DE: Serendipity's Sister... VIRTUAL BOX?

2 messages in this thread | Started on 2003-05-28

Re: DE: Serendipity's Sister... VIRTUAL BOX?

From: SpringChick (springchick@letterbox-mi.com) | Date: 2003-05-28 14:46:08 UTC

All the talk about virtual boxes and this situation of the "possibly"
missing box have given me an idea.

Since I am in Michigan, I cannot just run out and verify whether this
box is actually missing or not. It will be at least late summer
before I will be back out that way. I have noted on the clues that
the box MAY be missing, however, it is small and was well hidden, so
as CuriousCrane indicates, MAYBE it is still there.

Since this is a mystery box and requires a bit of research just to
find the location, I hate to send anyone down the trail only to come
up empty-handed. So for anyone who is out that way looking for
boxes, looking for Serendipity's Sister in particular, if you get
there and are not able to find the box, send me a picture pointing to
the place where you believe the box should be per the clues -- not a
close up, I need to be able to get the big picture -- and I will send
you a scanned image of the stamp. This is going to require you to
have a camera, but if you don't have a digital, you can either scan
in the photo, or send it to me snail mail (e-mail me for address in
this case).

Depending on how well, this works, if it turns out the box is
actually missing, I may just keep this as a virtual type thing.

Deb (SpringChick)

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "curiouscrane"
wrote:
> MAYBE the box is still there. We found it last Thanksgiving weekend
> after going over and over and over the same spot, not to mention
> checking out several alternative spots. We couldn't believe it when
> we finally found it. It was right there where it made the most
sense,
> right under our noses the whole time. That box is well hidden, if
> somewhat precariously. The grass was short when we went, with no
> surrounding shrubbery. That was a good box so we hope it's still
> there. We'll check next time we go that way, which might be next
> Thanksgiving.
>
> Curious Crane and Latte Man
>
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
> wrote:
> > My Delaware mystery box, Serendipity's Sister, appears to be
> > missing. CSCM and RustyPuff were recently there and it sounds as
> > though they were in the right spot, but no box. It is likely
that
> > whomever has been cleaning up the place found the box and removed
> it.
> >
> > I doubt that I will be replacing this box, at least not in
> > Delaware... I may carve up a similar stamp and place it in
> > Michigan. I am finding that placing boxes while on vacation is
not
> > as good an idea as I had thought. Just no easy way to keep up
with
> > the box and what is happening in the area. I now understand why
> the
> > geo-caching rules do not allow this.
> >
> > Deb (SpringChick)

Re: DE: Serendipity's Sister... VIRTUAL BOX?

From: SpringChick (springchick@letterbox-mi.com) | Date: 2003-05-28 14:50:30 UTC

As an addendum... I am going to require you to be relatively close to
the hiding spot in the photo, so if you aren't sure, you'd better
take several photos so you don't end up going back.

Deb

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
wrote:
> All the talk about virtual boxes and this situation of
the "possibly"
> missing box have given me an idea.
>
> Since I am in Michigan, I cannot just run out and verify whether
this
> box is actually missing or not. It will be at least late summer
> before I will be back out that way. I have noted on the clues that
> the box MAY be missing, however, it is small and was well hidden,
so
> as CuriousCrane indicates, MAYBE it is still there.
>
> Since this is a mystery box and requires a bit of research just to
> find the location, I hate to send anyone down the trail only to
come
> up empty-handed. So for anyone who is out that way looking for
> boxes, looking for Serendipity's Sister in particular, if you get
> there and are not able to find the box, send me a picture pointing
to
> the place where you believe the box should be per the clues -- not
a
> close up, I need to be able to get the big picture -- and I will
send
> you a scanned image of the stamp. This is going to require you to
> have a camera, but if you don't have a digital, you can either scan
> in the photo, or send it to me snail mail (e-mail me for address in
> this case).
>
> Depending on how well, this works, if it turns out the box is
> actually missing, I may just keep this as a virtual type thing.
>
> Deb (SpringChick)
>
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "curiouscrane"
> wrote:
> > MAYBE the box is still there. We found it last Thanksgiving
weekend
> > after going over and over and over the same spot, not to mention
> > checking out several alternative spots. We couldn't believe it
when
> > we finally found it. It was right there where it made the most
> sense,
> > right under our noses the whole time. That box is well hidden, if
> > somewhat precariously. The grass was short when we went, with no
> > surrounding shrubbery. That was a good box so we hope it's still
> > there. We'll check next time we go that way, which might be next
> > Thanksgiving.
> >
> > Curious Crane and Latte Man
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
> > wrote:
> > > My Delaware mystery box, Serendipity's Sister, appears to be
> > > missing. CSCM and RustyPuff were recently there and it sounds
as
> > > though they were in the right spot, but no box. It is likely
> that
> > > whomever has been cleaning up the place found the box and
removed
> > it.
> > >
> > > I doubt that I will be replacing this box, at least not in
> > > Delaware... I may carve up a similar stamp and place it in
> > > Michigan. I am finding that placing boxes while on vacation is
> not
> > > as good an idea as I had thought. Just no easy way to keep up
> with
> > > the box and what is happening in the area. I now understand
why
> > the
> > > geo-caching rules do not allow this.
> > >
> > > Deb (SpringChick)