--- In letterbox-usa@y..., RiskyNil@h... wrote:
> I thought it was about time more letterboxes were available to look
> for in the Columbia River Gorge, and I'm doing my part to help.
=)
> I've started a new series which I call the "African Safari Series
of
> the Columbia River Gorge". It's a mouthful, but you can call it
> the "African Safari Series" for short if you want.
>
> Needless to say, my recent trip to Africa has inspired the stamps
> that make up this series. For all of you who want to do a "safari"
> without the expense or troubles of going all the way to Africa,
NOW'S
> YOUR CHANCE! =)
>
> In the past week, I've hidden the first three of the series:
>
> Nesmith Point: Placed July 4, 2001
> Mount Defiance: Placed July 7, 2001
> Beacon Rock: Placed July 8, 2001

>
> The clues can be found at
> http://www.geocities.com/rscarpen/Letterboxing/AfricanSafari
>
> I'm not sure how you'll want to present the clue on the
letterboxing
> website since it spans multiple counties--and even multiple
states!
> However, a good central location to use as the nearest town could
be
> Cascade Locks (OR).
>
> I'm thinking perhaps listing the series twice, once for both Oregon
> and Washington, and the number for how many boxes make up the
series
> be included for how many are in each of the two states.
>
> So Washington would say something like:
>
> Nearest Town: Stevenson
> County: Skamania
> Number in series: 1 (So far, at least)
>
> And Oregon would say something like:
>
> Nearest Town: Cascade Locks
> County: Hood River
> Number in Series: 2 (So far....)
>
> What do you think? Have I confused things enough as it is? =)
>
> -- Ryan

How about listing those that are in Washington, on the Washington
Page, with text that advises of the others in the series in Oregon.
Do the reverse on the Oregon listing.
Just a thought..
----
Bill

> How about listing those that are in Washington, on the Washington
> Page, with text that advises of the others in the series in Oregon.
> Do the reverse on the Oregon listing.
> Just a thought..

The link for the series goes to the same page whether someone is
looking for Oregon or Washington letterbox clues (it is one series,
after all), so either way you follow the links, you'll get clues for
the complete series. As a result, I don't think advising of the
other state would be necessary.

Each clue will mention whether it's in Washington or Oregon in the
directions, and all of them are fairly close together. If someone
was thinking about finding boxes in the gorge, they might very well
try to find them on both sides of the river in the same day!

I figure, at worst, people will click on one or the other expecting
to get letterboxing clues for either Oregon or Washington, but find
both there and think, "Who cares?" It's a series meant specifically
for the Columbia River Gorge which--by definition--covers both
states. So I don't think it would confuse anyone too much. I don't
really want to separate out the Oregon clues from the Washington
ones, because they're all in the same place: the Columbia River Gorge.

If only they thought ahead and decided to name the area north of the
Columbia River different than the area south of the river, I wouldn't
be in this mess. We'd just have two distinctly separate series. =)
What politician had the brilliant idea to create areas that span
political boundries? What's up with that?

-- Ryan