Here's a message that Dave wanted me to pass along to all the letterboxers
out there.
Our Letterbox : HH ratio used to be close to 1 in 10, now it's closer to 1
in 16.
And with Dave gone most of the time we don't get to box as much as we used
to.
Diane
The von der Insels
P23 F506 X188+ H22 E5

----- Original Message -----
> Subject: New Hitchhikers
>
> > Please forward this to the LBNE & LBNA lists:
> >
> > In the Army, we have a saying about getting letters: "You have to
send
> them to get them.". A number of people have been telling me that they
have
> never found a hitchiker, or that they only find them rarely. Our
percentage
> of found letterboxes containing HHs has gone down lately, too.
> > So I've taken to HH production. It's fairly easy, since so many
people
> are so excited to find a HH that they don't always care if it's a bit
> goofy-looking. Good for me, too, because I'm not amazingly good at
carving.
> > Get an eraser and carve a simple picture of anything at all. Do a
> circle and call it the "Big Balloon" or something. Get a little notepad
and
> put it in a baggie with the stamp. Boom, you're done. Bring it to your
> next LB find. They also make lovely "first finder" prizes.
> > I think that there are a number of HHs in the bottom of people's
> backpacks who may not even be letterboxing anymore. Some get lost in the
> mail, or put in LBs that get vandalized. They can be quite perishable, so
> they have to be renewed. That, plus there are more new LBs planted, I
> think, than new HHs made.
> > For New Jerseyans, they may even find a new HH in one of the NJ
Mystery
> boxes. I launched one on Sunday while traveling a highway. I won't say
> where I planted it. You may ask "What highway?" or "What mystery?" or
"What
> direction?" (on the highway).
> >
> > Too subtle?
> >
> > One of these days, I'll plant a LB which I'll keep well-stocked with
HHs.
> >
> > Happy hunting,
> > Dave, the von der Insels
> > P23 F506 Xhundreds H22
> >
> > DAVID J. CORMIER
> > LTC, SC
> >
> > So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
> > So near is God to Man,
> > When Duty whispers low "Thou must.",
> > The Youth replies "I can!".
> > - Emerson
>