Our first was Wendy's Enchanted Trail View, Palos Verdes. We found it
Dec.2000 and as with many new boxers we didn't look through the entire
logbook.
When we posted the find info on this chatlist(That was a use of this
list in those times) we were advised that we should return and find
something else.
Well it took us another 2 trips to find the bonus box clues in the back
of the logbook. Duh!
Wendy has not remained in letterboxing which is unfortunate. Her clues
were written into a neat story and her stamp carving was pretty
sensational.
Don
First Box
5 messages in this thread |
Started on 2008-01-16
First Box
From: gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2008-01-16 17:03:59 UTC
Re: [LbNA] First Box
From: (ButterflyPR@comcast.net) |
Date: 2008-01-16 18:14:46 UTC
I'm still a newbie. My first letterbox was last May in Guilford, CT. A fellow butterfly enthusiast and I decided to try combining our butterfly walks with letterboxing (we call it Leps & Letterboxing). We had a lovely, if somewhat steep, hike, found the butterflies we were seeking (the Falcate Orangetip), and were delighted to find that our first letterbox contained a butterfly stamp!
Kit Kat
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From: "gwendontoo"
Our first was Wendy's Enchanted Trail View, Palos Verdes. We found it
Dec.2000 and as with many new boxers we didn't look through the entire
logbook.
When we posted the find info on this chatlist(That was a use of this
list in those times) we were advised that we should return and find
something else.
Well it took us another 2 trips to find the bonus box clues in the back
of the logbook. Duh!
Wendy has not remained in letterboxing which is unfortunate. Her clues
were written into a neat story and her stamp carving was pretty
sensational.
Don
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Kit Kat
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From: "gwendontoo"
Our first was Wendy's Enchanted Trail View, Palos Verdes. We found it
Dec.2000 and as with many new boxers we didn't look through the entire
logbook.
When we posted the find info on this chatlist(That was a use of this
list in those times) we were advised that we should return and find
something else.
Well it took us another 2 trips to find the bonus box clues in the back
of the logbook. Duh!
Wendy has not remained in letterboxing which is unfortunate. Her clues
were written into a neat story and her stamp carving was pretty
sensational.
Don
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First Box
From: alterabook (jade__eyes@juno.com) |
Date: 2008-01-17 04:55:50 UTC
We did our first LBing in June 2007 while on vacation. The first box
we found (which was the second box we looked for) was the Barview
Jetty Letterbox in Twin Rocks, OR. I just looked it up and it is an
orphan and needs a new logbook.....so if anyone is going to the Oregon
Coast, maybe you'll want to give this box a new logbook---a small one,
if I remember correctly.
As for where I was when Kennedy was shot----I was in my typing (yes,
typing, not keyboarding :o)class in the 9th grade. They announced it
over the loudspeakers and the class was so silent you could hear a pin
drop. Everyone was so upset we never did get back to work.
we found (which was the second box we looked for) was the Barview
Jetty Letterbox in Twin Rocks, OR. I just looked it up and it is an
orphan and needs a new logbook.....so if anyone is going to the Oregon
Coast, maybe you'll want to give this box a new logbook---a small one,
if I remember correctly.
As for where I was when Kennedy was shot----I was in my typing (yes,
typing, not keyboarding :o)class in the 9th grade. They announced it
over the loudspeakers and the class was so silent you could hear a pin
drop. Everyone was so upset we never did get back to work.
Re: First Box
From: four_little_piggies (4littlepiggies@gmail.com) |
Date: 2008-01-18 02:07:31 UTC
Letterboxing began for us as a way to use to time while commuting to
and from one a class out of state. Our first letterbox was the
"Louisville Letterbox"; it was such a surprise since we had picnicked
and let our kids run off steam in the same spot in the park two weeks
earlier. We took pictures on the bridge referenced in the clues on
that earlier visit. There was an aspect to it that "Hey, if this was
right under our noses and we didn't know it was there, what else is
out there?" That was 2 1/2 years ago, and we're still going-
PB/4LP
and from one a class out of state. Our first letterbox was the
"Louisville Letterbox"; it was such a surprise since we had picnicked
and let our kids run off steam in the same spot in the park two weeks
earlier. We took pictures on the bridge referenced in the clues on
that earlier visit. There was an aspect to it that "Hey, if this was
right under our noses and we didn't know it was there, what else is
out there?" That was 2 1/2 years ago, and we're still going-
PB/4LP
Re: First Box
From: Bobby (jaxx36@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2008-01-18 16:01:32 UTC
Our first box was 'Honor the Irish' in Kings Park, on Long Island, NY
I remember the kids thinking this was the coolest thing; not just the
nice hike along the river, but actually finding this little box with
stuff in it!!
Jaxx
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "four_little_piggies"
<4littlepiggies@...> wrote:
>
> Letterboxing began for us as a way to use to time while commuting to
> and from one a class out of state. Our first letterbox was the
> "Louisville Letterbox"; it was such a surprise since we had picnicked
> and let our kids run off steam in the same spot in the park two weeks
> earlier. We took pictures on the bridge referenced in the clues on
> that earlier visit. There was an aspect to it that "Hey, if this was
> right under our noses and we didn't know it was there, what else is
> out there?" That was 2 1/2 years ago, and we're still going-
>
> PB/4LP
>
I remember the kids thinking this was the coolest thing; not just the
nice hike along the river, but actually finding this little box with
stuff in it!!
Jaxx
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "four_little_piggies"
<4littlepiggies@...> wrote:
>
> Letterboxing began for us as a way to use to time while commuting to
> and from one a class out of state. Our first letterbox was the
> "Louisville Letterbox"; it was such a surprise since we had picnicked
> and let our kids run off steam in the same spot in the park two weeks
> earlier. We took pictures on the bridge referenced in the clues on
> that earlier visit. There was an aspect to it that "Hey, if this was
> right under our noses and we didn't know it was there, what else is
> out there?" That was 2 1/2 years ago, and we're still going-
>
> PB/4LP
>