My wife and I just returned from a fantastic vacation
in western Washington. There is much to see and do, but
this time we concentrated on Mt. Ranier and the San Juan
Islands, one of our favorite places to visit and escape
the Texas summer. Though my wife is a non-letterboxer,
I snuck in a few finds and even hid one on Orcas Island
(just missed being the first by a few weeks). Here is
a list of the boxes I attempted and their status:

Letterbox Date Status
---------------------- ---- -------------------------
Spanaway Park 7/12 Alive & Well
Elbe Train 7/12 Alive & Well
Comet Falls 7/13 Possibly Missing - I'm
pretty sure I looked in
the right spot but no box
Flaming Geyser 7/14 Alive & Well
Darth Vader 7/14 Not Found - Couldn't find
the final steel post and
didn't have the time to
waste figuring it out
Deception Pass 7/14 Alive & Well
San Juan Islands First 7/15 Alive & Well - contained
Phoenix HH & brought back
with me
English Camp 7/15 Alive & Well - unpublished
clues on new web site
Obstruction Pass 7/16 Alive & Well
Orcas Island 7/16 My LB that I placed in
Moran State Park
Larrabee State Park
First S.P. 7/18 Alive & Well
Clam 7/18 Alive & Well
Starfish 7/18 Alive & Well
Perfume 7/18 Alive & Well
Fragrance Lake 7/18 Alive & Well
Midden 7/18 Not found - Couldn't find
starting point and did
not have time to decipher
cryptic clues
Turkey Dinner 7/19 Alive & Well
Flight Path Series 7/19 Found 5 of 6, Delta is
missing

I ended up finding 19 letterboxes (counting the HH)
and thoroughly enjoyed the places they took me to.
Special kudos to Amanda From Seattle: loved your
locations, clues and stamps!


Silver Eagle (P45F161X5)