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footprints in the snow

4 messages in this thread | Started on 2003-10-24

Re: footprints in the snow

From: birder579 (birder579@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-10-24 13:35:52 UTC
I prefer not to do boxing in the snow. As you said, it leaves
footprints that some not so nice people can follow to do not so nice
things to the box. Of course there are those people who could not
follow footprints in the snow to find anything. The next snowfall
will also cover over any tracks, so that will limit the time the
footprints are visable.

The other thing is that the snow covers up most boxes. Last winter
was very snowy in New England. Most of our boxes here are planted
close to the ground, and were below the snowpack level. I had to
give up searching for some boxes even when I thought I was in the
right place. I spent the winter reading clues and taking walks in
my imagination, and then went out boxing when spring came.

The Bird Stamper


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Fisher & family"
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This will be my first winter letterboxing. So I don't have any
experience letterboxing when there is snow on the ground. But, I
was wondering how others handle it when their footprints leave an
obvious path to where the letterbox is hidden?
>
> A side note, we planted our first letterbox last week. The
torture of not knowing if it was visited yet and if it was, what
they thought of it, and if they were bit by a squirrel, or if they
thought it was a stupid spot, or a stupid stamp... is tortureous but
enjoyable. ;)
>
> Fisher
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Re: footprints in the snow

From: sileagle1 (sileagle@alltel.net) | Date: 2003-10-24 13:52:50 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Fisher & family"
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This will be my first winter letterboxing. So I don't have any
experience letterboxing when there is snow on the ground. But, I was
wondering how others handle it when their footprints leave an obvious
path to where the letterbox is hidden?


If snow prevents you from letterboxing you can always take
a trip down south. Here in Texas we finally have a decent
amount of boxes to find and winter is a great time to visit.

Silver Eagle


Re: footprints in the snow

From: Kstar (kstar1200@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-10-24 15:16:25 UTC
Nice Plug for TX Silver Eagle...
I'm actually considering it! Kstar

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sileagle1"
>
> If snow prevents you from letterboxing you can always take
> a trip down south. Here in Texas we finally have a decent
> amount of boxes to find and winter is a great time to visit.
>
> Silver Eagle


Re: footprints in the snow

From: scoutdogs107 (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-10-24 15:25:42 UTC
I like the solution posted last year when this topic came up...carry
yellow food coloring to 'squirt' near the spot :-) Anyone following
the footprint path in the snow will assume it was left for "other"
reasons.

Sorry, sick sense of humor showing through.
Scoutdogs

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "birder579"
wrote:
> I prefer not to do boxing in the snow. As you said, it leaves
> footprints that some not so nice people can follow to do not so
nice
> things to the box. Of course there are those people who could not
> follow footprints in the snow to find anything. The next snowfall
> will also cover over any tracks, so that will limit the time the
> footprints are visable.
>
> The other thing is that the snow covers up most boxes. Last winter
> was very snowy in New England. Most of our boxes here are planted
> close to the ground, and were below the snowpack level. I had to
> give up searching for some boxes even when I thought I was in the
> right place. I spent the winter reading clues and taking walks in
> my imagination, and then went out boxing when spring came.
>
> The Bird Stamper
>
>