We needed to go to Parkersburg, WV yesterday and took advantage of the
opportunity to look for some letterboxes near there. We looked for
the series of 4 boxes in Cairo planted by Sir Baltazar and
Jugglermouse (who I believe are from California!) Cairo is a really
cool historic little town about 30 miles east of Parkersburg.
Box #1 is supposed to be inside a really cool old time hardware store.
Unfortunately, we got there about 5 minutes before closing and the
very helpful old proprietor wouldn't leave us alone long enough to
look for it. It's a great old store though - worth the trip just to
see it. We'll go back another time when we have more time.
Box #2 is hidden UNDER what is supposed to be a really great store
featuring WV made crafts and art. It was closed too (sigh.) But we
DID get the box! Nice stamp and in good shape. Felt a little like
being in a Mission Impossible episode trying to get stamped in and
rehidden before being challenged as to what we doing under there.
Success feels good though!
Box #3 was hidden in a rather exposed position right across the street
from several houses. We sadly came to the conclusion that it may be
missing. At least we couldn't find it where we were pretty sure it
was supposed to be.
Box #4 was one of those wonderful adventures that leaves you full of
questions about lots of things. The rather vague clues lead us a few
miles out of town on a progressively narrower and rougher road out
into the remote backcountry. (Pavement to potholes to gravel to
semi-repaired washout to glorified track!) At the end of the trail
was an abandoned cemetery that looks like it hasn't been mowed in at
least a decade. I don't think I've ever seen a cemetery this large
look this abandoned. Even in very old cemeteries there are usually a
few graves with some plastic flowers or something to indicate that
someone somewhere sort of cares. Here there was nothing to indicate
anyone had been there for a long time. Very remote, very eerie. Be a
great setting for a Twilight Zone episode or something. We DID get
the stamp! A very funky Sir Baltazar creation - well worth the trip.
On the way back, we detoured up to Marietta to find the 'Half
Marathon' box. Marietta is a wonderful historic city that is crying
to have more letterboxes planted in it. We found this one with no
trouble (logbook is full) and headed for home. All in all a pretty
good day. Just wish we had more time to check out that hardware
store! Hope you all are having fun!
Bigguy
WV - Cairo boxing report
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Started on 2004-07-07
WV - Cairo boxing report
From: Bigguy (bigguy9210@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-07 16:29:18 UTC
Re: [LbNA] WV - Cairo boxing report
From: Bob Heasley (bheasley@comcast.net) |
Date: 2004-07-11 21:35:35 UTC-07:00
I also went into the Hardware Store. The worker
said others had been there looking around but was
kinda clueless. He said to stop back when the
owner was around.
The Quilt Box was fairly well hidden and a nice find.
The concrete block may (or may not) have been the
one across the street from those houses. I thought
it may have been further down the trail at another
access point.
The cemetery - was that a Confederate Soldier -
age 25 around 1864 when he died?
I liked the Borglum statue at half marathon.
I also managed to find the Glass Factory at
Pennsboro and the Red Fern Bridge at Buffalo
on the same trip.
There is a School House LB about 30 yards
from Red Fern Bridge, but the clue was not
readable at the time.
Just got back from Myrtle Beach - The Twins
letterbox in Statesville NC was my most exciting
find so far. Go there - you'll know what I mean.
Found 3 in Myrtle Beach (including a HH),
3 in the Wilmington area, 10 near Florence
(including a HH). Up to F121.
WPaMensan Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bigguy"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:29 AM
Subject: [LbNA] WV - Cairo boxing report
> We needed to go to Parkersburg, WV yesterday and took advantage of the
> opportunity to look for some letterboxes near there. We looked for
> the series of 4 boxes in Cairo planted by Sir Baltazar and
> Jugglermouse (who I believe are from California!) Cairo is a really
> cool historic little town about 30 miles east of Parkersburg.
>
> Box #1 is supposed to be inside a really cool old time hardware store.
> Unfortunately, we got there about 5 minutes before closing and the
> very helpful old proprietor wouldn't leave us alone long enough to
> look for it. It's a great old store though - worth the trip just to
> see it. We'll go back another time when we have more time.
>
> Box #2 is hidden UNDER what is supposed to be a really great store
> featuring WV made crafts and art. It was closed too (sigh.) But we
> DID get the box! Nice stamp and in good shape. Felt a little like
> being in a Mission Impossible episode trying to get stamped in and
> rehidden before being challenged as to what we doing under there.
> Success feels good though!
