Two of the 4-hearted Fittons (my son Matt and myself), had occasion to
visit Long Island this holiday weekend. He was playing in a baseball
tournament at a complex of fields called, interestingly enough, Connetquot.
Anyone know if the name of my fair state came from that, which I assume is
an Indian tribe?
Unfortunately, rain postponed Saturday's action after only 4 innings of his
1st game. They continued play on Sunday, but were eventually eliminated
before they reached the finals. This left Monday wide open. Since we were
to catch a 2 pm ferry at Orient Point, we left our Inn early and headed for
the Point. But how were we to find the letterboxes? I had forgot to print
out the clues for the boxes at Orient Point before I left and it was
Memorial Day Monday and I had no computer. Fortunately, an Office Max was
open. I sweet talked a lady, or maybe they just let customers do it anyway,
into letting me access the website, where I printed out Ladybug's and
LoneMassWolf clues. The game was afoot. Matthew had brought his school
binder to complete his project and he had colored pens in it, so we could
recreate our stamp. With a pad of small paper from the hotel we were ready.
Alas, we could not find Ladybugs Orient Point letterbox. We found 3 "I"s,
but never could figure out which was the great gray rock. Thwarted, we went
after the Orient Point Light Letterbox very recently planted by Wolf and
Spirit. We found that one. Inspired as we were, we went back to looking for
the 1st one, but still with no luck. So, finally we set out for the other
box, which we realized we had not enough time for as we had to eat first
and all of a sudden it was 1 pm and it cost $7 just to enter the State Park
and the guy wouldn't let us in for a half hour without paying. So we went
and had some ice cream, and got an early spot in the Ferry line.
Some failures, some successes. Life in a nutshell, on a baseball
letterboxing weekend. It was great fun for us, especially since an IHOP was
right next door to the Inn!
Mark
Long Island Baseball
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Started on 2001-05-29
Long Island Baseball
From: Mark S. Fitton (mfitton@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-05-29 22:43:15 UTC-04:00
Re: [LbNA] Long Island Baseball
From: fred lorch (lonemasswolf@covad.net) |
Date: 2001-05-29 23:01:50 UTC-04:00
Sorry you could not find ladybugs Orient Point box. It's not an easy find,
but it is there.
Glad you found ours though.
lonemasswolf
but it is there.
Glad you found ours though.
lonemasswolf
Re: [LbNA] Long Island Baseball
From: Kathy (kl4321@aol.com) |
Date: 2001-05-30 03:53:29 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "fred lorch" wrote:
> Sorry you could not find ladybugs Orient Point box. It's not an
easy find,
> but it is there.
> Glad you found ours though.
>
> lonemasswolf
I, too am sorry my OP Ferry Letterbox eluded you. It's always a
disappointment if the prize isn't realized when boxing with
children. I'm happy lonemasswolf and YIMS had added one to the Point
to make your rocky walk worthwhile. Good thing you didn't pay the
attendant to get into the Park to look for Turtle Crossing as it has
been reported probably missing. I'll be up that way in a few weeks
and hope to check on them.
I received an email this morning from Clayton who reports finding the
OP Lighthouse letterbox in what appears to be the spot described in
my clues to the OP Ferry Letterbox. It will be good to take a walk
to get to the bottom of this little mystery.
Ladybug
> Sorry you could not find ladybugs Orient Point box. It's not an
easy find,
> but it is there.
> Glad you found ours though.
>
> lonemasswolf
I, too am sorry my OP Ferry Letterbox eluded you. It's always a
disappointment if the prize isn't realized when boxing with
children. I'm happy lonemasswolf and YIMS had added one to the Point
to make your rocky walk worthwhile. Good thing you didn't pay the
attendant to get into the Park to look for Turtle Crossing as it has
been reported probably missing. I'll be up that way in a few weeks
and hope to check on them.
I received an email this morning from Clayton who reports finding the
OP Lighthouse letterbox in what appears to be the spot described in
my clues to the OP Ferry Letterbox. It will be good to take a walk
to get to the bottom of this little mystery.
Ladybug
Re: Long Island Baseball
From: (defygravity@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-05-30 04:14:32 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Mark S. Fitton" wrote:
> Two of the 4-hearted Fittons (my son Matt and myself), had occasion
to
> visit Long Island this holiday weekend. He was playing in a
baseball
> tournament at a complex of fields called, interestingly enough,
Connetquot.
> Anyone know if the name of my fair state came from that, which I
assume is
> an Indian tribe?
>
If I recall correctly, Connecticut is an Algonquin word for "wide
river" or "big river." I'm not sure if a tribe also existed with that
name, though one living by a big river would earn such. No Native
American language was ever written before the 1800s so spelling could
be variable.
Another bit of trivia: a woodchuck is so called because the Native
Americans' word for the animal kinda sounded like "woodchuck" so
that's what the white guys started calling it. Obviously, ground hogs
don't chuck wood. :)
Aili
> Two of the 4-hearted Fittons (my son Matt and myself), had occasion
to
> visit Long Island this holiday weekend. He was playing in a
baseball
> tournament at a complex of fields called, interestingly enough,
Connetquot.
> Anyone know if the name of my fair state came from that, which I
assume is
> an Indian tribe?
>
If I recall correctly, Connecticut is an Algonquin word for "wide
river" or "big river." I'm not sure if a tribe also existed with that
name, though one living by a big river would earn such. No Native
American language was ever written before the 1800s so spelling could
be variable.
Another bit of trivia: a woodchuck is so called because the Native
Americans' word for the animal kinda sounded like "woodchuck" so
that's what the white guys started calling it. Obviously, ground hogs
don't chuck wood. :)
Aili