Is anybody going letterboxing tomorrow (Sunday)? I live in Eastern
Connecticut, and will be going out tomorrow to look for two or three
boxes. The forecast for our area right now is anywhere from a foot
to over two feet of snow, beginning late Sunday night/early Monday
morning, and not stopping until sometime on Tuesday.
I'm mulling making a hitchhiker to mark the occasion, maybe calling
it the Blizzard of 2001 letterbox, or something like that. When I
found a hitchhiker it was a tube, and had a stack of stapled paper in
lieu of a real log book.
Is this standard, or are there pretty much 'no rules' for
hitchhikers? I suppose the container should have as small of a
profile as possible, so it can be hidden with existing letterboxes
without having to do too much extra work (digging, finding extra
rocks, etc.), but other than that, what's the custom?
I guess I'll be picking up some firewood tomorrow after I finish my
hiking! On the upside, I may get to stay home from work on Monday
and/or Tuesday -- during the last big storm parts of the state got 19
or 20 inches of snow, and we got sent home from work around noon or 1
pm. I love snow when I don't have to worry about driving in it!
Good luck to all of you in the path of this monster!
Chris
East coast snowstorm
9 messages in this thread |
Started on 2001-03-04
East coast snowstorm
From: (vanloonc@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-03-04 03:18:22 UTC
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: Melissa Harvey (kiwi-1@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-03-04 07:46:09 UTC-05:00
Is anybody going letterboxing tomorrow (Sunday)?
Absolutely, we wouldn't miss a snow free day like this! Especially if we
may not be
able to go for a while.
>
>I'm mulling making a hitchhiker to mark the occasion, maybe calling
>it the Blizzard of 2001 letterbox, or something like that>
>Is this standard, or are there pretty much 'no rules' for
>hitchhikers?
A new hitchhiker :) Hmm- now where did you say you'd be hiking??? :)
You can put whatever kind of log book you want. Some are little notebooks,
some, like you said, are just some paper stapled together. I think it's
whatever you want. Some hitchhikers don't even have there own container.
The logbook and stamp travel from box to box in a zip-lock baggie.
> On the upside, I may get to stay home from work on Monday
>and/or Tuesday -- during the last big storm parts of the state got 19
>or 20 inches of snow, and we got sent home from work around noon or 1
>pm. I love snow when I don't have to worry about driving in it!
>
Me too! I am lucky to work in a school. A little snow and we are the first
to close!
Good luck with your hitch hiker. Would love to find it drifting around.
Melissa
Absolutely, we wouldn't miss a snow free day like this! Especially if we
may not be
able to go for a while.
>
>I'm mulling making a hitchhiker to mark the occasion, maybe calling
>it the Blizzard of 2001 letterbox, or something like that>
>Is this standard, or are there pretty much 'no rules' for
>hitchhikers?
A new hitchhiker :) Hmm- now where did you say you'd be hiking??? :)
You can put whatever kind of log book you want. Some are little notebooks,
some, like you said, are just some paper stapled together. I think it's
whatever you want. Some hitchhikers don't even have there own container.
The logbook and stamp travel from box to box in a zip-lock baggie.
> On the upside, I may get to stay home from work on Monday
>and/or Tuesday -- during the last big storm parts of the state got 19
>or 20 inches of snow, and we got sent home from work around noon or 1
>pm. I love snow when I don't have to worry about driving in it!
>
Me too! I am lucky to work in a school. A little snow and we are the first
to close!
Good luck with your hitch hiker. Would love to find it drifting around.
Melissa
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: (paisleyorca@webtv.net) |
Date: 2001-03-04 07:53:13 UTC-08:00
Hey East Coasters:
You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest, nicest
winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in two feet
of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the fireplace
with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the front
window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's snow does
NOT thrill me.
Have a great day, y'all!
Best regards,
Amanda Briles
aka The Paisley Orca
You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest, nicest
winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in two feet
of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the fireplace
with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the front
window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's snow does
NOT thrill me.
Have a great day, y'all!
Best regards,
Amanda Briles
aka The Paisley Orca
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: (vanloonc@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-03-05 00:44:42 UTC
Well, I planted my hitchhiker. For those in charge of such things,
the name of the hitchhiker is 'Blizzard of 2001'. I timed it
perfectly -- as I drove away from the place I hid it, it began to
snow. Now the weathermen are in disagreement. One station seems to
think we'll get 6 to 12 inches. Another says 12 to 18. Still
another says 12 to 28 inches. So I could take a min/max reading from
that and figure on getting anywhere from 6 to 28 inches.