>
> Box #3 was hidden in a rather exposed position right across the street
> from several houses. We sadly came to the conclusion that it may be
> missing. At least we couldn't find it where we were pretty sure it
> was supposed to be.
>
> Box #4 was one of those wonderful adventures that leaves you full of
> questions about lots of things. The rather vague clues lead us a few
> miles out of town on a progressively narrower and rougher road out
> into the remote backcountry. (Pavement to potholes to gravel to
> semi-repaired washout to glorified track!) At the end of the trail
> was an abandoned cemetery that looks like it hasn't been mowed in at
> least a decade. I don't think I've ever seen a cemetery this large
> look this abandoned. Even in very old cemeteries there are usually a
> few graves with some plastic flowers or something to indicate that
> someone somewhere sort of cares. Here there was nothing to indicate
> anyone had been there for a long time. Very remote, very eerie. Be a
> great setting for a Twilight Zone episode or something. We DID get
> the stamp! A very funky Sir Baltazar creation - well worth the trip.
>
> On the way back, we detoured up to Marietta to find the 'Half
> Marathon' box. Marietta is a wonderful historic city that is crying
> to have more letterboxes planted in it. We found this one with no
> trouble (logbook is full) and headed for home. All in all a pretty
> good day. Just wish we had more time to check out that hardware
> store! Hope you all are having fun!
> Bigguy
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
said others had been there looking around but was
kinda clueless. He said to stop back when the
owner was around.
The Quilt Box was fairly well hidden and a nice find.
The concrete block may (or may not) have been the
one across the street from those houses. I thought
it may have been further down the trail at another
access point.
The cemetery - was that a Confederate Soldier -
age 25 around 1864 when he died?
I liked the Borglum statue at half marathon.
I also managed to find the Glass Factory at
Pennsboro and the Red Fern Bridge at Buffalo
on the same trip.
There is a School House LB about 30 yards
from Red Fern Bridge, but the clue was not
readable at the time.
Just got back from Myrtle Beach - The Twins
letterbox in Statesville NC was my most exciting
find so far. Go there - you'll know what I mean.
Found 3 in Myrtle Beach (including a HH),
3 in the Wilmington area, 10 near Florence
(including a HH). Up to F121.
WPaMensan Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bigguy"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:29 AM
Subject: [LbNA] WV - Cairo boxing report
> We needed to go to Parkersburg, WV yesterday and took advantage of the
> opportunity to look for some letterboxes near there. We looked for
> the series of 4 boxes in Cairo planted by Sir Baltazar and
> Jugglermouse (who I believe are from California!) Cairo is a really
> cool historic little town about 30 miles east of Parkersburg.
>
> Box #1 is supposed to be inside a really cool old time hardware store.
> Unfortunately, we got there about 5 minutes before closing and the
> very helpful old proprietor wouldn't leave us alone long enough to
> look for it. It's a great old store though - worth the trip just to
> see it. We'll go back another time when we have more time.
>
> Box #2 is hidden UNDER what is supposed to be a really great store
> featuring WV made crafts and art. It was closed too (sigh.) But we
> DID get the box! Nice stamp and in good shape. Felt a little like
> being in a Mission Impossible episode trying to get stamped in and
> rehidden before being challenged as to what we doing under there.
> Success feels good though!
>
> Box #3 was hidden in a rather exposed position right across the street
> from several houses. We sadly came to the conclusion that it may be
> missing. At least we couldn't find it where we were pretty sure it
> was supposed to be.
>
> Box #4 was one of those wonderful adventures that leaves you full of
> questions about lots of things. The rather vague clues lead us a few
> miles out of town on a progressively narrower and rougher road out
> into the remote backcountry. (Pavement to potholes to gravel to
> semi-repaired washout to glorified track!) At the end of the trail
> was an abandoned cemetery that looks like it hasn't been mowed in at
> least a decade. I don't think I've ever seen a cemetery this large
> look this abandoned. Even in very old cemeteries there are usually a
> few graves with some plastic flowers or something to indicate that
> someone somewhere sort of cares. Here there was nothing to indicate
> anyone had been there for a long time. Very remote, very eerie. Be a
> great setting for a Twilight Zone episode or something. We DID get
> the stamp! A very funky Sir Baltazar creation - well worth the trip.
>
> On the way back, we detoured up to Marietta to find the 'Half
> Marathon' box. Marietta is a wonderful historic city that is crying
> to have more letterboxes planted in it. We found this one with no
> trouble (logbook is full) and headed for home. All in all a pretty
> good day. Just wish we had more time to check out that hardware
> store! Hope you all are having fun!
> Bigguy
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>