Well, I certainlly hope this isn't going to cause any misconceptions
of "tripping over boxes" or jealousy on the part of folks in states
that are less "well-endowed" than our extremely boxious neighbor,
but the fact is, in getting caught up on my state-by-state records
recently, I discovered that I have indeed passed the F2500 mark for
boxes found just in the state of CT alone! ( and this is before the
monsters of October make their appearance!!!) I guess with that
enormous number of boxes in such a relatively small area, we can now
be expecting to see more and more of the CT crowd reaching the high
F counts. It's a bit harder for us over in RI, since most of our
letterboxing forays over into CT include a 3 to 5 hour roundtrip
drive from our home, but that's still not too bad for a day trip!

The thing I would most like to stress for people in other parts of
the country who may not understand the situation in CT, however, is
that high-count letterboxing in CT still requires tremendous
dedication and effort, even for the locals, and should not be
discounted as mere "turning over of rocks"! Unlike many other places
we have visited where drive-bys now seem to be the norm, most CT
boxes still require hikes, and even though the hikes do seem to be
getting shorter and the boxes more numerous, I do hope that the
hiking element continues to remain predominant in our neck of the
woods.

Secondly, I would like to point out another interesting statistic
for any folks who still might think that I only have such a high
count because I live near CT. Consider this: even if I were to
eliminate every single one of the boxes that I have found in CT from
my total F-count (and not counting V's or PLB's either, which I do
not bother with because I prefer "active searches"),I would still
have found more boxes -nearly 2900- than anyone else has found in
the entire country including CT! Just something to pause and
consider before succumbing to delusions about boxing in CT! ;-)

Cheers,
Wanda