Didn't know how many of you knew about national park cancellation
stamping, but since we got into letterboxing through it, we thought
it might interest a lot of you!
While at the Gateway Arch one year, we picked up a thing called
Passport to You National Parks. We're both into historical and
natural places, so we decided to check it out. Apparently, each year,
the National Park Service puts out little color stamps for every
region and sells them in a sheet of about 10. There's always a
picture of one of the NPS parks and a blurb under it about the park's
history or something). When you go to any national park, they'll let
you get a cancellation stamp to prove you've been there, like a
passport stamp (see our website to see what these looks like
http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/passport.htm). You collect them
in the passport book just like we do with letterbox stamps, except
botht the booklet and the stamps are already made for you. The
passport book itself also comes with all sorts of info about the
parks and regions.
Needless to say, it's not as personalized as letterboxing is, but
it's a fun way to see US parks and such. You can buy both stamps and
the little book (only about 6 inches by 3 inches) at any national
park or order them from www.eparks.com. Again, you don't have to do
this, but we figured this sort of interest crosses over into
letterboxing territory (especially since we plan our vacations around
national parks AND letterboxes now)!
The Sprite & The Highlander
Something to add to your next letterboxing trip!
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Started on 2004-09-12
Something to add to your next letterboxing trip!
From: dasprite222 (dasprite222@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-12 21:22:56 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Something to add to your next letterboxing trip!
From: Doodle & Deedle Bug (doodle_n_deedle@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-12 18:53:58 UTC-07:00
Wow...when I was a kid my family would visit Viriginia a lot because my uncle, who was in the air force, was stationed down there. We saw these Passports in a gift shop once and they bought me & my brother each one because of all the places we were visiting there that had the passport stamps to collect. I still have my book on my bookshelf, and a few months ago went to a NPS area where I saw they still had the passport stamp station, so of course I got a stamp to add to my book, as old as it is now!
Doodle.
dasprite222 wrote:
Didn't know how many of you knew about national park cancellation
stamping, but since we got into letterboxing through it, we thought
it might interest a lot of you!
While at the Gateway Arch one year, we picked up a thing called
Passport to You National Parks. We're both into historical and
natural places, so we decided to check it out. Apparently, each year,
the National Park Service puts out little color stamps for every
region and sells them in a sheet of about 10. There's always a
picture of one of the NPS parks and a blurb under it about the park's
history or something). When you go to any national park, they'll let
you get a cancellation stamp to prove you've been there, like a
passport stamp (see our website to see what these looks like
http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/passport.htm). You collect them
in the passport book just like we do with letterbox stamps, except
botht the booklet and the stamps are already made for you. The
passport book itself also comes with all sorts of info about the
parks and regions.
Needless to say, it's not as personalized as letterboxing is, but
it's a fun way to see US parks and such. You can buy both stamps and
the little book (only about 6 inches by 3 inches) at any national
park or order them from www.eparks.com. Again, you don't have to do
this, but we figured this sort of interest crosses over into
letterboxing territory (especially since we plan our vacations around
national parks AND letterboxes now)!
The Sprite & The Highlander
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Doodle.
dasprite222
Didn't know how many of you knew about national park cancellation
stamping, but since we got into letterboxing through it, we thought
it might interest a lot of you!
While at the Gateway Arch one year, we picked up a thing called
Passport to You National Parks. We're both into historical and
natural places, so we decided to check it out. Apparently, each year,
the National Park Service puts out little color stamps for every
region and sells them in a sheet of about 10. There's always a
picture of one of the NPS parks and a blurb under it about the park's
history or something). When you go to any national park, they'll let
you get a cancellation stamp to prove you've been there, like a
passport stamp (see our website to see what these looks like
http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/passport.htm). You collect them
in the passport book just like we do with letterbox stamps, except
botht the booklet and the stamps are already made for you. The
passport book itself also comes with all sorts of info about the
parks and regions.