But they're all in agreement about high winds and heavy precipitation
(the amount of sleet vs. snow is what is in question).
As I am typing this, I hear on CNN that foot-and-mouth disease in
cattle is spreading to Dartmoor Park in England! I thought that was
pretty weird -- six months ago I wouldn't have known what Dartmoor
was.
Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to go to work
tomorrow. Our governor is urging private businesses to only require
essential employees to come in. He has also closed all schools
tomorrow, if I undersand him correctly. I'm sure we'll survive, but
it'll be a heck of a ride!
Chris
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., paisleyorca@w... wrote:
> Hey East Coasters:
>
> You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
> blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
> Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest,
nicest
> winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
> planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
>
> One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in two
feet
> of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the
fireplace
> with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the
front
> window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's snow
does
> NOT thrill me.
>
> Have a great day, y'all!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Amanda Briles
> aka The Paisley Orca
the name of the hitchhiker is 'Blizzard of 2001'. I timed it
perfectly -- as I drove away from the place I hid it, it began to
snow. Now the weathermen are in disagreement. One station seems to
think we'll get 6 to 12 inches. Another says 12 to 18. Still
another says 12 to 28 inches. So I could take a min/max reading from
that and figure on getting anywhere from 6 to 28 inches.
But they're all in agreement about high winds and heavy precipitation
(the amount of sleet vs. snow is what is in question).
As I am typing this, I hear on CNN that foot-and-mouth disease in
cattle is spreading to Dartmoor Park in England! I thought that was
pretty weird -- six months ago I wouldn't have known what Dartmoor
was.
Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to go to work
tomorrow. Our governor is urging private businesses to only require
essential employees to come in. He has also closed all schools
tomorrow, if I undersand him correctly. I'm sure we'll survive, but
it'll be a heck of a ride!
Chris
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., paisleyorca@w... wrote:
> Hey East Coasters:
>
> You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
> blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
> Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest,
nicest
> winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
> planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
>
> One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in two
feet
> of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the
fireplace
> with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the
front
> window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's snow
does
> NOT thrill me.
>
> Have a great day, y'all!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Amanda Briles
> aka The Paisley Orca
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: Jeremy Disch (jdisch@emerald.tufts.edu) |
Date: 2001-03-04 23:42:02 UTC-05:00
I would like to offer a little prayer that the New England letterboxes
hold up through this "blizzard" to come. Now I wish we used 3 ziplock
bags...
Jeremy and Greta in Snow Emergency Mass.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeremy Disch |Department of Chemistry www.tufts.edu/~jdisch
jdisch@tufts.edu |Tufts University www.tufts.edu/
P-323 ext. 75745 |Rybak-Akimova Research Lab welcome.to/rybaklab
|GCMS/MALDI Instrument TA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hold up through this "blizzard" to come. Now I wish we used 3 ziplock
bags...
Jeremy and Greta in Snow Emergency Mass.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeremy Disch |Department of Chemistry www.tufts.edu/~jdisch
jdisch@tufts.edu |Tufts University www.tufts.edu/
P-323 ext. 75745 |Rybak-Akimova Research Lab welcome.to/rybaklab
|GCMS/MALDI Instrument TA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: joie christensen (see_joy29@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2001-03-05 09:48:50 UTC-05:00
Goodmorning!! from "not much snow yet but we have sleet and ice" NE PA.!!
Stayed home from work due to the weather forecast for this afternoon..I've
heard 10>24"..I'm sure my boss is looking out his window over in New jersey
and questioning my calling out..OH! the guilt of it all..
Any way I am concerned for my 1st box plant this weekend! I've seen and
heard that Gladware doesn't seem to hold up to the winter weather very well
so I used the heavy Dollar Store tuperware type box. I also used Ziploc
Double Guard freezer bags for the log book and such.The bags are supposed to
protect against freezer burn so I thought maybe it would protect against
"wild" weather too.As a concerned box "parent" now I think that perhaps I
should have doubled or as you sugested tripled the zip lock protection...as
you can guess, my 10yr old son is always well protected when he goes out to
play in the snow!!
Hope you all have a great snow day and enjoy the "Blizzard" : )
See Joy
>From: Jeremy Disch
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
>Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 23:42:02 -0500 (EST)
>
>I would like to offer a little prayer that the New England letterboxes
>hold up through this "blizzard" to come. Now I wish we used 3 ziplock
>bags...
>
>
>Jeremy and Greta in Snow Emergency Mass.
