I'm new to letterboxing and so far I'm really enjoying it. Today I took my
daughter to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park to look for boxes. You know,
I've lived within 5 miles of that place for the last 12 years and never
even known it was there...
So how hard are these boxes hidden? We easily found box #1 (and the pad in
#1 is pretty much full). That was fun and exciting. With our hopes set
high we started off for box #2. I'm not sure that we ever found the right
spot to start looking. But we never found the box. I wanted to quit and
move onto the next box after about 5 minutes but my daughter said "Nancy
Drew never gives up, Dad." I finally convinced her to move on to the next
box by explaining that the box might be missing.
For boxes 3 and 4 I KNOW we were in the right spot. But the boxes were
either hidden way harder than I expected or missing. Should I expect the
boxes to be buried? I didn't know how much excavating I could do before
park rangers (are there park rangers there?) would be escorting me away.
We made a half-hearted attempt at number 5. But by then we'd walked 2.5
miles (that's hard on a 10 year old...) and only gotten one stamp.
Now I'm dying to go back and search more diligently but if the boxes are
just missing then I'd rather go somewhere where I can find them.
BTW, there was a note up that said the Oak trail would be closed from
9/4/01 till 9/21/01 for improvements.
What a wonderful hobby this seems to be.
_M_
Tualatin Hills Nature Park Series questions - OR
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2001-09-02
Tualatin Hills Nature Park Series questions - OR
From: Mike Noel (mike@vnoel.com) |
Date: 2001-09-02 21:33:03 UTC-07:00
Re: Tualatin Hills Nature Park Series questions - OR
From: Amanda Arkebauer (samanark@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-09-03 06:35:55 UTC
> hey there, I'm Amanda from Seattle (Nancy Drew)
> So how hard are these boxes hidden?
Some of them are tricky. Out of a possible 18 stamps at Tualatin, I
only got 10. And I do think that some might be missing. (have to
check with Ryan C.--he always finds some that I think are missing)
I wanted to quit and
> move onto the next box after about 5 minutes but my daughter said
"Nancy
> Drew never gives up, Dad." I finally convinced her to move on to
the next
> box by explaining that the box might be missing.
Number 2 was there in July when I hunted it...but you have to make
sure you are starting from the correct boardwalk.
>
> For boxes 3 and 4 I KNOW we were in the right spot. But the boxes
were
> either hidden way harder than I expected or missing.
I also missed #3 but got #4
Should I expect the
> boxes to be buried?
No, they might be covered by leaves or twigs, or under pieces of bark
or a stone, but they would not be buried.
> We made a half-hearted attempt at number 5.
I missed #5,#6,and #7 and I got #8
>
> Now I'm dying to go back and search more diligently
You should also search for the Rick's Farm Series they are also in
Tualatin Park and are gorgeous stamps by Paisley Orca. I found
Quickie the Rabbit, Bubbles the fish, Lucifer the Goat, Oroville the
pig, Lima the llama and Cheetah the Tabby Cat.
but if the boxes are
> just missing then I'd rather go somewhere where I can find them.
Tualatin gives you great odds for finding letterboxes. There are so
many in one park that you are sure to come away with something to
show for your trouble. What is depressing is traveling for several
hours and hiking miles for a single box and then not being able to
find it!
>
>
> What a wonderful hobby this seems to be.
It has been a fun hobby for me. I was at the Smith and Bybee Lakes
letterbox the other day and that was a relatively easy hike and an
easy find, with a beautiful stamp to show for it!
I can also recommend the Tryon Creek Park letterboxes (but first you
have to solve the cryptic clues)
Good Luck and Keep Hunting
--Amanda from Seattle
PS--And to Plug my own boxes--If you come up to the Seattle area, the
3 Schmitz Park boxes are very simple. Also Mischief in WA placed 3
letterboxes at Snoqualmie Falls that are pretty easy to find and
Gorgeous Stamps too!--Oh, and Dash Point Park has 2 boxes that aren't
too hard either.
--AA
> So how hard are these boxes hidden?
Some of them are tricky. Out of a possible 18 stamps at Tualatin, I
only got 10. And I do think that some might be missing. (have to
check with Ryan C.--he always finds some that I think are missing)
I wanted to quit and
> move onto the next box after about 5 minutes but my daughter said
"Nancy
> Drew never gives up, Dad." I finally convinced her to move on to
the next
> box by explaining that the box might be missing.
