This is a repost of the first box clues with a correction and a posting of
Point Defiance #2 a new box placed on July 12, 2001.


Point Defiance Park #1 and #2


Your journey starts at Point Defiance Park located in Tacoma, Washington.
The only time you will need to leave the trail is to recover the Letterbox.
Please respect the park and leave with more trash than you arrived with.

You will want to enter the park on Pearl Street. Follow the signs to 5-mile
drive and look for the Gig Harbor Viewpoint. This is your starting point.

Enjoy your walk.fairly easy good paths, takes an hour or less to find the
first box maybe an hour to two to find the second one..


Point Defiance Park #1

Clues:

-Let the crosswalk be your guide - from its center choose your direction and
start walking.

-Go to the second circle and square and continue your walk there.

-At the circle 210 degrees is best.

-Stay square and off the road.

-A square and a triangle show the way.

-Don't be square!

-100 degrees

-Two triangles? Head east.

-Left 10 or 20 paces left.

-If you are headed near North when the trail ends, circle triangle is your
next 80 degrees

-When ahead is a circle a square a triangle 220 is your course

-Two pair of red squares, ignore the first

-From the center of the triangle, easy since he died, at 270 go 20 or 40
with the animals

-240 is your target, a fallen tree and a stump

-Over and down is where you will find me, please put me back to rest when
you are through.



Point Defiance Park #2

-From the center of the triangle (again) head 180 past a red square

-Go 270

-Between two triangles go 220 degrees

-Hit the stump or the end - head 310 degrees

-Through the spaces and lines - find a square to follow

-Between two squares go 350 degrees

-Stay to the North

-At the highway like structure your path is at 60 degrees heading 20 degrees

-Next intersection head north

-Stay @ 0 degrees - no circles

-Why oh why - right!

-60 degrees is your mark roads are bad - go 60

-Time to head North

-Across the road to the View

-Follow 300 degrees and be a square again

-Follow that down hill right turn not back up to the view

-Green square on your right - blacktop on your left - keep it dead ahead

-It's a mountain of a tree - Head North

-Stop for a view and then keep heading West

-From the first Square look 230 degrees from the next look 70 degrees for my
hiding place.



Standard Disclaimer : It is a dangerous world out there. Stomping through
the beautiful outdoors looking for letterboxes can be dangerous. You could
be killed, maimed, or even seriously injured looking for letterboxes and
crossing the street. Using your head and being prepared will increase your
odds of survival. Good luck and please take out more trash than you brought
in with you.

Hi All,
I was out with the kids yesterday kicking off our Letterboxing season and
we found TWO hitchhikers at one letterbox! One was really well hidden
beneath the letterbox and I didn't find it til I was re-hiding it. What's
the etiquette about that; should I have left the newer of the two behind
for someone else or was it ok for me to take them both and put them in two
different letterboxes on our next outing?

They were Cactus Flower HH and Little Artists Everywhere HH found at the
Arboretum Letterbox in Overland Park, Kansas. If you get out this way, the
Arboretum is a bit South of Kansas City/Overland Park and is a beautiful
botanical garden area with ponds and watergarden, a Monet Garden and a
Medicine Wheel and lots of trails. We were warned that if we come after
April to watch out for Timber rattlers and copperheads and there are signs
around about them.

Malinda of the Lemon Family
MO

> I was out with the kids yesterday kicking off our Letterboxing
> season and we found TWO hitchhikers at one letterbox!

Wow. I don't even think our resident hitchhiker magnet (Amanda from
Seattle) can even claim finding two hitchhikers in a single box! But
you found them both fair and square. I say take them, but hide them
in different boxes to spread the wealth the little. =)

-- Ryan

Pardon my French, but holy crap! We thought Little Artists
Everywhere had died a long time ago. Thanks for letting us know
that this hitcher is still alive and well.

Tammy
ADG #1
Doing a little jig


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Malinda Welte
wrote:
> Hi All,
> I was out with the kids yesterday kicking off our Letterboxing
season and
> we found TWO hitchhikers at one letterbox! One was really well
hidden
> beneath the letterbox and I didn't find it til I was re-hiding
it. What's
> the etiquette about that; should I have left the newer of the two
behind
> for someone else or was it ok for me to take them both and put
them in two
> different letterboxes on our next outing?
>
> They were Cactus Flower HH and Little Artists Everywhere HH found
at the
> Arboretum Letterbox in Overland Park, Kansas. If you get out this
way, the
> Arboretum is a bit South of Kansas City/Overland Park and is a
beautiful
> botanical garden area with ponds and watergarden, a Monet Garden
and a
> Medicine Wheel and lots of trails. We were warned that if we come
after
> April to watch out for Timber rattlers and copperheads and there
are signs
> around about them.
>
> Malinda of the Lemon Family
> MO

Hi, I am trying to record that I found a Hitchhiker. I am on
letterboxing.org. I found the hitchhiker via the search engine,
clicked on the green flag.

When the screen comes up this is what it says (note

Change Status
Hitchhiker
Owner
Letterbox were HH found
City
State (or country if non-US)
Status date date found (mm/dd/yyyy)

Then I put in all my info and when I hit submit I get a message that
says Hitchhiker doesn't exist. Of course it does exist.

Is the feature not working correctly or am I doing it wrong?

Thanks!
Melissa R in RI

Melissa,

That feature on LBNA is broken.

