this is truly the best!
I think that stamp should stay in that letterbox for all to see!!
but then they probably want to keep it for memories
upon Don's recommendation, I am posting it again
> here...
>
> Allow me to tell you about my love for letterboxing. or in this
> case,
> letterboxing for my love (this sounds so cryptic, but it will all
> become very clear to you by the end of this story).
>
> Last Friday, 2/11, I got a message through the LbNA website from a
> new letterboxer named "StevieFranklin2005" in regards to my
> Wooly's
> LB. The message was as follows:
>
> "If I find your Wooly Letterbox on Saturday (2/12/2005), I will
> place
> a hitchhiker stamp in it! I hope I understand your clues. PLEASE look
> for my stamp on Sunday; I am quite proud of it."
>
> I haven't been doing this LB'ing thing for very long, but the
> did seem to be a little outside of conventional LB'ing protocol.
> I've
> always viewed HH's as little surprises, and here this guy was,
> declaring to me that upon the discovery of one of my boxes, he was
> going to triumphantly plant a HH there to show his conquest. I was a
> little amused by the fact that this person was so enthusiastic about
> planting a HH, he absolutely HAD to tell me about it and ruin the
> surprise. I attributed this behavior to the possibility that he was
> so new at this that he didn't know any better.
>
> Anyhow, I emailed him back and told him that I was sure it looked
> very nice and that I looked forward to seeing it.
>
> I told my boyfriend about it that night, and we both chuckled. My
> boyfriend is not as interested in LB'ing as I am. He doesn't
> care
> much for carving stamps and hiding them, but he does enjoy finding
> the stamps with me, as well as the places it takes us to. He
> suggested that we should check it out when we had a chance. Seeing
> that he actually was up for some minor letterboxing, how could I
> refuse?
>
> So Sunday, 2/13 rolled around. Since it was Valentine's Day
> weekend,
> he had made dinner reservations for us at a nice local restaurant for
> 7:30. We had spent that morning running a 5K in Chinatown, and then
> afterward stayed there for the Chinese New Year festivities. By the
> time we got home in the afternoon, we were bushed, so we took a nap,
> and he woke us up at around 6PM and said we should get ready to go
> out. Now, my boyfriend is typically not a very punctual person, so I
> was impressed that he wanted to get up a little earlier so we would
> have some time to go look for the HH and still make it to the
> restaurant in time. I figured he thought I would enjoy stamping the
> HH in my logbook.
>
> It was pretty much dark when we got to Wooly's hiding spot.
> I'd never
> really been there at night, and was surprised to find that the
> location is pretty well lit, with a warm yellowish light emanating
> from the streetlight. We retrieved the box and I sat on a bench and
> opened it. I saw the HH wrapped in a napkin sitting in a little
> baggie. The first thing I noticed was that the HH didn't have its
> own
> logbook. I looked in my Wooly's logbook and saw that C-Bear and
> Koko
> had been there that day and stamped in, but no HH imprint!! I
> couldn't help but think that StevieFranklin2005 definitely was
> new at
> this, and that he should have at least looked up how to create a HH
> somewhere online. "Well, I'll just look at the stamp itself,
> then," I
> thought to myself. I took it out of the bag and unwrapped it. It
> wasn't as impressive as StevieFranklin2005 had described it to
> be. It
> only had a few words and some hearts carved into it. I kind of
> figured out what the words said and found that it was a
> Valentine's
> Day themed HH!! I was beginning to think what an interesting idea it
> was to place a themed HH in my box, when I heard my boyfriend ask
> me, "So what does it say?" I looked up and saw him busily
> kneeling
> down tying his shoe.
>
> "It's funny," I said, "It says `Will You Marry
> Me?'"
>
> "Well, will you?"
>
> I looked up at him again, somewhat confused. There he was, kneeling
> in front of me, with a little box in his hands. I was totally
> floored!!! The ring was beautiful! And OF COURSE I SAID YES!!!
>
> The funny thing is, as my mind was swimming around in all the
> excitement, I was still confused, and wondered where
> StevieFranklin2005's HH was. In case you hadn't figured it
> out by now
> (like me), it turned out my boyfriend, now "fiance," had
> made it all
> up!! I had no idea he could be so creative.
>
> Today I got an email from C-Bear and Koko telling me they had found
> my box and that there was a personal stamp in there for me. I found
> that hilarious! Thanks to the two of you for not having mistaken the
> stamp for a real HH, and for contributing to the best moment of my
> life!!!
>
> I have always been appreciative of the places that LB'ing has
> taken
> me to, but never did I imagine that it would take me here!!!
>
> HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!!!!
>
>
>
>
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