WE WERE MADE AWARE OF LETTER BOXING BY OUR DAUGHTER. WE THOUGHT
IT SOUNDED LIKE A NEAT PASTIME SO WE FOUND THE WEBSITE AND STARTED
FINDING OUT INFORMATION AND CLUES.
OUR FIRST BOX WE FOUND WAS PART OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC SERIES IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS, 3-25-07. THIS IS THE ONE NEAR LAYTON CITY IN THE
KEYS. THE TRAIL WAS NEAT AND FINDING THE BOX WAS FUN. EVEN THOUGH
IT WAS UNDER ABOUT 40 LBS. OF CORAL. THE CONTENTS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE,
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME WATER IN IT. MOSTLY THE INK PAD WAS WET. WE
DRIED IT OUT AND REPLACED THE PLASTIC BAGS.
3-26-07 FOUND TWO TODAY. WE ARE ON A ROLL.
SONGBIRD BOX - AT DOVE CREEK HAMMOCKS IN KEY LARGO. PROBABLY THE MOST
DIFFICULT SO FAR. WEEDS AND BRUSH HAVE GROWN UP KNEE HIGH OR BETTER
AND CLUES WERE HARD TO FIND. ESPECIALLY THE LIMESTONE ROCK. THIS
CONTAINER WAS ALSO WET. THE LOG BOOK IS VERY DAMP AND THE PAGES ARE
STUCK TOGETHER. WE DRIED IT OUT THE BEST WE COULD AND REPLACED IT.
SAND SPURS AND STICKERS ARE VERY BAD IN THIS AREA.
3-26-07 LOST TREASURE OF THE SPANISH GALLEONS - THIS WAS A REAL
TREAT. THE BOX IS IN "THE DAGNEY JOHSON KEY LARGO HAMMOCK BOTANICAL
STATE PARK". WHAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE! IT WAS WORTH THE DRIVE AND WALK.
FOUND THE BOX AND IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO "JOHN PENNEKAMP STATE PARK" IN A FEW
DAYS. THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO THERE. THEN ON TO KEY WEST NEXT WEEK.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DOWN THERE.
WE WILL BE IN THE KEYS FOR ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS IF THERE IS
ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT A BOX LET US KNOW.
OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS DANMARYANNB2@NETZERO.COM
SNIFFY AND POKEY
FINDING OUR FIRST BOX
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2007-03-27
FINDING OUR FIRST BOX
From: sniffypokey (sniffypokey@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-03-27 03:59:22 UTC
Re: FINDING OUR FIRST BOX
From: ogoshi63 (ogoshi63@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-03-27 16:46:03 UTC
Have fun in your new addiction. I became addicted almost a year
ago. It is fun.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sniffypokey"
wrote:
>
> WE WERE MADE AWARE OF LETTER BOXING BY OUR DAUGHTER. WE
THOUGHT
> IT SOUNDED LIKE A NEAT PASTIME SO WE FOUND THE WEBSITE AND STARTED
> FINDING OUT INFORMATION AND CLUES.
> OUR FIRST BOX WE FOUND WAS PART OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC SERIES IN
> THE FLORIDA KEYS, 3-25-07. THIS IS THE ONE NEAR LAYTON CITY IN THE
> KEYS. THE TRAIL WAS NEAT AND FINDING THE BOX WAS FUN. EVEN THOUGH
> IT WAS UNDER ABOUT 40 LBS. OF CORAL. THE CONTENTS WERE IN GOOD
SHAPE,
> ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME WATER IN IT. MOSTLY THE INK PAD WAS WET. WE
> DRIED IT OUT AND REPLACED THE PLASTIC BAGS.
> 3-26-07 FOUND TWO TODAY. WE ARE ON A ROLL.
> SONGBIRD BOX - AT DOVE CREEK HAMMOCKS IN KEY LARGO. PROBABLY THE
MOST
> DIFFICULT SO FAR. WEEDS AND BRUSH HAVE GROWN UP KNEE HIGH OR BETTER
> AND CLUES WERE HARD TO FIND. ESPECIALLY THE LIMESTONE ROCK. THIS
> CONTAINER WAS ALSO WET. THE LOG BOOK IS VERY DAMP AND THE PAGES ARE
> STUCK TOGETHER. WE DRIED IT OUT THE BEST WE COULD AND REPLACED IT.
> SAND SPURS AND STICKERS ARE VERY BAD IN THIS AREA.
> 3-26-07 LOST TREASURE OF THE SPANISH GALLEONS - THIS WAS A REAL
> TREAT. THE BOX IS IN "THE DAGNEY JOHSON KEY LARGO HAMMOCK BOTANICAL
> STATE PARK". WHAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE! IT WAS WORTH THE DRIVE AND WALK.
> FOUND THE BOX AND IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
> WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO "JOHN PENNEKAMP STATE PARK" IN A FEW
> DAYS. THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO THERE. THEN ON TO KEY WEST NEXT WEEK.
> THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DOWN THERE.
> WE WILL BE IN THE KEYS FOR ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS IF THERE IS
> ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT A BOX LET US KNOW.
> OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS DANMARYANNB2@...
>
> SNIFFY AND POKEY
>
ago. It is fun.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sniffypokey"
>
> WE WERE MADE AWARE OF LETTER BOXING BY OUR DAUGHTER. WE
THOUGHT
> IT SOUNDED LIKE A NEAT PASTIME SO WE FOUND THE WEBSITE AND STARTED
> FINDING OUT INFORMATION AND CLUES.
> OUR FIRST BOX WE FOUND WAS PART OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC SERIES IN
> THE FLORIDA KEYS, 3-25-07. THIS IS THE ONE NEAR LAYTON CITY IN THE
> KEYS. THE TRAIL WAS NEAT AND FINDING THE BOX WAS FUN. EVEN THOUGH
> IT WAS UNDER ABOUT 40 LBS. OF CORAL. THE CONTENTS WERE IN GOOD
SHAPE,
> ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME WATER IN IT. MOSTLY THE INK PAD WAS WET. WE
> DRIED IT OUT AND REPLACED THE PLASTIC BAGS.
> 3-26-07 FOUND TWO TODAY. WE ARE ON A ROLL.
> SONGBIRD BOX - AT DOVE CREEK HAMMOCKS IN KEY LARGO. PROBABLY THE
MOST
> DIFFICULT SO FAR. WEEDS AND BRUSH HAVE GROWN UP KNEE HIGH OR BETTER
> AND CLUES WERE HARD TO FIND. ESPECIALLY THE LIMESTONE ROCK. THIS
> CONTAINER WAS ALSO WET. THE LOG BOOK IS VERY DAMP AND THE PAGES ARE
> STUCK TOGETHER. WE DRIED IT OUT THE BEST WE COULD AND REPLACED IT.
> SAND SPURS AND STICKERS ARE VERY BAD IN THIS AREA.
> 3-26-07 LOST TREASURE OF THE SPANISH GALLEONS - THIS WAS A REAL
> TREAT. THE BOX IS IN "THE DAGNEY JOHSON KEY LARGO HAMMOCK BOTANICAL
> STATE PARK". WHAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE! IT WAS WORTH THE DRIVE AND WALK.
> FOUND THE BOX AND IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
> WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO "JOHN PENNEKAMP STATE PARK" IN A FEW
> DAYS. THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO THERE. THEN ON TO KEY WEST NEXT WEEK.
> THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DOWN THERE.
> WE WILL BE IN THE KEYS FOR ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS IF THERE IS
> ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT A BOX LET US KNOW.
> OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS DANMARYANNB2@...
>
> SNIFFY AND POKEY
>