - I could have folded
it up in my pocket if it weren't stuck in the front cover of a notebook!
If you mount the stamped paper when you get home, you can even do some
fun, artsy stuff - like layering them with colored papers- if that
appeals to you, anyway! I'm trying to console myself because I am NOT
going to work toward the merit badges for my dogs, so I am looking for
fun ways to record our travels. I'm also going to get a tripod for my
camera, so I can take pics of us along the way.

MommaDi & The Woof Pack

In addition to giving me an "excuse" while letterboxing, I actually take
a camera and record the view of the area or things such as signs in a
park, etc. I include these in my "logbook" which is actually more of a
scrapbook. I carry pieces of paper with me which I stamp (and if I
don't get a goodimage I can do it again) then I add them to my book when
I get home.
Memlili


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> In addition to giving me an "excuse" while letterboxing, I
actually take
> a camera and record the view of the area or things such as
signs in a
> park, etc. I include these in my "logbook" which is actually
more of a
> scrapbook. I carry pieces of paper with me which I stamp (and
if I
> don't get a goodimage I can do it again) then I add them to my
book when
> I get home.
> Memlili

A camera is a *must* for us more Urbanized Letterboxers. Since
I've started hunting for boxes, I've spotted A Great Heron, a grey
fox, a painted turtle, a woodchuck, and a snake.

In ONE weekend!

This is most variety wildlife I've seen outside of a zoo in a
decade.

(OK - The woodchuck's not so exotic... But he *was* a chunky
little fella, and it seemed unfair to exclude him.)



-ACE
F2 P0 X0

I agree, a camera is a great 'excuse' for being seen poking around in odd places. Once when I was without camera someone asked what I was doing and I said I was hunting for a certain type of venomous spider for a biology class. The questioner did not stick around long after that. :)

Debean -MD

Mary Ellen Martel wrote:
In addition to giving me an "excuse" while letterboxing, I actually take a camera and record the view of the area or things such as signs in a park, etc. I include these in my "logbook" which is actually more of a scrapbook. I carry pieces of paper with me which I stamp (and if I don't get a goodimage I can do it again) then I add them to my book when I get home.
Memlili

SpringChick wrote:
I too have found that having a camera gives you license to walk, look
or scrutinize pretty much any place in the woods without people
wondering what you are up to. They never give you a second thought
and just go about their way, whereas without the camera, they watch
everything you are doing as if you are looking for a place to plant a
bomb or something.

SpringChick


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Polk"
wrote:
> I bring gloves, extra baggies, extra log books and lots of paper
towels. I also bring some kitchen size trash bags. If I am
searching in an area that has a lot of traffic (foot or car) I can
walk around looking in bushes and people will think I am looking for
trash. I usually do find trash so I throw it in the bag. It can't
hurt to do a little cleanup work while out having fun. : )
>
> I have recently also started carrying a camera. This is also nice
to have when people look at you funny when you are somewhere
unusual. I started doing this after I was going for the Eaton Canyon
Hummingbird. It was way up high on a hill. A woman kept looking at
me while I was up there. I had my GPS receiver with me. I pretended
it was a camera and that I was up there to take a picture. She
actually moved so that she wouldn't be in my shot!
> ___________________________
> Eric Polk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jillnick72
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:49 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] What's in your LB backpack?
>
>
>
> Out of curiosity, what do you all take with you when you go out
> letterboxing? My husband and I realized this weekend that some
extra
> plastic bags to replace any damaged/wet/dirty ones we found would
be
> good, and some wipes to take the inkstains off of our fingers
would
> also help. We also realized that bug spray is essential!
>
> So what's in your "kit"?
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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