Glad to see letterboxers getting interested in the Valley Quest boxes.
These are such charming places to visit and it is so delightful to
follow clues as seen mostly through the eyes of the children who wrote
them! They have a peaceful, community-oriented spirit to them that
seems to gently make time stand still. I've been known to stop for
hours to notice all the different things mentioned, to read all the
interesting historical facts often included in the boxes themselves,
and even to do an occasional drawing - something well beyond my usual
ability to focus these days, as memory slowly slips away!
Anyway, I wanted to mention here that I also have Valley Quest to
credit for my original introduction to "letterboxing"! A couple of
years ago, as I was working on my long-term project of hiking all the
side trails to the Appalachian Trail (since I'd already backpacked the
whole AT four times in the 1980's!),I dropped down the Hurricane Trail
to Dartmouth Outing Club's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in NH, where I
found a pamphlet called Moosilauke Historical Quest in a rack in the
downstairs library. I followed the clues, but the box was so well
jammed-in that I didn't have enough interest at the time to work at
prying it out! (little did I know!) Instead, that "box clamantis in
deserto", which would have been my very first "letterbox", eventually
became my 498th, and several other Valley Quest boxes that I stumbled
onto while doing short nature walks in Southern Vermont (Springweather
and North Springfield Bog ) became my actual first "letterboxes" - and
are still among my favorites!
After happily finding a few more quests locally, I made a little quest
in our backyard for my nephew and nieces, and then later Pete got me
the Valley Quest book as a birthday surprise! Meanwhile, Pete had
stumbled upon HIS first letterbox (one of Jay's left out in the open
at Meadowwoods and long since gone missing), and only then did we make
the connection with "letterboxing"! So, it seems we personally really
do have to thank Valley Quest and Vital Communities for setting the
stage and putting us on the right path! Hope many other letterboxers
also get the chance to enjoy these wonderful quests!
Wanda
Valley Quest Fun(VT/NH)
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-04-10
Valley Quest Fun(VT/NH)
From: wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-04-10 18:47:22 UTC
RE: [LbNA] Valley Quest Fun(VT/NH)
From: Steve Glazer (steve@vitalcommunities.org) |
Date: 2002-04-11 16:54:53 UTC-04:00
Good to hear your story, Wanda!
I got a call from one of our board members the other day--
whose husband read the article in the in-flight mag at 30,000 feet--
and she was REALLY disappointed & wishing that they could have
mentioned Valley Quest. I told her it was o.k.
I'll send her your email & hopefully
that will make her feel better!
Cheers,
Steve Glazer
Valley Quest Coordinator
Vital Communities
104 Railroad Row
White River Junction, VT 05001
(802) 291 - 9100 phone
(802) 291 - 9107 fax
steve@vitalcommunities.org
"The world is all clues, and there is no end to their
subtlety and delicacy. The signs that reveal are always
there. One has only to learn the art of reading them."
-Paul Shepard
-----Original Message-----
From: wandaandpete [mailto:wandaandpete@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:47 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Valley Quest Fun(VT/NH)
Glad to see letterboxers getting interested in the Valley Quest boxes.
These are such charming places to visit and it is so delightful to
follow clues as seen mostly through the eyes of the children who wrote
them! They have a peaceful, community-oriented spirit to them that
seems to gently make time stand still. I've been known to stop for
hours to notice all the different things mentioned, to read all the
interesting historical facts often included in the boxes themselves,
and even to do an occasional drawing - something well beyond my usual
ability to focus these days, as memory slowly slips away!
Anyway, I wanted to mention here that I also have Valley Quest to
credit for my original introduction to "letterboxing"! A couple of
years ago, as I was working on my long-term project of hiking all the
side trails to the Appalachian Trail (since I'd already backpacked the
whole AT four times in the 1980's!),I dropped down the Hurricane Trail
to Dartmouth Outing Club's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in NH, where I
found a pamphlet called Moosilauke Historical Quest in a rack in the
downstairs library. I followed the clues, but the box was so well
jammed-in that I didn't have enough interest at the time to work at
prying it out! (little did I know!) Instead, that "box clamantis in
deserto", which would have been my very first "letterbox", eventually
became my 498th, and several other Valley Quest boxes that I stumbled
onto while doing short nature walks in Southern Vermont (Springweather
and North Springfield Bog ) became my actual first "letterboxes" - and
are still among my favorites!
After happily finding a few more quests locally, I made a little quest
in our backyard for my nephew and nieces, and then later Pete got me
the Valley Quest book as a birthday surprise! Meanwhile, Pete had
stumbled upon HIS first letterbox (one of Jay's left out in the open
at Meadowwoods and long since gone missing), and only then did we make
the connection with "letterboxing"! So, it seems we personally really
do have to thank Valley Quest and Vital Communities for setting the
stage and putting us on the right path! Hope many other letterboxers
also get the chance to enjoy these wonderful quests!
Wanda
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I got a call from one of our board members the other day--
whose husband read the article in the in-flight mag at 30,000 feet--
and she was REALLY disappointed & wishing that they could have
mentioned Valley Quest. I told her it was o.k.
I'll send her your email & hopefully
that will make her feel better!
Cheers,
Steve Glazer
Valley Quest Coordinator
Vital Communities
104 Railroad Row
White River Junction, VT 05001
(802) 291 - 9100 phone
(802) 291 - 9107 fax
steve@vitalcommunities.org
"The world is all clues, and there is no end to their
subtlety and delicacy. The signs that reveal are always
there. One has only to learn the art of reading them."
-Paul Shepard
-----Original Message-----
From: wandaandpete [mailto:wandaandpete@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:47 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Valley Quest Fun(VT/NH)
Glad to see letterboxers getting interested in the Valley Quest boxes.
These are such charming places to visit and it is so delightful to
follow clues as seen mostly through the eyes of the children who wrote
them! They have a peaceful, community-oriented spirit to them that
seems to gently make time stand still. I've been known to stop for
hours to notice all the different things mentioned, to read all the
interesting historical facts often included in the boxes themselves,
and even to do an occasional drawing - something well beyond my usual
ability to focus these days, as memory slowly slips away!
Anyway, I wanted to mention here that I also have Valley Quest to
credit for my original introduction to "letterboxing"! A couple of
years ago, as I was working on my long-term project of hiking all the
side trails to the Appalachian Trail (since I'd already backpacked the
whole AT four times in the 1980's!),I dropped down the Hurricane Trail
to Dartmouth Outing Club's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in NH, where I
found a pamphlet called Moosilauke Historical Quest in a rack in the
downstairs library. I followed the clues, but the box was so well
jammed-in that I didn't have enough interest at the time to work at
prying it out! (little did I know!) Instead, that "box clamantis in
deserto", which would have been my very first "letterbox", eventually
became my 498th, and several other Valley Quest boxes that I stumbled
onto while doing short nature walks in Southern Vermont (Springweather
and North Springfield Bog ) became my actual first "letterboxes" - and
are still among my favorites!
After happily finding a few more quests locally, I made a little quest
in our backyard for my nephew and nieces, and then later Pete got me
the Valley Quest book as a birthday surprise! Meanwhile, Pete had
stumbled upon HIS first letterbox (one of Jay's left out in the open
at Meadowwoods and long since gone missing), and only then did we make
the connection with "letterboxing"! So, it seems we personally really
do have to thank Valley Quest and Vital Communities for setting the
stage and putting us on the right path! Hope many other letterboxers
also get the chance to enjoy these wonderful quests!
Wanda
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