Personally I say put whatever out there... I love solving a good mystery
as much as I love to go out on a "simple" letterbox. Each has their own
distinct quality. Every letterbox is placed in a beautiful location for a
hike or view. And I have been more amazed as to the ingenuity and artwork
that has been apearing since I first began.

I can personally attest to spending a year (of my spare time of course)
trying to figure out some of Randy's awesome clues. In fact I have been
learning some history along the way that I would have never looked up
prior to trying to decifer some the great mystery clues. Damn inferior
high school educational history course that I took!!!

And clearly now that the hobby is starting to take off, you can find just
about find any kind of letterbox within a short drive here in New England.
And I am sure it will be the same across the country within a short amount
of time.

I like writing good challenging clues as much as I like solving them.
However, I equally enjoy detailed walk throughs (otherwise I will never
find more than a handful. And besides I need some stamps to include in my
logbook other than my own artwork.)

So in closing, IMHO place whatever kind of box you like out there. I am
sure that most people will be glad when they find it. Variety is the
spice of life. My only request is to indicate with your clues how
difficult you think it is (Terrain and Clue Decifering). This way you
can plan your time and include youngones accordingly. And if you drive
100 miles to find a difficult one and come up empty handed, that was what
you were expected for such a good challenge.

If GB can place tens of thousands of boxes at Dartmoor, clearly there
is more than enough space in the entire North America for a few more
mystery, hitchhiker boxes, or whatever letterboxes.


Jeremy in a very chilly MA apartment with skyrocketing Gas Prices.
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