My first letterbox found (Finch Arboretum) was on 8/31/2002 at Finch
Arboretum in Spokane, WA with Baby Bear. It is still listed on LBNA
but not sure if it is still there. It's funny that my first box was
so far from where I live (TX), but at the time there just weren't
many boxes in my state, so I found my first during a vacation. I
did not have anything with me to stamp with, not being sure about
this new hobby, but luckily the box included stamped postcards, so I
was able to retrieve a stamp image of my first. As luck would have
it, there was a Hitchhiker, too. It was Hitch, a profile of Alfred
Hitchcock carved by Amanda From Seattle. I followed the directions
and took the hitchhiker with me back to TX, but then realized I had
no letterbox to place it in. This forced me to place my first box
with it included, and I have enjoyed placing boxes ever since. I am
convinced that if we had not actually found the box that day, I
would not have become interested in letterboxing. That is why I
like to spread my boxes as far and wide as possible so more people
can experience the fun of finding their first box and hopefully get
hooked like we did.
Thanks to all of you who place boxes! It really is the best way to
spread the joy of letterboxing.
Silver Eagle
First Find
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2008-01-16
First Find
From: Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) |
Date: 2008-01-16 18:03:59 UTC
Re: First Find
From: SandiBox (sandibox@msn.com) |
Date: 2008-01-16 18:19:42 UTC
I found my first letterbox in August 2004. My DD, SoccerChik, and I
found Silver Eagle's SugarLand Microbox. We were so excited to find
that "yes, people really did hide boxes in the woods for us to
discover!"
I recently introduced a couple of friends to letterboxing and was happy
to hear that they had recently found SugarLand Microbox too. Glad the
box is still in place after all this time.
SandiBox
found Silver Eagle's SugarLand Microbox. We were so excited to find
that "yes, people really did hide boxes in the woods for us to
discover!"
I recently introduced a couple of friends to letterboxing and was happy
to hear that they had recently found SugarLand Microbox too. Glad the
box is still in place after all this time.
SandiBox
Re: [LbNA] Re: First Find
From: Mary Erickson (tworstaggering@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2008-01-16 10:27:02 UTC-08:00
September 2006
Middle Patuxent River, planted by WoodThrush in
Columbia, Maryland.
An excellent first box experience, one I have
recommended to several others. We eagerly seek out
any new box that WoodThrush plants.
Mommo
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals?
Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Middle Patuxent River, planted by WoodThrush in
Columbia, Maryland.
An excellent first box experience, one I have
recommended to several others. We eagerly seek out
any new box that WoodThrush plants.
Mommo
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals?
Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
First Find
From: grumpygrinchy (ggboxer@comcast.net) |
Date: 2008-01-16 23:00:06 UTC
Our first box was Princess Lea's Year of the Ram, 23 Sept. 2004. We
were early for a surprise birthday party in Alameda, so we decided to
take a walk and see if we could locate a box or two before going to
the party. We found 3 and Grinch ruined her stockings since her new
shoes hurt and the trail (after she removed her shoes) was covered in
gravel. Bandaids and good walking shoes have been staples while we
searched for many boxes on numerous trails since then. Thanks to all
of you who have placed boxes for many of us to find.
Grumpy Grinch
were early for a surprise birthday party in Alameda, so we decided to
take a walk and see if we could locate a box or two before going to
the party. We found 3 and Grinch ruined her stockings since her new
shoes hurt and the trail (after she removed her shoes) was covered in
gravel. Bandaids and good walking shoes have been staples while we
searched for many boxes on numerous trails since then. Thanks to all
of you who have placed boxes for many of us to find.
Grumpy Grinch
[LbNA] Re: First Find
From: wood thrush (wood_thrush@mac.com) |
Date: 2008-01-17 13:42:35 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Mary Erickson
wrote:
>
> September 2006
>
> Middle Patuxent River, planted by WoodThrush in
> Columbia, Maryland.
>
> An excellent first box experience, one I have
> recommended to several others. We eagerly seek out
> any new box that WoodThrush plants.
>
> Mommo
Thanks, Mommo, my biggest fan! :)
[shameless plug on] For those inclined to mystery boxes, we just
planted "37" this month, a box that is a bit of an experiment for us.
Happy to say it's had its first finder in The Royal Fish, who's also
now a contributor to the box.[shameless plug off]
And may I return the compliment to Mommo? Mommo's boxes are not too
shabby either, suffused with much good humor in the clues and very
clever carves.
My first find was McKeldin Library, an early library box by the
Mobots, who I believe are at least semi-retired from boxing at this
point. Took me a couple of tries to find it, but I'll never forget
the thrill of reaching blindly into the place indicated, and actually
coming up with the thing. Who'd have thought?
wood thrush
>
> September 2006
>
> Middle Patuxent River, planted by WoodThrush in
> Columbia, Maryland.
>
> An excellent first box experience, one I have
> recommended to several others. We eagerly seek out
> any new box that WoodThrush plants.
>
> Mommo
Thanks, Mommo, my biggest fan! :)
[shameless plug on] For those inclined to mystery boxes, we just
planted "37" this month, a box that is a bit of an experiment for us.
Happy to say it's had its first finder in The Royal Fish, who's also
now a contributor to the box.[shameless plug off]
And may I return the compliment to Mommo? Mommo's boxes are not too
shabby either, suffused with much good humor in the clues and very
clever carves.
My first find was McKeldin Library, an early library box by the
Mobots, who I believe are at least semi-retired from boxing at this
point. Took me a couple of tries to find it, but I'll never forget
the thrill of reaching blindly into the place indicated, and actually
coming up with the thing. Who'd have thought?
wood thrush
Re: First Find
From: pakrat98 (pakrat98@aol.com) |
Date: 2008-01-17 13:57:56 UTC
Mine was "We Will Never Forget", a 9-11 homage box, in May 2007.
Planted in Eagle Rock Park, West Orange, NJ. It was very close to
where I parked, took me literally 2 minutes to locate it. There was no
logbook, just a few sodden index cards and scraps of paper. I had
some "first aid" supplies with me, so I put in a new logbook in a new
double lock freezer bag to keep it dry. A few weeks later I replaced
the box container itself, since the original was a quart chinese food
container.
I found my second box that same day, in the same park about 30 minutes
later. This one was "Gabriella's Flag" and required a bit of a hike.
I had gone after this one a few weeks earlier, but took a wrong turn on
the trail and came up empty. This time I had gone the right way, and
went right to it. First time I tried for this one it was in April and
the trees were bare. Just a few weeks later all the trees had leaves;
what a big difference in the look of the landscape!
The Pakrat
Planted in Eagle Rock Park, West Orange, NJ. It was very close to
where I parked, took me literally 2 minutes to locate it. There was no
logbook, just a few sodden index cards and scraps of paper. I had
some "first aid" supplies with me, so I put in a new logbook in a new
double lock freezer bag to keep it dry. A few weeks later I replaced
the box container itself, since the original was a quart chinese food
container.
I found my second box that same day, in the same park about 30 minutes
later. This one was "Gabriella's Flag" and required a bit of a hike.
I had gone after this one a few weeks earlier, but took a wrong turn on
the trail and came up empty. This time I had gone the right way, and
went right to it. First time I tried for this one it was in April and
the trees were bare. Just a few weeks later all the trees had leaves;
what a big difference in the look of the landscape!
The Pakrat