I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
his ranger desk, with a copy of the stamp image pinned up on the
bulletin board. I'm going to go check on that box just to see his
ranger stamp!
Wisconsin Hiker
Message:
Hello
I am a park ranger, I was patrolling Naga-Waukee Park
looking for evidence of cougars when instead I found
your box on the ground. I assume it was supposed to be
in the large fallen tree that it was under, so I put
it back there. First I took it back to the ranger
station to check it out and read the literature. I
don?t have a home made stamp so I used my ranger logo
stamp instead.
You have a neat hobby. It seems to be harmless as long
as everyone follows the rules in the instruction
sheet. After dealing with drunks, litterbugs, and
vandals it is nice to see some positive recreation
going on in the parks.
What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
them up after they get old? If they just get left
behind I could see that being an issue with a park
manager.
Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Best regards and,
Enjoy your county parks!
Tim
Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
8 messages in this thread |
Started on 2005-09-30
Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Wisconsin Hiker (kotlarek@wi.rr.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 12:55:25 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Hikers_n_ Hounds (hikers_n_hounds@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 08:02:53 UTC-07:00
Wow, this is really cool!
Wisconsin Hiker wrote:I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
his ranger desk, with a copy of the stamp image pinned up on the
bulletin board. I'm going to go check on that box just to see his
ranger stamp!
Wisconsin Hiker
Message:
Hello
I am a park ranger, I was patrolling Naga-Waukee Park
looking for evidence of cougars when instead I found
your box on the ground. I assume it was supposed to be
in the large fallen tree that it was under, so I put
it back there. First I took it back to the ranger
station to check it out and read the literature. I
don?t have a home made stamp so I used my ranger logo
stamp instead.
You have a neat hobby. It seems to be harmless as long
as everyone follows the rules in the instruction
sheet. After dealing with drunks, litterbugs, and
vandals it is nice to see some positive recreation
going on in the parks.
What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
them up after they get old? If they just get left
behind I could see that being an issue with a park
manager.
Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Best regards and,
Enjoy your county parks!
Tim
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Wisconsin Hiker
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
his ranger desk, with a copy of the stamp image pinned up on the
bulletin board. I'm going to go check on that box just to see his
ranger stamp!
Wisconsin Hiker
Message:
Hello
I am a park ranger, I was patrolling Naga-Waukee Park
looking for evidence of cougars when instead I found
your box on the ground. I assume it was supposed to be
in the large fallen tree that it was under, so I put
it back there. First I took it back to the ranger
station to check it out and read the literature. I
don?t have a home made stamp so I used my ranger logo
stamp instead.
You have a neat hobby. It seems to be harmless as long
as everyone follows the rules in the instruction
sheet. After dealing with drunks, litterbugs, and
vandals it is nice to see some positive recreation
going on in the parks.
What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
them up after they get old? If they just get left
behind I could see that being an issue with a park
manager.
Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Best regards and,
Enjoy your county parks!
Tim
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Re: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: (StDebb@aol.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 11:37:17 UTC-04:00
Kind of makes you wish you could sent that letter to all park rangers
everywhere at make them read it!
DebBee
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everywhere at make them read it!
DebBee
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Re: Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Rick in Boca (rick_in_boca@bigfoot.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 18:07:25 UTC
It is obvious he put some thought into this. I'd like to see his ranger
logo stamp. And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
Perhaps waxed paper?
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Wisconsin Hiker"
wrote:
> What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
> the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
> them up after they get old? If they just get left
> behind I could see that being an issue with a park
> manager.
>
> Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
> 1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
> then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
logo stamp. And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
Perhaps waxed paper?
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Wisconsin Hiker"
wrote:
> What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
> the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
> them up after they get old? If they just get left
> behind I could see that being an issue with a park
> manager.
>
> Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
> 1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
> then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Re: Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 18:41:20 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Rick in Boca"
wrote:
> And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
> were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
> Perhaps waxed paper?
>
If what we've read about the history of letterboxing is correct, wasn't
the original letterbox a calling card in a bottle with a cork on it?
That would suffice to keep not only the liquid in but also the moisture
out. At least the myriad billion dollar grossing and centuries old
wine industry has 'banked' on that fact for ages. ;)
dvn2r ckr
> And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
> were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
> Perhaps waxed paper?
>
If what we've read about the history of letterboxing is correct, wasn't
the original letterbox a calling card in a bottle with a cork on it?
That would suffice to keep not only the liquid in but also the moisture
out. At least the myriad billion dollar grossing and centuries old
wine industry has 'banked' on that fact for ages. ;)
dvn2r ckr
Re: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Team Safari (TeamSafari@msn.com) |
Date: 2005-09-30 19:14:09 UTC-04:00
What a pleasant surprise! Thanks for sharing that story.
