California Bear (Eric),

Thank you for the report on my boxes. I just left a post that
confirms the Los Angeles County Arboretum Succulent Letterbox is,
indeed, missing (thank-you to Purple Iris). I couldn't look for
letterboxes today, and wandered up to Eaton Canyon to check on my
boxes. My Meadows and Coyote Canyon letterboxes are still in place
(which you did not find, per the all too understandible grumblings of
your son), as well as the Walnut Canyon and other LB mentioned in
your post--you've got a great stamp! You reported that the Eaton
Hummingbird was missing, and I assume you also checked on the Eaton
Canyon Letterbox, which you've adopted, and which was the first LB I
ever found, but if you didn't, I checked on it today, and it's in
great shape--last visited on May 17th by Jelly, of Jam & Jelly fame.
--Buzzard

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, californiabear@c... wrote:
> On Friday, I ran over to Castaway Park in Newport Beach (this time
WITH the
> clues) to get the Castaways Curlew box. I can't believe I had
looked around
> that area and not found it. : P
>
> On Saturday, my son (Osiris) and I hit up the LA County Arboretum
and Eaton
> Canyon. Results are as follows:
>
> LA County Arboretum Box - Alive and kicking
>
> Succulent Box - Non-conclusive. There were spies in the area. One
of them
> commented that we had left and come back. I hid the body in the
lake. The log
> for the Arboretum box said that the box was there but there was no
stamp or ink
> pad. I was unable to get to the box to find out. I will have to
try again later.
>
> Eaton Canyon Hummingbird - Flew the coop! The hole under the tree
was empty. I
> even pulled out a flashlight to check the dark corners. There is
another
> opening at the bottom end of the hole. I believe the box may have
washed out
> through this hole. I had found this one before so I know I had the
right spot.
> It is definitely gone.
>
> We started on the 'Other Canyons' series in reverse order since we
were coming
> out of the canyon after not finding the hummingbird.
>
> Walnut Canyon - Alive and kicking. If you are looking for a bit
more of a
> physical challenge without having to put yourself in danger, this
one is for
> you. There is some definite bushwhacking going as you head up the
streambed.
> It also helps to know what a eucalyptus looks like. I almost tried
climbing a
> vertical cliff to check a tree (at least, it looked vertical from
the bottom).
> We were only the second people to sign in since May. If you're
looking for
> almost virgin territory, this is it!
>
> Prohibited Box (in Eaton Canyon) - Also alive and kicking.
>
> At this point, Osiris' whining had gotten to me. He must have
said "We'll never
> find the Walnut box. Let's go back." about 50 times before we
finally found
> it!!! Seeing that the clues for the other two boxes were more of
the same and
> realizing that I couldn't stand to hear that another 100 times, I
called it a day.