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jeremy Disch |Department of Chemistry www.tufts.edu/~jdisch
>jdisch@tufts.edu |Tufts University www.tufts.edu/
>P-323 ext. 75745 |Rybak-Akimova Research Lab welcome.to/rybaklab
> |GCMS/MALDI Instrument TA
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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Stayed home from work due to the weather forecast for this afternoon..I've
heard 10>24"..I'm sure my boss is looking out his window over in New jersey
and questioning my calling out..OH! the guilt of it all..
Any way I am concerned for my 1st box plant this weekend! I've seen and
heard that Gladware doesn't seem to hold up to the winter weather very well
so I used the heavy Dollar Store tuperware type box. I also used Ziploc
Double Guard freezer bags for the log book and such.The bags are supposed to
protect against freezer burn so I thought maybe it would protect against
"wild" weather too.As a concerned box "parent" now I think that perhaps I
should have doubled or as you sugested tripled the zip lock protection...as
you can guess, my 10yr old son is always well protected when he goes out to
play in the snow!!
Hope you all have a great snow day and enjoy the "Blizzard" : )
See Joy
>From: Jeremy Disch
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
>Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 23:42:02 -0500 (EST)
>
>I would like to offer a little prayer that the New England letterboxes
>hold up through this "blizzard" to come. Now I wish we used 3 ziplock
>bags...
>
>
>Jeremy and Greta in Snow Emergency Mass.
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jeremy Disch |Department of Chemistry www.tufts.edu/~jdisch
>jdisch@tufts.edu |Tufts University www.tufts.edu/
>P-323 ext. 75745 |Rybak-Akimova Research Lab welcome.to/rybaklab
> |GCMS/MALDI Instrument TA
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: (vanloonc@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-04-11 13:23:03 UTC
I just checked the current hitchhiker list at
http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed. It's already
been found by one person! Could someone please ensure this gets
listed on the web site? I know it's not all-fired important, since
there is no corresponding clue, but I just wanted to make sure it's
being recognized and made official.
Thanks,
Chris
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., vanloonc@y... wrote:
> Well, I planted my hitchhiker. For those in charge of such things,
> the name of the hitchhiker is 'Blizzard of 2001'. I timed it
> perfectly -- as I drove away from the place I hid it, it began to
> snow. Now the weathermen are in disagreement. One station seems
to
> think we'll get 6 to 12 inches. Another says 12 to 18. Still
> another says 12 to 28 inches. So I could take a min/max reading
from
> that and figure on getting anywhere from 6 to 28 inches.
>
> But they're all in agreement about high winds and heavy
precipitation
> (the amount of sleet vs. snow is what is in question).
>
> As I am typing this, I hear on CNN that foot-and-mouth disease in
> cattle is spreading to Dartmoor Park in England! I thought that
was
> pretty weird -- six months ago I wouldn't have known what Dartmoor
> was.
>
> Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to go to
work
> tomorrow. Our governor is urging private businesses to only
require
> essential employees to come in. He has also closed all schools
> tomorrow, if I undersand him correctly. I'm sure we'll survive,
but
> it'll be a heck of a ride!
>
> Chris
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@y..., paisleyorca@w... wrote:
> > Hey East Coasters:
> >
> > You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
> > blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
> > Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest,
> nicest
> > winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
> > planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
> >
> > One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in
two
> feet
> > of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the
> fireplace
> > with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the
> front
> > window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's
snow
> does
> > NOT thrill me.
> >
> > Have a great day, y'all!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Amanda Briles
> > aka The Paisley Orca
http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed. It's already
been found by one person! Could someone please ensure this gets
listed on the web site? I know it's not all-fired important, since
there is no corresponding clue, but I just wanted to make sure it's
being recognized and made official.
Thanks,
Chris
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., vanloonc@y... wrote:
> Well, I planted my hitchhiker. For those in charge of such things,
> the name of the hitchhiker is 'Blizzard of 2001'. I timed it
> perfectly -- as I drove away from the place I hid it, it began to
> snow. Now the weathermen are in disagreement. One station seems
to
> think we'll get 6 to 12 inches. Another says 12 to 18. Still
> another says 12 to 28 inches. So I could take a min/max reading
from
> that and figure on getting anywhere from 6 to 28 inches.
>
> But they're all in agreement about high winds and heavy
precipitation
> (the amount of sleet vs. snow is what is in question).
>
> As I am typing this, I hear on CNN that foot-and-mouth disease in
> cattle is spreading to Dartmoor Park in England! I thought that
was
> pretty weird -- six months ago I wouldn't have known what Dartmoor
> was.