Needless to say, it's not as personalized as letterboxing is, but
it's a fun way to see US parks and such. You can buy both stamps and
the little book (only about 6 inches by 3 inches) at any national
park or order them from www.eparks.com. Again, you don't have to do
this, but we figured this sort of interest crosses over into
letterboxing territory (especially since we plan our vacations around
national parks AND letterboxes now)!
The Sprite & The Highlander
Yahoo! Groups Links
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Letterboxers wear Khakis. Or jeans. Or shorts, if they're not scared of poison ivy. And rainjackets when they're crazy enough to go 'boxing in a downpour. And sunscreen, bug spray, big backpacks to hold all those stamp pads and box first aid supplies and extra bug spray and their very important water, and good hiking boots, and...
Visit us on the web at www.geocities.com/doodle_n_deedle
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Re: [LbNA] Something to add to your next letterboxing trip!
From: Kim Richter (ltrboxingrichters@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-12 20:32:00 UTC-07:00
These have been around for a long time. I had one when I was young and now my kids have theirs.
While we're talking about N. Parks. For those of you with children have you heard about the junior ranger program in National Parks and Sites. Excellent program!!! It has kept my kids interested through many an area. Each park is different. However, they have a basic "worksheet" they fill out through the area and then are sworn in and receive a patch/badge. Ask about it next time you're at a National Park.
dasprite222 wrote:
Didn't know how many of you knew about national park cancellation
stamping, but since we got into letterboxing through it, we thought
it might interest a lot of you!
While at the Gateway Arch one year, we picked up a thing called
Passport to You National Parks. We're both into historical and
natural places, so we decided to check it out. Apparently, each year,
the National Park Service puts out little color stamps for every
region and sells them in a sheet of about 10. There's always a
picture of one of the NPS parks and a blurb under it about the park's
history or something). When you go to any national park, they'll let
you get a cancellation stamp to prove you've been there, like a
passport stamp (see our website to see what these looks like
http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/passport.htm). You collect them
in the passport book just like we do with letterbox stamps, except
botht the booklet and the stamps are already made for you. The
passport book itself also comes with all sorts of info about the
parks and regions.
Needless to say, it's not as personalized as letterboxing is, but
it's a fun way to see US parks and such. You can buy both stamps and
the little book (only about 6 inches by 3 inches) at any national
park or order them from www.eparks.com. Again, you don't have to do
this, but we figured this sort of interest crosses over into
letterboxing territory (especially since we plan our vacations around
national parks AND letterboxes now)!
The Sprite & The Highlander
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While we're talking about N. Parks. For those of you with children have you heard about the junior ranger program in National Parks and Sites. Excellent program!!! It has kept my kids interested through many an area. Each park is different. However, they have a basic "worksheet" they fill out through the area and then are sworn in and receive a patch/badge. Ask about it next time you're at a National Park.
dasprite222
Didn't know how many of you knew about national park cancellation
stamping, but since we got into letterboxing through it, we thought
it might interest a lot of you!
While at the Gateway Arch one year, we picked up a thing called
Passport to You National Parks. We're both into historical and
natural places, so we decided to check it out. Apparently, each year,
the National Park Service puts out little color stamps for every
region and sells them in a sheet of about 10. There's always a
picture of one of the NPS parks and a blurb under it about the park's
history or something). When you go to any national park, they'll let
you get a cancellation stamp to prove you've been there, like a
passport stamp (see our website to see what these looks like
http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/passport.htm). You collect them
in the passport book just like we do with letterbox stamps, except
botht the booklet and the stamps are already made for you. The
passport book itself also comes with all sorts of info about the
parks and regions.
Needless to say, it's not as personalized as letterboxing is, but
it's a fun way to see US parks and such. You can buy both stamps and
the little book (only about 6 inches by 3 inches) at any national
park or order them from www.eparks.com. Again, you don't have to do
this, but we figured this sort of interest crosses over into
letterboxing territory (especially since we plan our vacations around
national parks AND letterboxes now)!
The Sprite & The Highlander
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