Mary (RI)
----- Original Message -----
From: Wisconsin Hiker
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:55 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
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Mary (RI)
----- Original Message -----
From: Wisconsin Hiker
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:55 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
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Re: [LbNA] Re: Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Silent Doug (silentdoug@letterboxing.info) |
Date: 2005-10-01 14:02:07 UTC-04:00
At 02:41 PM 9/30/2005, you wrote:
> > And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
> > were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
> > Perhaps waxed paper?
>
>If what we've read about the history of letterboxing is correct, wasn't
>the original letterbox a calling card in a bottle with a cork on it?
I've been re-reading my Dartmoor books and web sites to prepare for
our trip there next month, and I've seen the original container at
Cranmere pool variously described as a "stone jar" and a "jam jar,"
among others. I interpreted the "stone jar" reference as "stoneware,"
a kind of pottery -- I have a couple of antique pieces of this kind
of container used for foodstuffs during that same period, so that
seems to make the most sense to me. It probably was corked.
SD
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> > And now I wonder how the original Dartmoor letterboxers
> > were able to keep their card from getting wet, without dougerware?
> > Perhaps waxed paper?
>
>If what we've read about the history of letterboxing is correct, wasn't
>the original letterbox a calling card in a bottle with a cork on it?
I've been re-reading my Dartmoor books and web sites to prepare for
our trip there next month, and I've seen the original container at
Cranmere pool variously described as a "stone jar" and a "jam jar,"
among others. I interpreted the "stone jar" reference as "stoneware,"
a kind of pottery -- I have a couple of antique pieces of this kind
of container used for foodstuffs during that same period, so that
seems to make the most sense to me. It probably was corked.
SD
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Get a Clue -- Go Letterboxing!
RE: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
From: Ellen MacFarden (ellenm@franklinfarms.com) |
Date: 2005-10-03 11:30:34 UTC-04:00
How nice! Thank you for sharing this.
In CT we have a letterbox placed by the forest rangers in each of our state
parks. Once you have found five you email them and they'll go out to
confirm and then send you a patch. If you find all 30 you will get a
walking stick.
Ellen (of Finnegan's Pack)
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Wisconsin Hiker
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:55 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
his ranger desk, with a copy of the stamp image pinned up on the
bulletin board. I'm going to go check on that box just to see his
ranger stamp!
Wisconsin Hiker
Message:
Hello
I am a park ranger, I was patrolling Naga-Waukee Park
looking for evidence of cougars when instead I found
your box on the ground. I assume it was supposed to be
in the large fallen tree that it was under, so I put
it back there. First I took it back to the ranger
station to check it out and read the literature. I
don?t have a home made stamp so I used my ranger logo
stamp instead.
You have a neat hobby. It seems to be harmless as long
as everyone follows the rules in the instruction
sheet. After dealing with drunks, litterbugs, and
vandals it is nice to see some positive recreation
going on in the parks.
What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
them up after they get old? If they just get left
behind I could see that being an issue with a park
manager.
Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Best regards and,
Enjoy your county parks!
Tim
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In CT we have a letterbox placed by the forest rangers in each of our state
parks. Once you have found five you email them and they'll go out to
confirm and then send you a patch. If you find all 30 you will get a
walking stick.
Ellen (of Finnegan's Pack)
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Wisconsin Hiker
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:55 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Positive incident w/park ranger in WI
I checked my mail this morning and found the message below. It's
nice to know that there are some park personnel that are so helpful
and able appreciate the fact that letterboxing can be a positive
thing for parks! He even included a .jpg photo of the box sitting on
his ranger desk, with a copy of the stamp image pinned up on the
bulletin board. I'm going to go check on that box just to see his
ranger stamp!
Wisconsin Hiker
Message:
Hello
I am a park ranger, I was patrolling Naga-Waukee Park
looking for evidence of cougars when instead I found
your box on the ground. I assume it was supposed to be
in the large fallen tree that it was under, so I put
it back there. First I took it back to the ranger
station to check it out and read the literature. I
don?t have a home made stamp so I used my ranger logo
stamp instead.
You have a neat hobby. It seems to be harmless as long
as everyone follows the rules in the instruction
sheet. After dealing with drunks, litterbugs, and
vandals it is nice to see some positive recreation
going on in the parks.
What sort of maintenance is done on these boxes? Does
the owner check on them periodically? Do they pick
them up after they get old? If they just get left
behind I could see that being an issue with a park
manager.
Has this ?letterboxing? really been going on since
1854? What sort of waterproof box did they use back
then? I don?t think they had Tupperware!
Best regards and,
Enjoy your county parks!
Tim
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