When visiting Maryland last week, we were hiking a nature trail in the
Sandy Point State Park. Walking back to the parking lot, my son
noticed a plastic bag sticking out from under a small stump. Being
geocachers, we first thought it was a geocache, but soon discovered it
was a letterbox. The log book was very wet, but the stamp was still
there. We didn't have anything to sign the logbook with (I realize
you don't sign the logbook, you stamp it), but recorded any pertinent
information we could find from the info sheet. (And no...we didn't
take the stamp... we know better! I know this has been a problem when
letterboxes have been found by some geocachers.)
We found the correct letterbox (bay bridge/Sandy Pt) and found it was
hidden by MonkeyShines. He has reported that the letterbox is
possibly missing, so I wrote to him (two ways... one via the "contact
the placer" link, and also through the address he provided. The
address he provided bounced back (mailbox full).
I wanted to post somewhere that it still is there, and it appears to
be in the location he described. We didn't take any pictures, though.
Does anyone know MonkeyShines so he can be contacted? I have no idea
how long it has been since someone found it. Is there a way to "log"
your finds online, the way many people do with geocaching? It was
cool to find a letterbox, though....
Bay Bridge/Sandy Pt letterbox
3 messages in this thread |
Started on 2006-08-17
Bay Bridge/Sandy Pt letterbox
From: maliabarth (maliabarth@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-08-17 03:25:24 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Bay Bridge/Sandy Pt letterbox
From: Suzanne Coe (wilmcoe@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-08-17 05:17:16 UTC-07:00
What a great example of the hobbies supporting each other! Thanks so much for your & your son's sharp eyes & quick thinking. I've emailed you off list with info on how to log your find--Sheba
maliabarth wrote: When visiting Maryland last week, we were hiking a nature trail in the
Sandy Point State Park. Walking back to the parking lot, my son
noticed a plastic bag sticking out from under a small stump. Being
geocachers, we first thought it was a geocache, but soon discovered it
was a letterbox. The log book was very wet, but the stamp was still
there. We didn't have anything to sign the logbook with (I realize
you don't sign the logbook, you stamp it), but recorded any pertinent
information we could find from the info sheet. (And no...we didn't
take the stamp... we know better! I know this has been a problem when
letterboxes have been found by some geocachers.)
We found the correct letterbox (bay bridge/Sandy Pt) and found it was
hidden by MonkeyShines. He has reported that the letterbox is
possibly missing, so I wrote to him (two ways... one via the "contact
the placer" link, and also through the address he provided. The
address he provided bounced back (mailbox full).
I wanted to post somewhere that it still is there, and it appears to
be in the location he described. We didn't take any pictures, though.
Does anyone know MonkeyShines so he can be contacted? I have no idea
how long it has been since someone found it. Is there a way to "log"
your finds online, the way many people do with geocaching? It was
cool to find a letterbox, though....
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maliabarth
Sandy Point State Park. Walking back to the parking lot, my son
noticed a plastic bag sticking out from under a small stump. Being
geocachers, we first thought it was a geocache, but soon discovered it
was a letterbox. The log book was very wet, but the stamp was still
there. We didn't have anything to sign the logbook with (I realize
you don't sign the logbook, you stamp it), but recorded any pertinent
information we could find from the info sheet. (And no...we didn't
take the stamp... we know better! I know this has been a problem when
letterboxes have been found by some geocachers.)
We found the correct letterbox (bay bridge/Sandy Pt) and found it was
hidden by MonkeyShines. He has reported that the letterbox is
possibly missing, so I wrote to him (two ways... one via the "contact
the placer" link, and also through the address he provided. The
address he provided bounced back (mailbox full).
I wanted to post somewhere that it still is there, and it appears to
be in the location he described. We didn't take any pictures, though.
Does anyone know MonkeyShines so he can be contacted? I have no idea
how long it has been since someone found it. Is there a way to "log"
your finds online, the way many people do with geocaching? It was
cool to find a letterbox, though....
