Did you contact the placer? I hope it wasn't one of our... :)
Dave
The von der Insels
P10 F238 X121 H9 E2
----- Original Message -----
From: Liz Neely
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: [LbNA] our letterboxing adventure today


Today we went to search for a box hidden on a beautiful hiking trail in a
state park near our town. We found the trail and started the hike. We hiked
and hiked and hiked. We never saw the signpost marking a landmark where the
detailed clues start. Eventually we turned around because it was obvious we'd
gone too far. On the way back we carefully watched the sides of the path for
the sign, but didn't see one. Then we were back close to where we had started.
We stopped a woman we saw on the trail and asked her if she knew where the
sign was, and she told us she went on that trail all the time and she thought
they had removed the sign because too many people were going to it from tour
buses (?). So we stopped and ate our lunch while we decided what to do. Of
course we decided to hike around some more looking for it. We turned back
around and were trying to find either a place that looked like a sign had been
removed, or a sharp switchback since that was the next clue after finding the
sign. As we carefully looked at everything we passed, we eventually caught a
glimpse of metal under a fallen tree. It turned out several trees had fallen
and crushed the sign. It was almost completely covered by trees and leaves; we
wouldn't have seen it if we hadn't been looking at everthing so closely. Once
we realized that was the sign, we followed the rest of the clues and found the
box in great condition! It was very rewarding to find since it was such a
challenge for us!!

Liz


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WOW! That's a great post; thanks for telling us!!!

PennyPenny
The Pedersen Teevens Family
South Lyon, MI



On Aug 15, 2004, at 10:04 PM, Liz Neely wrote:

> Today we went to search for a box hidden on a beautiful hiking trail
> in a
> state park near our town. We found the trail and started the hike. We
> hiked
> and hiked and hiked. We never saw the signpost marking a landmark
> where the
> detailed clues start. Eventually we turned around because it was
> obvious we'd
> gone too far. On the way back we carefully watched the sides of the
> path for
> the sign, but didn't see one. Then we were back close to where we had
> started.
> We stopped a woman we saw on the trail and asked her if she knew
> where the
> sign was, and she told us she went on that trail all the time and she
> thought
> they had removed the sign because too many people were going to it
> from tour
> buses (?). So we stopped and ate our lunch while we decided what to
> do. Of
> course we decided to hike around some more looking for it. We turned
> back
> around and were trying to find either a place that looked like a sign
> had been
> removed, or a sharp switchback since that was the next clue after
> finding the
> sign. As we carefully looked at everything we passed, we eventually
> caught a
> glimpse of metal under a fallen tree. It turned out several trees had
> fallen
> and crushed the sign. It was almost completely covered by trees and
> leaves; we
> wouldn't have seen it if we hadn't been looking at everthing so
> closely. Once
> we realized that was the sign, we followed the rest of the clues and
> found the
> box in great condition! It was very rewarding to find since it was
> such a
> challenge for us!!
>
> Liz
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
> ADVERTISEMENT
>
>
>
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> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/
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Yup, I let him know, and he's already added a note to the clues (that was fast!)

Liz


On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:16:05PM -0400, dave & diane wrote:
> Did you contact the placer? I hope it wasn't one of our... :)
> Dave
> The von der Insels
> P10 F238 X121 H9 E2
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Liz Neely
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:04 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] our letterboxing adventure today
>
>
> Today we went to search for a box hidden on a beautiful hiking trail in a
> state park near our town. We found the trail and started the hike. We hiked
> and hiked and hiked. We never saw the signpost marking a landmark where the
> detailed clues start. Eventually we turned around because it was obvious we'd
> gone too far. On the way back we carefully watched the sides of the path for
> the sign, but didn't see one. Then we were back close to where we had started.
> We stopped a woman we saw on the trail and asked her if she knew where the
> sign was, and she told us she went on that trail all the time and she thought
> they had removed the sign because too many people were going to it from tour
> buses (?). So we stopped and ate our lunch while we decided what to do. Of
> course we decided to hike around some more looking for it. We turned back
> around and were trying to find either a place that looked like a sign had been
> removed, or a sharp switchback since that was the next clue after finding the
> sign. As we carefully looked at everything we passed, we eventually caught a
> glimpse of metal under a fallen tree. It turned out several trees had fallen
> and crushed the sign. It was almost completely covered by trees and leaves; we
> wouldn't have seen it if we hadn't been looking at everthing so closely. Once
> we realized that was the sign, we followed the rest of the clues and found the
> box in great condition! It was very rewarding to find since it was such a
> challenge for us!!
>
> Liz
>

Wow! I love letterboxing adventures like this! That sure beats going
home early and emailing the placer for clues.

Limur


In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Liz Neely wrote:
> Today we went to search for a box hidden on a beautiful hiking trail
in a
> state park near our town. We found the trail and started the hike.
We hiked
> and hiked and hiked. We never saw the signpost marking a landmark
where the
> detailed clues start. Eventually we turned around because it was
obvious we'd
> gone too far. On the way back we carefully watched the sides of the
path for
> the sign, but didn't see one. Then we were back close to where we
had started.
> We stopped a woman we saw on the trail and asked her if she knew
where the
> sign was, and she told us she went on that trail all the time and
she thought
> they had removed the sign because too many people were going to it
from tour
> buses (?). So we stopped and ate our lunch while we decided what to
do. Of
> course we decided to hike around some more looking for it. We turned
back
> around and were trying to find either a place that looked like a
sign had been
> removed, or a sharp switchback since that was the next clue after
finding the
> sign. As we carefully looked at everything we passed, we eventually
caught a
> glimpse of metal under a fallen tree. It turned out several trees
had fallen
> and crushed the sign. It was almost completely covered by trees and
leaves; we
> wouldn't have seen it if we hadn't been looking at everthing so
closely. Once
> we realized that was the sign, we followed the rest of the clues and
found the
> box in great condition! It was very rewarding to find since it was
such a
> challenge for us!!
>
> Liz