Hey Walderun:

Thanks for sharing your photos of "Bowers Spring",
(and to for the plant). Looks like a lovely area
for boxing. Glad to see so many central Mass boxes
happening. Its near my childhood home, and I do
get back from time to time! Now another box to
seek.

BTW, does anybody know the status of "Town Pound",
in Shirley Center? Thanks''

VT Viking (Erik Davis)

Waldenrun:

Great pics. How do you cover your xc tracks once you
have found the letterbox? All I can think of is using
a pine bough to sweep away the evidence, but that
would require skiing backwards, and I'm not that hot
skiing forward. Also, how did you get the Tom Turkey
stamp to stamp in different colors, or was it colored
in after it was stamped?


Snow Angel.
--- waldenrun wrote:
> Folks,
> I awoke to a glorious New England morning with a
> fresh coat of
> powder blanketing the ground. The three inches
> would not normally be
> enough to ski on, but the bottom inch was frozen
> slush, making for an
> adequate base.
> I decided to ski in and see if I could get first
> stamp on the new
> Bowers Springs letterbox. It seemed quite
> appropriate as planters
> Khatru24 and BirkieBob make their own ski team.
> Fortunately, it was a "please find me" box so I
> had time to
> explore connecting trails. Here are some digipics I
> snapped to show
> the beauty of the area:
>
>
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/waldenrun/lst?.dir=/Bowers+Springs&.src=ph
>
> Thanks to K24 and BB!
> WaldenRun
>
>


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Snow Angel,
I think it is easier for a Wolf to cover his tracks than it is
for a skier... The fact that I skied miles beyond what was required
for the box will surely help. As for the area where I had to walk
around to locate the box, I fell back on the old "make a lot more
tracks so they can't tell WHERE you went"!
I took the pic of Tom Turkey off his own logbook so it was done
by the creators. Upon close inspection, it appeared they had painted
the colored inks on before stamping. I didn't make a note of their
email address but if they are listening here they might be able to
let us know the technique.

Waldenrun

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., ME Z wrote:
> Waldenrun:
>
> Great pics. How do you cover your xc tracks once you
> have found the letterbox? All I can think of is using
> a pine bough to sweep away the evidence, but that
> would require skiing backwards, and I'm not that hot
> skiing forward. Also, how did you get the Tom Turkey
> stamp to stamp in different colors, or was it colored
> in after it was stamped?
>
>
> Snow Angel.
> --- waldenrun wrote:
> > Folks,
> > I awoke to a glorious New England morning with a
> > fresh coat of
> > powder blanketing the ground. The three inches
> > would not normally be
> > enough to ski on, but the bottom inch was frozen
> > slush, making for an
> > adequate base.
> > I decided to ski in and see if I could get first
> > stamp on the new
> > Bowers Springs letterbox. It seemed quite
> > appropriate as planters
> > Khatru24 and BirkieBob make their own ski team.
> > Fortunately, it was a "please find me" box so I
> > had time to
> > explore connecting trails. Here are some digipics I
> > snapped to show
> > the beauty of the area:
> >
> >
>
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/waldenrun/lst?.dir=/Bowers+Springs&.src=ph
> >
> > Thanks to K24 and BB!
> > WaldenRun
> >
> >
>
>
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Hi Everyone--
JLR and I were the first ones to find Tom Turkey, and we noticed that the
creators had stamped him in lots of colors so we decided to continue. I
have some markers that are specifially for coloring on stamps. You can
color right on the rubber--works just as well as any stamp pad. I think
you should be able to find the markers at any crafty-type store.
Great stamp, btw!
--Buckaroo
P4F26X7

