Jeff,

Without being *too* politically correct, why do you have to slam
Holyoke? Have you seen Mountain Park lately? Not the best location
for a letterbox hunt, but the placers gave it a shot anyways. As for
the others, could be vandalism, but I've seen that at more than a
few boxes in Western MA/Northern CT .

Phil - HHS '83 :)

member of The L Troop




--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff LaCoy"
wrote:
>
> Not to sound TOO crude, but it IS Holyoke afterall :/
>
> Really sad to hear, those boxes were going to come up in my
searches
> soon :(
>
> Jeff
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "fern2lb"
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all! I'm never sure whether my "message to placer" e-mails get
> > through since I've sent half a dozen and never gotten a response.
> So
> > I thought I'd post here, in case anyone is planning on making a
> trip
> > to search for these boxes. For the "Mountain Park" series, boxes
> > #1, #2, and #5 are all missing (as of 10/9/04). The stamp in box
> #4
> > has been damaged. For the boxes planted in Ashley Reservoir (as
of
> > 10/10/04), "Horse-escape" was vandelized. I found the lid, the
ink
> > pad, a horse sticker, and a plastic bag, but nothing else.
"Golden
> > Faun" was also vandelized. I found all parts except the log book.
> I
> > put everything back together the best I could and rehid the box
in
> > the same location. For the "Ladybuggy" box hidden in Chmura Park,
> > this box is missing (as of 10/10/04). It seems like a
> > disproportionatly large amount of Hoyoke boxes are damaged or
> > missing. Tough city!