Hmmm, yeah, well, maybe I should put a disclaimer on those clues:
Only meant for people with lots of spare time on their hands!!!! =)

-- Ryan

This is the kind of story I miss on this list.
Takes me back to boxing in DC with all the one way streets that
all seem to lead to Alexandria,VA.
Half the fun is the adventure and memory thereafter.
Thanks for sharing.
Psychomom



--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> Is there any way to add to the frustration of one of
Riskynil's 'Walking
> Tour" Letterboxes? Oh, WE found one! Try finding a parking place in
downtown
> Boston!! There we were, on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-September
(certainly, we
> though, the tourists would all be gone) and there was not a one to
be found in the
> 2 1/2 HOURS we tried to find this box!!
>
> OK, so plan B. Old Blue gets me close to the place we've decoded as
the next
> perplexing sign and I get out of the car, agreeing to spend a
specified amount
> of time solving the puzzle from the neck-breaking plaque on the
side of an
> historic point of interest. One-half hour later, I have the clue
deciphered. On
> to that location.
>
> This plaque's a little easier as it's short enough to actually
write down
> while sitting in the middle of the block in the car-until someone
comes up from
> behind and we have drive on, to muddle through the interminable one-
way streets
> to find that alley they call a street again! So, we've got it
written down
> and find a place to pull over to the curb-which is only permissible
if we are
> "residents" so we just pretend to be. Decipher, decipher. . . .of
course, one
> would have to spell Brittish with ONE "T" instead of 2 "Ts" to get
the clue
> exactly right, but, close enough.
>
> Our flight's in 2 hours, we still need to get gas (as we've idled
away
> tank)
> and we have to decide if we can spare the time to get to the next
stop and
> decode enough of the clue in 15 minutes to figure out the exact
location. Oh, we
> have
> a lot of hints, degree coordinates, landmarks, etc., from the
previous clues
> but we just need a little more. I run to the last plaque, certain
that I CAN
> DO IT and what do I find? It's thirty-four *&$%@! lines long!!
AGGGGHHHHH!! I
> get just enough of it figured out to render the whole puzzle
useless (a little
> knowledge is INDEED a dangerous thing) and we feel we are forced to
give up.
> If we'd only had a half hour longer. . .
>
> ~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
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I know what you mean. I have the same trouble when I go with my daughter.
She doesn't like to get her hands dirtty & she hates bugs, but she does like
to hike.

She likes when I get PLBs the best.

STAR:W+S=DRR


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