Last night I went to check on my Stoddard Hill box
(CT) and found it missing. I eventually found the
pieces of it, which had been thrown over the cliff.
After doing a little rock climbing :-) I was able to
retrieve all the pieces. The lid was off the box, but
the interior contents were still in the sealed plastic
bag, so nothing was ruined. I put it back in
basically the same place, but I shoved it further back
under the overhang of the big rock (clues still read
the same). I put a couple of small rocks on top of
it, and then threw some leaves and sticks over it.
I was happy to see that it had had several visitors
(including a hitchhiker!) before it got vandalized.
Question, to those of you who are more experienced at
hiding boxes than I am:
Do you think I should move it to a different place (in
the same park) since vandals know about it? Or is it
safe now that I have put it further back under the
edge of the big rock?
Karen in CT
P3 F61
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CT rescue operation
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Started on 2001-07-26
CT rescue operation
From: Karen Thomsen (thomsen_k@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-07-26 05:04:23 UTC-07:00
Re: CT rescue operation
From: (cstearns@neca.com) |
Date: 2001-07-26 18:16:11 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Karen Thomsen wrote:
> Last night I went to check on my Stoddard Hill box
> (CT) and found it missing. I eventually found the
> pieces of it, which had been thrown over the cliff.
> After doing a little rock climbing :-) I was able to
> retrieve all the pieces. The lid was off the box, but
> the interior contents were still in the sealed plastic
> bag, so nothing was ruined. I put it back in
> basically the same place, but I shoved it further back
> under the overhang of the big rock (clues still read
> the same). I put a couple of small rocks on top of
> it, and then threw some leaves and sticks over it.
>
> I was happy to see that it had had several visitors
> (including a hitchhiker!) before it got vandalized.
>
> Question, to those of you who are more experienced at
> hiding boxes than I am:
> Do you think I should move it to a different place (in
> the same park) since vandals know about it? Or is it
> safe now that I have put it further back under the
> edge of the big rock?
>
> Karen in CT
> P3 F61
>
> Karen, I had the very same thing happen to the Otter box. I moved
my because it was quite obvious, It was my first try at a handicapped
accesible box. I found a similar but less trafficed area. It sounds
like you did a good job of hiding it, it was a random act I believe
not like an effort made to seek and destroy. I say try it , your
site sounds better. Mine was on the side of a paved walking path in a
stone cairn. Good Luck, Leader of the Pack
>
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> Last night I went to check on my Stoddard Hill box
> (CT) and found it missing. I eventually found the
> pieces of it, which had been thrown over the cliff.
> After doing a little rock climbing :-) I was able to
> retrieve all the pieces. The lid was off the box, but
> the interior contents were still in the sealed plastic
> bag, so nothing was ruined. I put it back in
> basically the same place, but I shoved it further back
> under the overhang of the big rock (clues still read
> the same). I put a couple of small rocks on top of
> it, and then threw some leaves and sticks over it.
>
> I was happy to see that it had had several visitors
> (including a hitchhiker!) before it got vandalized.
>
> Question, to those of you who are more experienced at
> hiding boxes than I am:
> Do you think I should move it to a different place (in
> the same park) since vandals know about it? Or is it
> safe now that I have put it further back under the
> edge of the big rock?
>
> Karen in CT
> P3 F61
>
> Karen, I had the very same thing happen to the Otter box. I moved
my because it was quite obvious, It was my first try at a handicapped
accesible box. I found a similar but less trafficed area. It sounds
like you did a good job of hiding it, it was a random act I believe
not like an effort made to seek and destroy. I say try it , your
site sounds better. Mine was on the side of a paved walking path in a
stone cairn. Good Luck, Leader of the Pack
>
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Re: [LbNA] Re: CT rescue operation
From: Karen Thomsen (thomsen_k@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-07-27 12:06:46 UTC-07:00
--- cstearns@neca.com wrote:
> Karen, I had the very same thing happen to the
> Otter box. I moved
> my because it was quite obvious, It was my first try
> at a handicapped
> accesible box. I found a similar but less trafficed
> area. It sounds
> like you did a good job of hiding it, it was a
> random act I believe
> not like an effort made to seek and destroy. I say
> try it , your
> site sounds better. Mine was on the side of a paved
> walking path in a
> stone cairn. Good Luck, Leader of the Pack
Thanks. I think I'll try it where it is now (and hope
for the best). It is about 2 or 3 feet away from
where it was and not quite as obvious. Since I am not
too experienced at hiding boxes, I think I was afraid
that people wouldn't find it, so I may have made it
too obvious the first time.
Karen in CT
P3 F61
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Re: [LbNA] CT rescue operation
From: Eric J. Eurto (enicltrbxr@netzero.net) |
Date: 2001-07-28 14:41:57 UTC-04:00
Being one of the guys that has stamped in on that box recently (and snagged
the hitch-hiker) I think it was in a fairly decent spot but pushing it
further back was a good idea. If it makes it tougher for the casual observer
to see it, all the better.
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the hitch-hiker) I think it was in a fairly decent spot but pushing it
further back was a good idea. If it makes it tougher for the casual observer
to see it, all the better.
Eric J. Eurto
AKA ~The Ram~
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-Captain James T. Kirk
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