I heard about Letterboxing from Lucy Krupp who is a Volkssporter, like me.
It sounds very fascinating. I have bought the supplies to plant a box. I
have some good ideas and was going to check out an area today, but you are
correct, this wind is awful. I didn't even walk my dogs tonight. I am in the
Northwest area of Ohio, close to MI and IN. My son lives in Lansing, MI. Are
there any boxes in that area? My son used to live in VA Beach and I see
there are lots of boxes there. Are all of the boxes listed on the internet
or are there other places to find the clues?

What part of windy Ohio are you located in? Any hints or help you could give
to this newby would be GREATLY appreciated.

Becky :)

Don't worry Becky! When I started letterboxing in April 2001 there
was only 1 box in the Seattle, WA area, now there are at least 15 or
more. (and I have only planted 7 of them!)
And it is nice to be able to do a little letterboxing during your
travels. You get to see parks and natural areas you might not
otherwise.

Amanda from Seattle

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Randy & Becky Adams" <3dognight@c...>
wrote:
> I heard about Letterboxing from Lucy Krupp who is a Volkssporter,
like me.
> It sounds very fascinating. I have bought the supplies to plant a
box. I
> have some good ideas and was going to check out an area today, but
you are
> correct, this wind is awful. I didn't even walk my dogs tonight. I
am in the
> Northwest area of Ohio, close to MI and IN. My son lives in
Lansing, MI. Are
> there any boxes in that area? My son used to live in VA Beach and I
see
> there are lots of boxes there. Are all of the boxes listed on the
internet
> or are there other places to find the clues?
>
> What part of windy Ohio are you located in? Any hints or help you
could give
> to this newby would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Becky :)

The Wall is complete, The 54 Letterboxes are hidden and the clues are
written, Stamp #55 is The OHIO 400th Letterbox stamp. We are waiting on the
next 16 stamps tp be place as Ohio only has 329 at this time.

(See Picture of the Boxes)

Hike on Letterboxers

Team Jedi




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IT'S WORTH TAKING A FLIGHT TO OHIO --TO DO THAT TRAIL!! AND I GUESS I
COULD STOP BY AND VISIT SNOWBIRD!! IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE HER AT THE
GATHERING IN MA. TODAY.. OUR 2ND TIME MEETING HER!!

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wrote:
>
> The Wall is complete, The 54 Letterboxes are hidden and the
clues are
> written, Stamp #55 is The OHIO 400th Letterbox stamp. We are
waiting on the
> next 16 stamps tp be place as Ohio only has 329 at this time.
>
> (See Picture of the Boxes)
>
> Hike on Letterboxers
>
> Team Jedi
>
>
>
>
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If you live in Ohio and would like a reporter to potentially
contact you about letterboxing, e-mail me off-list.

If you live near Cincinnati/Oxford and would like to have a
mini-gathering the evening of Sat Mar 29th, e-mail me on or off-list.

I also hope to be checking on my Ohio mystery box that weekend, which,
I guess, you can infer is somewhere between either an airport or
Chester County PA, and Oxford.

Cheers

Is there a Yahoo Groups list for Ohio? or some other list?

Thanks

> Is there a Yahoo Groups list for Ohio? or some other list?

I set up a message board for each state at Atlas Quest. Ohio is at
http://www.atlasquest.com/boards/boards.html?id=271 though I don't
think there's too many people from Ohio on the board as of yet. I
don't know of any other Ohio letterboxing boards out there, either.

-- Ryan

We don't have an Ohio letterboxing list that I know of. Maybe you
could start one (hint, hint)


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, TeamKing wrote:
> Is there a Yahoo Groups list for Ohio? or some other list?
>
> Thanks

Ohio is included in the Great Lakes Letterboxing Yahoo Group. It's a
great source of more local information and topics. Stop by for a
visit!

Timbertoes

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, TeamKing wrote:
> Is there a Yahoo Groups list for Ohio? or some other list?
>
> Thanks

No need to start a new board when you've got Great Lakes on Yahoo and
Ohio at AtlasQuest already!
:-)
-Amanda from Seattle
GO BUCKEYES!

> Ohio is included in the Great Lakes Letterboxing Yahoo Group. It's a
> great source of more local information and topics. Stop by for a
> visit!

Well, yeah, that's great if you're looking for the Great Lakes region.
When did Ohio become a great lake?! (Okay, bad humor, but I'm bored
at the moment. *smile*)

-- Ryan

Watch it, Ryan, I hear there's a letterboxing sea monster named Bessie that lives in Lake Erie....you want want her to come after you once we find her? ;)

As an Ohioan, Ohio is included in the Great Lakes Letterboxing Yahoo Group - come join, keep me company! I seem to be one of only 2 Ohioans on that list and could use more company.... :(

Now that I've got your pity, Ohio is a funny state (as if the elections didn't show that enough....). Being from Cleveland, of course I associate Ohio with the Great Lakes. I know that letterboxing is more predominate in the South of the state, though, where the predominate water landmark is the Ohio River.

I did find this site, however, to unite Lake Erie & Ohio River boxers: http://www.imrisk.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl which isn't really a talk list or a forum, but still neat.

Doodle.


rscarpen wrote:


> Ohio is included in the Great Lakes Letterboxing Yahoo Group. It's a
> great source of more local information and topics. Stop by for a
> visit!

