Just today I went up to Rifle Camp Park to check on the box of the same name by Silent Doug. I last went there in 2007. Unfortunately, the box contents were waterlogged. I had originally planned on just photographing the logbook (It's been there since 2003, and I didn't get the chance to peruse the entries at the time), but I wound up pulling the box so I can dry out the logbook and rehabilitate it.
The last find was in May, 2011, and from the look of the final entry, it was soggy even then. A lot of the pages were sticking together and there's a bit of mildew. Still, a lot of folks used pigment ink and you can still make out many of the stamps. I saw a lot of friendly "faces" in there. (Who'da thunk I would find a box before JerseyTrailblazers...)
I thought I'd let everybody know, just in case they had plans to nab it.
The Pakrat
Rifle Camp Park...
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Started on 2012-03-10
Rifle Camp Park...
From: pakrat98 (pakrat98@aol.com) |
Date: 2012-03-10 05:34:24 UTC
Re: Rifle Camp Park...
From: bluarcher (ed@bluarcher.com) |
Date: 2012-03-11 23:36:01 UTC
This box was my 1st find ever and I was the 4th finder!
HikerGuyEd
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> Just today I went up to Rifle Camp Park to check on the box of the same name by Silent Doug. I last went there in 2007. Unfortunately, the box contents were waterlogged. I had originally planned on just photographing the logbook (It's been there since 2003, and I didn't get the chance to peruse the entries at the time), but I wound up pulling the box so I can dry out the logbook and rehabilitate it.
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> The last find was in May, 2011, and from the look of the final entry, it was soggy even then. A lot of the pages were sticking together and there's a bit of mildew. Still, a lot of folks used pigment ink and you can still make out many of the stamps. I saw a lot of friendly "faces" in there. (Who'da thunk I would find a box before JerseyTrailblazers...)
>
> I thought I'd let everybody know, just in case they had plans to nab it.
>
> The Pakrat
>
HikerGuyEd
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "pakrat98"
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> Just today I went up to Rifle Camp Park to check on the box of the same name by Silent Doug. I last went there in 2007. Unfortunately, the box contents were waterlogged. I had originally planned on just photographing the logbook (It's been there since 2003, and I didn't get the chance to peruse the entries at the time), but I wound up pulling the box so I can dry out the logbook and rehabilitate it.
>
> The last find was in May, 2011, and from the look of the final entry, it was soggy even then. A lot of the pages were sticking together and there's a bit of mildew. Still, a lot of folks used pigment ink and you can still make out many of the stamps. I saw a lot of friendly "faces" in there. (Who'da thunk I would find a box before JerseyTrailblazers...)
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> I thought I'd let everybody know, just in case they had plans to nab it.
>
> The Pakrat
>
Re: Rifle Camp Park...
From: (pakrat98@aol.com) |
Date: 2012-03-12 22:34:49 UTC-04:00
It was my third found box. That same day I planted my first letterbox, Heartbeat Road.
The Pakrat
> This box was my 1st find ever and I was the 4th finder!
> HikerGuyEd
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Re: Rifle Camp Park...
From: pakrat98 (pakrat98@aol.com) |
Date: 2012-03-20 02:04:01 UTC
I've replaced the box after having dried out the logbook and created a felt pocket for the stamp. To future seekers of this box, the "Hollow half tree" is more like a pile of rotting wood right now. It was somewhat standing when I pulled the box, but it has since fallen (or been kicked) to pieces. I walked past it four times before I was able to relocate it to put the box back.
The Pakrat
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "pakrat98" wrote:
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> Just today I went up to Rifle Camp Park to check on the box of the same name by Silent Doug. I last went there in 2007. Unfortunately, the box contents were waterlogged. I had originally planned on just photographing the logbook (It's been there since 2003, and I didn't get the chance to peruse the entries at the time), but I wound up pulling the box so I can dry out the logbook and rehabilitate it.
>
> The last find was in May, 2011, and from the look of the final entry, it was soggy even then. A lot of the pages were sticking together and there's a bit of mildew. Still, a lot of folks used pigment ink and you can still make out many of the stamps. I saw a lot of friendly "faces" in there. (Who'da thunk I would find a box before JerseyTrailblazers...)
>
> I thought I'd let everybody know, just in case they had plans to nab it.
>
> The Pakrat
>
The Pakrat
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "pakrat98"
>
> Just today I went up to Rifle Camp Park to check on the box of the same name by Silent Doug. I last went there in 2007. Unfortunately, the box contents were waterlogged. I had originally planned on just photographing the logbook (It's been there since 2003, and I didn't get the chance to peruse the entries at the time), but I wound up pulling the box so I can dry out the logbook and rehabilitate it.
>
> The last find was in May, 2011, and from the look of the final entry, it was soggy even then. A lot of the pages were sticking together and there's a bit of mildew. Still, a lot of folks used pigment ink and you can still make out many of the stamps. I saw a lot of friendly "faces" in there. (Who'da thunk I would find a box before JerseyTrailblazers...)
>
> I thought I'd let everybody know, just in case they had plans to nab it.
>
> The Pakrat
>