Number 2 was there in July when I hunted it...but you have to make
sure you are starting from the correct boardwalk.
>
> For boxes 3 and 4 I KNOW we were in the right spot. But the boxes
were
> either hidden way harder than I expected or missing.
I also missed #3 but got #4
Should I expect the
> boxes to be buried?
No, they might be covered by leaves or twigs, or under pieces of bark
or a stone, but they would not be buried.
> We made a half-hearted attempt at number 5.
I missed #5,#6,and #7 and I got #8
>
> Now I'm dying to go back and search more diligently
You should also search for the Rick's Farm Series they are also in
Tualatin Park and are gorgeous stamps by Paisley Orca. I found
Quickie the Rabbit, Bubbles the fish, Lucifer the Goat, Oroville the
pig, Lima the llama and Cheetah the Tabby Cat.
but if the boxes are
> just missing then I'd rather go somewhere where I can find them.
Tualatin gives you great odds for finding letterboxes. There are so
many in one park that you are sure to come away with something to
show for your trouble. What is depressing is traveling for several
hours and hiking miles for a single box and then not being able to
find it!
>
>
> What a wonderful hobby this seems to be.
It has been a fun hobby for me. I was at the Smith and Bybee Lakes
letterbox the other day and that was a relatively easy hike and an
easy find, with a beautiful stamp to show for it!
I can also recommend the Tryon Creek Park letterboxes (but first you
have to solve the cryptic clues)
Good Luck and Keep Hunting
--Amanda from Seattle
PS--And to Plug my own boxes--If you come up to the Seattle area, the
3 Schmitz Park boxes are very simple. Also Mischief in WA placed 3
letterboxes at Snoqualmie Falls that are pretty easy to find and
Gorgeous Stamps too!--Oh, and Dash Point Park has 2 boxes that aren't
too hard either.
--AA
Re: [LbNA] Re: Tualatin Hills Nature Park Series questions - OR
From: Mike Noel (mike@vnoel.com) |
Date: 2001-09-03 08:23:30 UTC-07:00
>Number 2 was there in July when I hunted it...but you have to make
>sure you are starting from the correct boardwalk.
RIght. That's why I'm not sure we were at the right spot. We never did
see the predator etched in stone.
>I also missed #3 but got #4
I'll have to go back and look for 4 again.
>You should also search for the Rick's Farm Series they are also in
>Tualatin Park and are gorgeous stamps by Paisley Orca. I found
>Quickie the Rabbit, Bubbles the fish, Lucifer the Goat, Oroville the
>pig, Lima the llama and Cheetah the Tabby Cat.
Great. We'll do that too.
> > just missing then I'd rather go somewhere where I can find them.
>Tualatin gives you great odds for finding letterboxes. There are so
>many in one park that you are sure to come away with something to
>show for your trouble. What is depressing is traveling for several
>hours and hiking miles for a single box and then not being able to
>find it!
Yeah, that would be annoying. Especially when you don't know if the box
was there and you missed it or if the box was just missing.
>PS--And to Plug my own boxes--If you come up to the Seattle area, the
>3 Schmitz Park boxes are very simple. Also Mischief in WA placed 3
>letterboxes at Snoqualmie Falls that are pretty easy to find and
>Gorgeous Stamps too!--Oh, and Dash Point Park has 2 boxes that aren't
>too hard either.
Great. Thanks for the helpful info.
_M_
Re: [LbNA] Re: Tualatin Hills Nature Park Series questions - OR
From: (paisleyorca@webtv.net) |
Date: 2001-09-03 08:59:40 UTC-07:00
As for the Rick's Farm Series at Tualatin Hills Nature Park, some folks
have reported that Clarabel the Hen Turkey, Tasha the German Shephard
and Rex the Retriever are missing, so you may want to skip those boxes
since others have been disappointed looking for them. Otherwise, I
believe the rest are still out there in the park. I haven't been back
out there since late April, but come Fall I may have the chance to check
them out again, and perhaps replace the ones that are missing. Have a
good time!
Best regards,
Amanda Briles
The Paisley Orca
have reported that Clarabel the Hen Turkey, Tasha the German Shephard
and Rex the Retriever are missing, so you may want to skip those boxes
since others have been disappointed looking for them. Otherwise, I
believe the rest are still out there in the park. I haven't been back
out there since late April, but come Fall I may have the chance to check
them out again, and perhaps replace the ones that are missing. Have a
good time!
Best regards,
Amanda Briles
The Paisley Orca