> Jim Price wrote:
> >
> > Wow! Uncharted territory! Well that adds incentive! Ah to be the
> > first..... makes me feel like a pioneer. So ok, you want to help?
> > Maybe you can tell me zactly how i get the clues to the group. Do i
> > simply send them to you and you stick them on the map?
> > What i plan to do is a simple one or two here in Spokane at points
> > of interest, then expand the geography a little. I'm also hoping to
> > find someone else to put a couple boxes out so's i can enjoy the hunt
> > too.
> > I don't plan to use compass bearings or fancy pacing instructions,
> > but rather sightings from visual landmarks. I guess that's ok from some
> > of the clues i've read on your map.
> > I'm sure i'll have more questions as i stumble along, but i'm sure
> > appreciative of your help and look forward to getting started.
> > thanks again! Jim Price

Welcome aboard, Jim:
If you have any questions, just float them over the talk-list, and
someone (or many) will offer suggestions. Raad through the "Getting
Started" and "FAQ's: on the web page, which cover many of the aspects.

Do you plan to hand-carve stamps? If this is new to you, Mitch Klink
has done a nice bit about it, also within the web site. And, check out,
if you haven't already, a site called "Carving Consortium" for great
examples of carved stamps, where to get supplies, etc.

Yup, you are the "pioneer" for the NW corner of the US. The letterbox
"Field of Dreams" motto - "Put out a Letterbox, and they will come" is
apt - just get started and it will grow around you.

Good luck

Erik Davis


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Hay Dan! Thanks for the help.
I can't take enough time to answer all your questions, but perhaps
you might gain some Spokane insight from our office Website at
http://www.wsrgm.com.
There's a bit in there about me too, thought its seriously outdated.
If you check out the pictures, you'll see a river runs through it
(Spokane) and that there a pretty noisy and wet falls in mid-town. I'm
probably going to be placing a box at an appropriate falls view point
(tis all a part of "Riverfront Park" the home of the '74 World's Fair).
Say, let me tell you what i'm thinking. I'm thinking i'll place
the two boxes (Rubbermaid sammich boxes i picked up yesterday) with
stamps marked with consecutive numbers, then continue the order as i
make more. Your hints at stamp making are well taken. I prefer
original artwork and hope to do something worthy.
Do you know if there's a sister organization in Canada eh?
Thanks again Dan Jim

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Jim Price wrote:
> I can't take enough time to answer all your questions, but perhaps
> you might gain some Spokane insight from our office Website at
> http://www.wsrgm.com.

Your an attorney. Cool. I browsed your business site. Very
professional looking.

> There's a bit in there about me too, thought its seriously outdated.

Can I ask are you married or have kids? Is that too personal?
Its OK if you don't want to say. What were your Boeing illustrations
like? Do you have a plan for a 747 stamp or anything like that?

> I'm thinking i'll place
> the two boxes (Rubbermaid sammich boxes i picked up yesterday) with
> stamps marked with consecutive numbers, then continue the order as i
> make more. Your hints at stamp making are well taken. I prefer
> original artwork and hope to do something worthy.

That sounds good to me. I'm doing something similar with a
baseball series. Let me know when you have something to post
(either by email or you can use the input form at
http://www.pclink.,com/elf/inform.htm) It'll be nice to see
something in Spokane cuz its a different sort of place... seems
to me you're right on the edge of Montana if memory serves me
right... I made it to the eastern edge of Montana once but
never entered in more than a mile or two.

> Do you know if there's a sister organization in Canada eh?

Eh, Canada no letterboxes are there from that I know. But we
have room on the map for them. If you know somebody from there
who is interested I'll see what I can do to broaden the map so
they can be on our site. I actually have a world map ready
to try, but I need a reason to apply it.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and your interest in what we're
doing.

Dan

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