Howdy Mainers!
I'm hoping to get some help from y'all with regard to planting a
letterbox near Pemaquid Point.
My family is gathering up there in mid-October to commit my
grandmother's ashes to the deep off the Point. We did the same thing
with my grandfathers ashes 18 years ago and it was her wish to join
him there when the time came. Granny spent most of her summers in
Maine as a young girl so it always had special meaning to her. My
grandparents used to spend 2 weeks in the spring and another 2 in
the fall in that area every year. It is my hope to plant a letterbox
in memory of my grandparents near the place that held such a special
place in their hearts.
Anyway, I'm a fairly new letterboxer and this will be the first one
I plant. I was wondering how to find out if the Pemaquid Point
lighthouse facilities would be open to the idea of planting a
letterbox on the property, or if anyone up there is familiar with
the area and has a better idea. At this point, I'm wide open to
suggestions and advice.
Thanks in advance!
Lois in NC
MAINE - Memorial letterbox
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2005-08-24
MAINE - Memorial letterbox
From: loisparris (loisparris@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2005-08-24 21:56:44 UTC
Re: MAINE - Memorial letterbox
From: Laura/Nautilus (naturbuf@gwi.net) |
Date: 2005-08-25 03:15:16 UTC
Hi Lois,
My suggestion would be to contact the president of the Friends of
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. Here's his contact info:
Marty Welt at (207) 563-2739, or email backlog@tidewater.net
HOWEVER, if you check the LBNA clue database, you will see that there
is already another box at that location (The Angel Gabriel) and it is
usually considered in bad taste to plant a box so close to another
person's without contacting them first. The box and stamp image are
quite lovely and might fit well with what you had in mind. Perhaps you
might want to approach the planters about putting a bonus clue inside
their box leading to another in an area nearby? I would definitely get
in touch with them before the Friends of Pemaquid Lighthouse since I
have no idea whether or not they asked permission to plant their box
and you wouldn't want to put it in jeopardy.
My condolences about your grandmother, but it sounds like a lovely way
to remember her.
Nautilus
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "loisparris"
wrote:
> Howdy Mainers!
>
> I'm hoping to get some help from y'all with regard to planting a
> letterbox near Pemaquid Point.
I was wondering how to find out if the Pemaquid Point
> lighthouse facilities would be open to the idea of planting a
> letterbox on the property, or if anyone up there is familiar with
> the area and has a better idea. At this point, I'm wide open to
> suggestions and advice.
My suggestion would be to contact the president of the Friends of
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. Here's his contact info:
Marty Welt at (207) 563-2739, or email backlog@tidewater.net
HOWEVER, if you check the LBNA clue database, you will see that there
is already another box at that location (The Angel Gabriel) and it is
usually considered in bad taste to plant a box so close to another
person's without contacting them first. The box and stamp image are
quite lovely and might fit well with what you had in mind. Perhaps you
might want to approach the planters about putting a bonus clue inside
their box leading to another in an area nearby? I would definitely get
in touch with them before the Friends of Pemaquid Lighthouse since I
have no idea whether or not they asked permission to plant their box
and you wouldn't want to put it in jeopardy.
My condolences about your grandmother, but it sounds like a lovely way
to remember her.
Nautilus
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "loisparris"
wrote:
> Howdy Mainers!
>
> I'm hoping to get some help from y'all with regard to planting a
> letterbox near Pemaquid Point.
I was wondering how to find out if the Pemaquid Point
> lighthouse facilities would be open to the idea of planting a
> letterbox on the property, or if anyone up there is familiar with
> the area and has a better idea. At this point, I'm wide open to
> suggestions and advice.