My good friends JugglerMouse and Sir Balthazar sang the praises of
letterboxing to me for months. I agreed that it sounded like fun and
would be great exercise. They have kept me entertained with tales of
their own adventures, provided me with a delightful personal stamp,
log book, even a compass. I researched the nearest letterboxes to my
northern PA location, but time, alas, always seemed to short to
actually begin doing something about it.

THEN JugglerMouse found a Wee Hedgehog hitchhiker (started by
Princess Turtle) while she was at the northern CA gathering in
September. Immediately, her generous mind leaped to the conclusion
that a hedgehog ought to be replanted by another hedgehog. Not only
that, she knew that if I was entrusted with a letterboxing
hitchhiker, then I would feel obligated to get out and go
letterboxing so that it might find a new resting place. So, she
mailed it to me, and that tiny beast took a giant leap across the
continent.

I did indeed place it in its next temporary abode, leaving it in one
of the letterboxes hidden in Chemung County, New York, not terribly
far from my home, after a pleasant sunset hike. That was in late
September.

I haven't had a chance to find another letterbox yet, but there are a
couple more not too far away. I hope to find at least one of them
before too much snow flies.

JugglerMouse told me that I really ought to announce the adventure of
Wee Hedgehog here, so I have.

The Abbess, a very new member of the sport.