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Re: [LbNA] Bay Bridge/Sandy Pt letterbox
From: maliabarth (maliabarth@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-08-18 00:30:18 UTC
Thanks again for telling me how to log the find. I've also had
another letterboxer contact me asking for information, since she
hopes to adopt the letterbox since it is there.
There are quite a few letterboxes in the central Texas area and we
hope to start letterboxing, along with geocaching. We just have to
wait until it cools off a bit! Right now, at 7:30 pm (central) it
is still 98 degrees outside! We got back from Maryland yesterday to
be greeted by triple digit temps.... I wanna go back to Maryland...
back to the 70's and 80's!
Malia
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Suzanne Coe
wrote:
>
> What a great example of the hobbies supporting each other! Thanks
so much for your & your son's sharp eyes & quick thinking. I've
emailed you off list with info on how to log your find--Sheba
>
> maliabarth wrote: When visiting Maryland
last week, we were hiking a nature trail in the
> Sandy Point State Park. Walking back to the parking lot, my son
> noticed a plastic bag sticking out from under a small stump. Being
> geocachers, we first thought it was a geocache, but soon
discovered it
> was a letterbox. The log book was very wet, but the stamp was
still
> there. We didn't have anything to sign the logbook with (I realize
> you don't sign the logbook, you stamp it), but recorded any
pertinent
> information we could find from the info sheet. (And no...we didn't
> take the stamp... we know better! I know this has been a problem
when
> letterboxes have been found by some geocachers.)
>
> We found the correct letterbox (bay bridge/Sandy Pt) and found it
was
> hidden by MonkeyShines. He has reported that the letterbox is
> possibly missing, so I wrote to him (two ways... one via
the "contact
> the placer" link, and also through the address he provided. The
> address he provided bounced back (mailbox full).
>
> I wanted to post somewhere that it still is there, and it appears
to
> be in the location he described. We didn't take any pictures,
though.
>
> Does anyone know MonkeyShines so he can be contacted? I have no
idea
> how long it has been since someone found it. Is there a way
to "log"
> your finds online, the way many people do with geocaching? It was
> cool to find a letterbox, though....
>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________
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> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
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>
another letterboxer contact me asking for information, since she
hopes to adopt the letterbox since it is there.
There are quite a few letterboxes in the central Texas area and we
hope to start letterboxing, along with geocaching. We just have to
wait until it cools off a bit! Right now, at 7:30 pm (central) it
is still 98 degrees outside! We got back from Maryland yesterday to
be greeted by triple digit temps.... I wanna go back to Maryland...
back to the 70's and 80's!
Malia
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Suzanne Coe
wrote:
>
> What a great example of the hobbies supporting each other! Thanks
so much for your & your son's sharp eyes & quick thinking. I've
emailed you off list with info on how to log your find--Sheba
>
> maliabarth
last week, we were hiking a nature trail in the
> Sandy Point State Park. Walking back to the parking lot, my son
> noticed a plastic bag sticking out from under a small stump. Being
> geocachers, we first thought it was a geocache, but soon
discovered it
> was a letterbox. The log book was very wet, but the stamp was
still
> there. We didn't have anything to sign the logbook with (I realize
> you don't sign the logbook, you stamp it), but recorded any
pertinent
> information we could find from the info sheet. (And no...we didn't
> take the stamp... we know better! I know this has been a problem
when
> letterboxes have been found by some geocachers.)
>
> We found the correct letterbox (bay bridge/Sandy Pt) and found it
was
> hidden by MonkeyShines. He has reported that the letterbox is
> possibly missing, so I wrote to him (two ways... one via
the "contact
> the placer" link, and also through the address he provided. The
> address he provided bounced back (mailbox full).
>
> I wanted to post somewhere that it still is there, and it appears
to
> be in the location he described. We didn't take any pictures,
though.
>
> Does anyone know MonkeyShines so he can be contacted? I have no
idea
> how long it has been since someone found it. Is there a way
to "log"
> your finds online, the way many people do with geocaching? It was
> cool to find a letterbox, though....
>
>
>
>
>
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