Some of the most beautiful stamps in the Portland area are found in
Der Mad Stamper's Columbia River Gorge Falls series. However, for
quite a while, two of those boxes have been missing.

Since Mr. Stamper was kind enough to scan the pictures of the stamps
along with the clues, and I had gotten the three stamps that were
still there so I could shrink the scanned pictures to the right size,
I recarved the stamps and replaced the two long-lost boxes! =)

The new stamps are as identical to the old ones as my hands could
carve. I tried to figure out where the original locations were, but
in one case needed to move the stamp to a completely new location.

For the Ponytail Falls box, the clue should get you there. I think
I've got it near the right tree (not AT the pine tree, but within a
stone's throw of it), and even dragged a small log to it so it would
better match the given clue. Don't get hung up on the log, though.
Like I said, it's a small log and might move before you find the
box! Just search for the box under a small rock. (The clue says to
look under a large rock, and there IS a large rock, but it doesn't
look like a very good place to be hiding letterboxes.)

The Wahkeena Falls letterbox: The stamp has one major flaw if you
compare it to the original carving, but it's a fine looking stamp
just the same. By itself, you wouldn't notice anything wrong with
it. The landmarks for this clue are all gone as far as I can tell,
and the original location--the best I could determine--doesn't hide a
letterbox very well at all. So I hid this in a TOTALLY new location
near Wahkeena Falls. Ignore the clues on the webpage.

To find the new letterbox, continue past the stone bridge to a trail
junction. One direction--toward Multnomah Falls--is fenced off.
(Has been for years. I'm skeptical if they'll ever reopen the
trail.) Follow the stone wall in that direction. At the end of the
stone wall, another more primitive type of stone "wall" begins. A
stone wall with lots of large cracks and holes. Yep, the box is
hidden in one of the holes. (Think Horsetail Falls letterbox.) A
couple of small rocks cover the opening.

Enjoy!

-- Ryan

Web Masters: I'd let Mitch update his own page as he wants. *shrug*
These aren't meant to be new boxes, just replacements for missing
ones.