At 06:46 PM 1/8/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Snow Angel,
> I think it is easier for a Wolf to cover his tracks than it is
>for a skier... The fact that I skied miles beyond what was required
>for the box will surely help. As for the area where I had to walk
>around to locate the box, I fell back on the old "make a lot more
>tracks so they can't tell WHERE you went"!
> I took the pic of Tom Turkey off his own logbook so it was done
>by the creators. Upon close inspection, it appeared they had painted
>the colored inks on before stamping. I didn't make a note of their
>email address but if they are listening here they might be able to
>let us know the technique.
>
>Waldenrun
>
>--- In letterbox-usa@y..., ME Z wrote:
> > Waldenrun:
> >
> > Great pics. How do you cover your xc tracks once you
> > have found the letterbox? All I can think of is using
> > a pine bough to sweep away the evidence, but that
> > would require skiing backwards, and I'm not that hot
> > skiing forward. Also, how did you get the Tom Turkey
> > stamp to stamp in different colors, or was it colored
> > in after it was stamped?
> >
> >
> > Snow Angel.
> > --- waldenrun wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > > I awoke to a glorious New England morning with a
> > > fresh coat of
> > > powder blanketing the ground. The three inches
> > > would not normally be
> > > enough to ski on, but the bottom inch was frozen
> > > slush, making for an
> > > adequate base.
> > > I decided to ski in and see if I could get first
> > > stamp on the new
> > > Bowers Springs letterbox. It seemed quite
> > > appropriate as planters
> > > Khatru24 and BirkieBob make their own ski team.
> > > Fortunately, it was a "please find me" box so I
> > > had time to
> > > explore connecting trails. Here are some digipics I
> > > snapped to show
> > > the beauty of the area:
> > >
> > >
> >
>http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/waldenrun/lst?.dir=/Bowers+Springs&.src=ph
> > >
> > > Thanks to K24 and BB!
> > > WaldenRun
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Nice pics, Waldenrun! You must live not far from my area - west of Boston.
Does you name come from Walden Pond?

Ginger
----- Original Message -----
From: "waldenrun"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Winter letterboxing (MA)


> Folks,
> I awoke to a glorious New England morning with a fresh coat of
> powder blanketing the ground. The three inches would not normally be
> enough to ski on, but the bottom inch was frozen slush, making for an
> adequate base.
> I decided to ski in and see if I could get first stamp on the new
> Bowers Springs letterbox. It seemed quite appropriate as planters
> Khatru24 and BirkieBob make their own ski team.
> Fortunately, it was a "please find me" box so I had time to
> explore connecting trails. Here are some digipics I snapped to show
> the beauty of the area:
>
> http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/waldenrun/lst?.dir=/Bowers+Springs&.src=ph
>
> Thanks to K24 and BB!
> WaldenRun
>
>
>
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>

> I took the pic of Tom Turkey off his own logbook so it was done
>by the creators. Upon close inspection, it appeared they had painted
>the colored inks on before stamping. I didn't make a note of their
>email address but if they are listening here they might be able to
>let us know the technique.
>

Hi,
I am the carver of Tom Turkey! I made him different colors by using
brush markers. You can take your time and color all the little parts in,
but it does dry quickly. I just breathe some hot air onto it which seems to
dampen it just enough to create a nice print. I'm glad he has found so many
rides and that you are enjoying him!

Melissa (Dan & Max)

Melissa:
Thanks for the cool trick! I like the idea of several
diferent markers in the backpack as opposed to the ink
pad. Maybe I can give a little life to my snow angel
as well.
Snow Angel
--- Melissa Harvey wrote:
> > I took the pic of Tom Turkey off his own
> logbook so it was done
> >by the creators. Upon close inspection, it
> appeared they had painted
> >the colored inks on before stamping. I didn't make
> a note of their
> >email address but if they are listening here they
> might be able to
> >let us know the technique.
> >
>
> Hi,
> I am the carver of Tom Turkey! I made him
> different colors by using
> brush markers. You can take your time and color all
> the little parts in,
> but it does dry quickly. I just breathe some hot
> air onto it which seems to
> dampen it just enough to create a nice print. I'm
> glad he has found so many
> rides and that you are enjoying him!
>
> Melissa (Dan & Max)
>
>


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