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New VA box, soon to be a series, I hope.

2 messages in this thread | Started on 2001-01-11

New VA box, soon to be a series, I hope.

From: Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | Date: 2001-01-11 17:20:31 UTC-05:00
I planted a new box today on the Nat'l Park Service (NPS) Mount Vernon Trail. You can ride your bike, jog, or walk the 18.5-mile, paved trail from Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, to Theodore Roosevelt Island (there are 2 boxes on the island). This will be a prime trail for multiple boxes along it's length, and I invite Squirrel and Mad Piper, or anyone other letterboxing coming this way, to add to the series.
 
Runway Letterbox clues will be posted, by tomorrow night at www.1bigred.com/jayc/letterbox/mvt.htm#Runway
 
This first location is a way cool, on Gravelly point, north of Reagan National Airport. The planes fly about 100 feet over your head on their way in landing to the south. My clues will also include radio scanning frequencies so you can sit in the parking lot and watch and listen to the takeoff and landing ballet before you.
 
Jay C.
Fredericksburg, VA
"The Jolly G-man"
www.1bigred.com/jayc/letterbox/

Re: New VA box, soon to be a series, I hope.

From: Jay Drew (drewclan@aol.com) | Date: 2001-01-12 12:34:56 UTC
Awesome, Jay! When we were down in October for the MCM (Marine Corps
Marathon: proudly wore my "finisher" shirt in to work this morning)
we had hoped to box either Gravely Point or Lady Bird's Wildflower
Park. Unfortunatly I couldn't take another step after the race. We
were lucky enough to find Squirrel's "Teddy" box with its truly
amazing stamp the day before. You are so right that this trail is a
letterbox magnet. Can't wait to get back. For anyone with a "real"
excuse to visit the nation's capital, don't forget your compass!

Jay in training long miles for the VT City Marathon, CT
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