>
> Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to go to
work
> tomorrow. Our governor is urging private businesses to only
require
> essential employees to come in. He has also closed all schools
> tomorrow, if I undersand him correctly. I'm sure we'll survive,
but
> it'll be a heck of a ride!
>
> Chris
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@y..., paisleyorca@w... wrote:
> > Hey East Coasters:
> >
> > You guys sure get some weather! YIKES! I'm counting myself very
> > blessed after we had a nice, beautiful, clear sunny jaunt on the
> > Southwest Washington Coast. We've been having one of the driest,
> nicest
> > winters in these parts that I can remember. Two letterboxes were
> > planted at two lighthouses. Clues forthcoming.
> >
> > One thing is for sure and admirable. You'd go letterboxing in
two
> feet
> > of snow?! I take my hat off to you. I'd be in front of the
> fireplace
> > with hot cocoa wussing out and looking at the blizzard from the
> front
> > window. After living five years in Chicago in the early 90's
snow
> does
> > NOT thrill me.
> >
> > Have a great day, y'all!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Amanda Briles
> > aka The Paisley Orca
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: (drewclan@aol.com) |
Date: 2001-04-12 03:18:40 UTC
> I just checked the current hitchhiker list at
> http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed>
>
Sorry, Chris!!! Tom in VT is the hitch hiker guru, but he has had a
busy winter. I sort of poached on his territory and updated the hitch
hiker page: sorry I forgot yours. It's up there now.
Jay in CT
> http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed>
>
Sorry, Chris!!! Tom in VT is the hitch hiker guru, but he has had a
busy winter. I sort of poached on his territory and updated the hitch
hiker page: sorry I forgot yours. It's up there now.
Jay in CT
Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
From: Melissa Harvey (kiwi-1@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-04-13 09:26:17 UTC-04:00
Speaking of hitch hikers I have a few updates to make. Dan and I found the
Blizzard of 2001 hitch hiker at the first Gay City box on Sunday, April 8th.
It has not yet found a new home. Our traveller, Stellaluna was found by an
anonomous writer and daughter on February 17th at Milo Light in Montville.
Palantir has had a busy journey. After the Wiz found Palantir he took it on
many adventures in RI before leaving it at Beavertail Light in Jamestown RI.
A couple weeks later Wanda and Pete found it and it visited many boxes in CT
and RI. Palantir also met the Groundhog and Mercy Brown hitch hikers- the
lucky little traveller! On March 11 we met up with Wanda and Pete at the
EMS Lantern Hill hike. We traded them the Ready Freddy hitch hiker (which
we found at the Ashford Oak on March 4) for Palantir. Now it is probably in
the hands of the elements. We left it at Fowler-Grindstone in the third box
and met Annie & Evelyn on our way out.
Well I think that just about covers it. If any one out there has caught
the Moose on the Loose we would love to know where it has been!
Thanks
Melissa & Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: drewclan@aol.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
>> I just checked the current hitchhiker list at
>> http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed>
>>
>
>
>Sorry, Chris!!! Tom in VT is the hitch hiker guru, but he has had a
>busy winter. I sort of poached on his territory and updated the hitch
>hiker page: sorry I forgot yours. It's up there now.
>
>Jay in CT
>
>
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Blizzard of 2001 hitch hiker at the first Gay City box on Sunday, April 8th.
It has not yet found a new home. Our traveller, Stellaluna was found by an
anonomous writer and daughter on February 17th at Milo Light in Montville.
Palantir has had a busy journey. After the Wiz found Palantir he took it on
many adventures in RI before leaving it at Beavertail Light in Jamestown RI.
A couple weeks later Wanda and Pete found it and it visited many boxes in CT
and RI. Palantir also met the Groundhog and Mercy Brown hitch hikers- the
lucky little traveller! On March 11 we met up with Wanda and Pete at the
EMS Lantern Hill hike. We traded them the Ready Freddy hitch hiker (which
we found at the Ashford Oak on March 4) for Palantir. Now it is probably in
the hands of the elements. We left it at Fowler-Grindstone in the third box
and met Annie & Evelyn on our way out.
Well I think that just about covers it. If any one out there has caught
the Moose on the Loose we would love to know where it has been!
Thanks
Melissa & Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: drewclan@aol.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] East coast snowstorm
>> I just checked the current hitchhiker list at
>> http://www.letterboxing.org, and this isn't listed>
>>
>
>
>Sorry, Chris!!! Tom in VT is the hitch hiker guru, but he has had a
>busy winter. I sort of poached on his territory and updated the hitch
>hiker page: sorry I forgot yours. It's up there now.
>
>Jay in CT
>
>
>
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