There is a partial work around. When you first look at the details of the hitchhiker (before you hit the flag) look at the URL address of the page. It will contain the box number (hhnum=). After you determine the box number, click the flag to log your find. The address will end with "hhnum=". After the = type in the box number and hit enter. This will fill in the box name and planter on the lower part of the screen. Once you have this, you will be able to log your find. Like I said this is a partial work around. When you save the find, the date will still be blank.

Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts


-----Original Message-----
From: MARobb@cox.net
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Hitchhiker question


Hi, I am trying to record that I found a Hitchhiker. I am on
letterboxing.org. I found the hitchhiker via the search engine,
clicked on the green flag.

When the screen comes up this is what it says (note

Change Status
Hitchhiker
Owner
Letterbox were HH found
City
State (or country if non-US)
Status date date found (mm/dd/yyyy)

Then I put in all my info and when I hit submit I get a message that
says Hitchhiker doesn't exist. Of course it does exist.

Is the feature not working correctly or am I doing it wrong?

Thanks!
Melissa R in RI



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Humm..I had the same thing happen earlier this week with a Dr. Watson HH stamp. When the going got tough..I gave up!.


-----Original Message-----
From: MARobb@cox.net
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Hitchhiker question

Hi, I am trying to record that I found a Hitchhiker. I am on
letterboxing.org. I found the hitchhiker via the search engine,
clicked on the green flag.

When the screen comes up this is what it says (note

Change Status
Hitchhiker
Owner
Letterbox were HH found
City
State (or country if non-US)
Status date date found (mm/dd/yyyy)

Then I put in all my info and when I hit submit I get a message that
says Hitchhiker doesn't exist. Of course it does exist.

Is the feature not working correctly or am I doing it wrong?

Thanks!
Melissa R in RI


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Thanks, that worked and partical is better than nothing :)

Is there also a way to get it on the list of letterboxes you have found? Or
are hitchhikers not tracked that way?

Melissa R in RI
regarding

Melissa,

That feature on LBNA is broken.

There is a partial work around. When you first look at the details of the
hitchhiker (before you hit the flag) look at the URL address of the page. It
will contain the box number (hhnum=). After you determine the box number,
click the flag to log your find. The address will end with "hhnum=". After
the = type in the box number and hit enter. This will fill in the box name
and planter on the lower part of the screen. Once you have this, you will be
able to log your find. Like I said this is a partial work around. When you
save the find, the date will still be blank.

Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts


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I'll have to take a look at it. Lots of little funny things after moving to the new server...

Choi

----- Original Message -----
From: melissa845
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 08:32
Subject: [LbNA] Hitchhiker question


Hi, I am trying to record that I found a Hitchhiker. I am on
letterboxing.org. I found the hitchhiker via the search engine,
clicked on the green flag.

When the screen comes up this is what it says (note

Change Status
Hitchhiker
Owner
Letterbox were HH found
City
State (or country if non-US)
Status date date found (mm/dd/yyyy)

Then I put in all my info and when I hit submit I get a message that
says Hitchhiker doesn't exist. Of course it does exist.

Is the feature not working correctly or am I doing it wrong?

Thanks!
Melissa R in RI





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I am having the same problem. Thanks for looking into it, Choi.
Ahistory

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "John Chapman" wrote:
>
> I'll have to take a look at it. Lots of little funny things after
moving to the new server...
>
> Choi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: melissa845
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 08:32
> Subject: [LbNA] Hitchhiker question
>
>
> Hi, I am trying to record that I found a Hitchhiker. I am on
> letterboxing.org. I found the hitchhiker via the search engine,
> clicked on the green flag.
>
> When the screen comes up this is what it says (note
>
> Change Status
> Hitchhiker
> Owner
> Letterbox were HH found
> City
> State (or country if non-US)
> Status date date found (mm/dd/yyyy)
>
> Then I put in all my info and when I hit submit I get a message that
> says Hitchhiker doesn't exist. Of course it does exist.
>
> Is the feature not working correctly or am I doing it wrong?
>
> Thanks!
> Melissa R in RI
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hello Group!

I am somewhat of a newbie to this list, although I have been lurking
for a while- and I have a question... I recently found a hitchhiker (my
first) and I know what I am supposed to do with the actual hitchhiker
itself, but do I post a message here that it has been found? I was not
able to find it listed on either letterboxing.org or atlasquest so I
couldn't send a message directly to the original planter of the box.
There was a note to send an e-mail saying it had been found to
letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, so I did that-

Is there a place where hitchhikers are tracked that I just don't know
about?

TIA!!

Sejeroo

You could try Wanda and Pete's Hitchhiker depository. It's a....

"... historical list of hitchhikers travels from before Dec 1, 2005. More recent travels are now available on LbNA: Letterboxing North America" and on Atlas Quest . "

http://alum.wpi.edu/~p_miner/travelers.html

If it's not on the Wanda and Pete list then I guess the original owner didn't care to know it's whereabouts. But it's strange that they would direct you to the letterboxing-usa yahoo group if they didn't post it on the LBNA site.

Lone R


sejeroo wrote:
Hello Group!

I am somewhat of a newbie to this list, although I have been lurking
for a while- and I have a question... I recently found a hitchhiker (my
first) and I know what I am supposed to do with the actual hitchhiker
itself, but do I post a message here that it has been found? I was not
able to find it listed on either letterboxing.org or atlasquest so I
couldn't send a message directly to the original planter of the box.
There was a note to send an e-mail saying it had been found to
letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, so I did that-

Is there a place where hitchhikers are tracked that I just don't know
about?

TIA!!

Sejeroo






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