When I discovered that the legendary Funhog had planted a letterbox
in Newbury Park, only a one-hour drive north of Pasadena, I was off
to find it the next Saturday. Since the LB had only been planted a
couple of weeks earlier, and since it involved a 5 mile hike, which I
thought would scare off some letterboxers, I even had high hopes of
being the "First Stamp" in a Funhog Box!

The hike was beautiful. I'd heard about this area before, because
Ryan has planted a couple of letterboxes in this range, and I'd
always planned to take a trip up here to find these. I found
Funhog's letterbox, and was the first actual stamp; however,
unfortunately, I was preceded by geocachers. The geocachers found
the letterbox on 5/27/04, took the stamp as a trade item, and
replaced it with a little toy. I saw from the stamp book image that
the Phoebe's Cabin stamp was beautiful too (heavy sigh).

These geocachers signed their names, and I wondered if anyone can
tell me the best way to try and contact them. I took the toy they
left in Phoebe's Cabin and would be happy to exchange it with them
for the Funhog stamp, which I'd then replace in the letterbox. I've
gone to the main Geocaching site, but haven't figured out yet how to
contact a geocacher through it. Can anyone tell me the best way to
contact geocachers?

P.S. I left a Hitchhiker in Phoebe's Cabin, so at least the next
finder will get a stamp after that hike.
--Buzzard P20 F147 X36 E2 HH1