Well, yeah, that's great if you're looking for the Great Lakes region.
When did Ohio become a great lake?! (Okay, bad humor, but I'm bored
at the moment. *smile*)

-- Ryan



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> When did Ohio become a great lake?! >

Haven't you ever heard of "the mistake on the lake"??
-Amanda from Seattle

> Watch it, Ryan, I hear there's a letterboxing sea monster named
> Bessie that lives in Lake Erie....you want want her to come after
> you once we find her? ;)

Really? I'd never heard of the Lake Erie monster. Sounds like a good
idea for a letterbox if you ask me. =)

> As an Ohioan, Ohio is included in the Great Lakes Letterboxing Yahoo
> Group - come join, keep me company! I seem to be one of only 2
> Ohioans on that list and could use more company.... :(

Well, I'm not an Ohioans, so you'd still be only one of two Ohioans on
that list. My whole experience with Ohio consists of driving through
on I-70 at a high rate of speed. (Okay, I was probably 10 at the time
and it was my dad driving through at a high rate of speed while I
watched from the backseat.) May have stopped at a gas station to pee
along the way, though it was so long ago I really don't remember where
the pit stops were.

Anyhow, it's exhausting signing up and keeping track of all these
letterboxing groups! So unless I actually have something to
contribute, I've stopped signing up for new Yahoo Groups a long time
ago....

I don't know why everyone likes to make fun of Florida and Ohio.
Washington state is still trying to figure out who the next governor
will be. *rolling eyes* At least Florida and Ohio have already
figured out who their winners were!

-- Ryan

rscarpen wrote:

> Watch it, Ryan, I hear there's a letterboxing sea monster named
> Bessie that lives in Lake Erie....you want want her to come after
> you once we find her? ;)

Really? I'd never heard of the Lake Erie monster. Sounds like a good
idea for a letterbox if you ask me. =)


***Well, if you ever venture out this way, maybe you can search for Bessie:

http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.asp?boxnum=9595&boxname=Bessie

I figured out where she lives, just need to find some time to go hunt her down!

Doodle aka Diane.



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That's it, I'm redirecting the sea monster....and for the record, before this is brought up, too - the river is no longer burning!!!

:)

Doodle.


samanark wrote:

> When did Ohio become a great lake?! >

Haven't you ever heard of "the mistake on the lake"??
-Amanda from Seattle




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Gee whiz! All this fuss over Ohio! Maybe we should pick a 'state of
the month' and then we can all throw mud at it! Call it winter
boredom. We could even harass the occupants for the lack or abundance
of letterboxes in their state. Ha-ha. :)

Anyway, would one of you two kind souls on the Great Lakes group list
please send the link for that. . .can't seem to find it. . .

Thanks
TeamKing

LOL - Got a good laugh out of this one! Here's the link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LbGLK/

Doglvrs
----- Original Message -----
From: TeamKing
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Ohio



Gee whiz! All this fuss over Ohio! Maybe we should pick a 'state of
the month' and then we can all throw mud at it! Call it winter
boredom. We could even harass the occupants for the lack or abundance
of letterboxes in their state. Ha-ha. :)

Anyway, would one of you two kind souls on the Great Lakes group list
please send the link for that. . .can't seem to find it. . .

Thanks
TeamKing





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My Fellow Letterboxers,

New Straitsville, Ohio is a small town that is famous for two things: a fire burning since 1884 and 175 illegal moonshine stills. In 1884 a group of miners had a labor dispute. They sent a burning coal car into a mine with its endless supply of fuel. No more dispute. Lesson to be learned here is not to tick off the locals. During Prohibition stills ran in the hollers and mineshafts. The Straitsville Special was known in every speakeasy across the country. Lesson to be learned here is to stay on the good side of the locals. The Moonshine Festival has a working still and moonshine burgers, moonshine pie, and moonshine doggies. I anticipated a good time, but it didn't quite come out the way I planned. Don't get me wrong, the festival was great, but what is up with the ATF revenuers forbidding tasting of the hooch? As if that was not bad enough, none of the food included moonshine! Talk about misleading.

The Scioto Trail State Park is located in the Scioto Trail State Forest. The Scioto Trail is the best hike for experiencing Ohio's untamed wilderness. Once a Shawnee trail it makes an 11.2-mile loop across the foothills and hollows. If the views aren't enough for you the morel mushrooms are abundant.

I drove down to Chateau Laroche in Loveland, where chivalry is not dead. The Knights of the Golden Trail (K.O.G.T.) are insuring that valor, skill and manners live on. In their own words the purpose of K.O.G.T. is "to save modern civilization from degradation and degeneration, just as noble knights saved Europe from the Dark Ages." They welcome any man who believes in the ideals of the K.O.G.T. to join them. Silver Eagle, from what I was told, had joined their ranks in the not too distant past. The knights were much pleased to have such a gallant gentleman among them. Unfortunately he failed the rescuing fair maidens class. Seems he only believes in rescuing barefoot fair maidens from Texas. It was with heavy heart that the K.O.G.T. banned him from knighthood. But, I did not come here to talk about revenuers, mushrooms or chivalry; I came to talk letterboxing.

Wow, Ohio, 1,400 something letterboxes! Not bad for a small state. Shame, Ohio, only 30 something mysteries. Can we talk percentages here? Maybe you should consider hiding mysteries instead of stills. Letterboxes are in good shape in the Buckeye State. Sturdy containers and mostly hand-carved stamps. Remember to keep them well covered; a covered box is a happy box. When hiking know your limits; don't try that 11.2 mile trail when you have only walked from your car to the local mall. Forest fires are deadly, so be careful with all flammable substances, especially in the spring and fall. Hunting is big in Ohio; wear orange during hunting season. Think safety.

Sincerely,

Investigator Francis Bacon