Bonnie wrote ....
> Hi everybody! I'm proud to report that FINALLY, Finally, I actually went to
> hunt down a letterbox! My sister Betsey and I met at Shieling Forest in
> Peterborough, NH, to look for Nisa's box there. I was hoping to change the
> second half of my quotient to F1, but alas, no such luck. Shieling Forest
> is a small, pretty woods, with very easy, accessible trails, quiet streams,
> and a nice wildflower garden as well. A good place to take kids.
>
> We did our best to follow Nisa's clue, but got stumped from the very first
> line: "Follow the "brave" path until you reach the giants of the forest."
> We couldn't tell, either from the paths' names or from their markings what
> would make one of them "brave." So we simply investigated all of them.
>
> The next lines were a challenge as well: "Stand where the two were once
> whole. Walk approximately 30 paces east (more if you're vertically
> challenged) to the 'white pearl' in the ground." This could have been a
> path that forked (several did), a tree whose trunk branched into two (we saw
> that too), or even the two banks of a stream. However, no matter how we
> tried, walking 30 paces east from any of these spots did not lead to a
> "white pearl" (a stone????).
>
> So, no luck. Is it cheating to ask Nisa or anyone who has found the
> Shieling Forest box for a hint or two--at least an idea of where we went
> wrong?
>
> Hope you all had a great weekend--
> Bonnie
> In sunny Massachusetts
> P3F0
>
Dear Bonnie,
I remember being a little stumped by the "brave" reference too. (Nisa
explained it to me later but I've forgotten!) But there was a map of
the forest posted by the parking lot, and it did suggest where the
giants of the forest were. Once there, you'll understand the
significance of "where the two were once whole." Then it's not hard
to take bearings and find the white pearl.
I don't think Nisa or others would object to this low level of
clarification :-}
You know that I know from my experience at Wendell
that second visits often pay good dividends. Give Peterborough
another shot. (And come to Braintree this summer too!)
Best,
Tom
Tom Cooch
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aka The Orient Express
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Shieling Forest Query
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) |
Date: 1999-06-01 09:41:48 UTC
[L-USA] Shieling Forest Query
From: Bonita McLaughlin (bonitasusan@hotmail.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 05:55:20 UTC-07:00
Hi everybody! I'm proud to report that FINALLY, Finally, I actually went to
hunt down a letterbox! My sister Betsey and I met at Shieling Forest in
Peterborough, NH, to look for Nisa's box there. I was hoping to change the
second half of my quotient to F1, but alas, no such luck. Shieling Forest
is a small, pretty woods, with very easy, accessible trails, quiet streams,
and a nice wildflower garden as well. A good place to take kids.
We did our best to follow Nisa's clue, but got stumped from the very first
line: "Follow the "brave" path until you reach the giants of the forest."
We couldn't tell, either from the paths' names or from their markings what
would make one of them "brave." So we simply investigated all of them.
The next lines were a challenge as well: "Stand where the two were once
whole. Walk approximately 30 paces east (more if you're vertically
challenged) to the 'white pearl' in the ground." This could have been a
path that forked (several did), a tree whose trunk branched into two (we saw
that too), or even the two banks of a stream. However, no matter how we
tried, walking 30 paces east from any of these spots did not lead to a
"white pearl" (a stone????).
So, no luck. Is it cheating to ask Nisa or anyone who has found the
Shieling Forest box for a hint or two--at least an idea of where we went
wrong?
Hope you all had a great weekend--
Bonnie
In sunny Massachusetts
P3F0
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hunt down a letterbox! My sister Betsey and I met at Shieling Forest in
Peterborough, NH, to look for Nisa's box there. I was hoping to change the
second half of my quotient to F1, but alas, no such luck. Shieling Forest
is a small, pretty woods, with very easy, accessible trails, quiet streams,
and a nice wildflower garden as well. A good place to take kids.
We did our best to follow Nisa's clue, but got stumped from the very first
line: "Follow the "brave" path until you reach the giants of the forest."
We couldn't tell, either from the paths' names or from their markings what
would make one of them "brave." So we simply investigated all of them.
The next lines were a challenge as well: "Stand where the two were once
whole. Walk approximately 30 paces east (more if you're vertically
challenged) to the 'white pearl' in the ground." This could have been a
path that forked (several did), a tree whose trunk branched into two (we saw
that too), or even the two banks of a stream. However, no matter how we
tried, walking 30 paces east from any of these spots did not lead to a
"white pearl" (a stone????).
So, no luck. Is it cheating to ask Nisa or anyone who has found the
Shieling Forest box for a hint or two--at least an idea of where we went
wrong?
Hope you all had a great weekend--
Bonnie
In sunny Massachusetts
P3F0
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 13:44:12 UTC
Bonnie wrote:
>
> So, no luck. Is it cheating to ask Nisa or anyone who has found the
> Shieling Forest box for a hint or two--at least an idea of where we went
> wrong?
>
No I don't think it's cheating, but you should do it in private correspondence with Nisa and leave it up to her.
Sorry you didn't find it, but it shounds like you had a good time anyway. Personally, I've had "almost" as much fun on letterboxing hunts where I haven't found the box, as those thatwere more succesful.
JDW
West Chester, PA
P2F3/4
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>
> So, no luck. Is it cheating to ask Nisa or anyone who has found the
> Shieling Forest box for a hint or two--at least an idea of where we went
> wrong?
>
No I don't think it's cheating, but you should do it in private correspondence with Nisa and leave it up to her.
Sorry you didn't find it, but it shounds like you had a good time anyway. Personally, I've had "almost" as much fun on letterboxing hunts where I haven't found the box, as those thatwere more succesful.
JDW
West Chester, PA
P2F3/4
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: Bonita McLaughlin (bonitasusan@hotmail.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 07:10:01 UTC-07:00
JDW wrote:
>Sorry you didn't find it, but it shounds like you had a good time anyway.
>Personally, I've had "almost" as much fun on letterboxing hunts where I
>haven't found the box, as those thatwere more succesful.
>
>JDW
>West Chester, PA
>P2F3/4
>
Thanks, JDW. Yes, we DID have a good time. To me, roaming around in a
forest for a couple of hours is always fun, letterboxing or not. I was
wondering, what's the "F3/4" mean? You found three-quarters of a box?
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>Sorry you didn't find it, but it shounds like you had a good time anyway.
>Personally, I've had "almost" as much fun on letterboxing hunts where I
>haven't found the box, as those thatwere more succesful.
>
>JDW
>West Chester, PA
>P2F3/4
>
Thanks, JDW. Yes, we DID have a good time. To me, roaming around in a
forest for a couple of hours is always fun, letterboxing or not. I was
wondering, what's the "F3/4" mean? You found three-quarters of a box?
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 14:45:27 UTC
Bonnie wrote:
> what's the "F3/4" mean? You found three-quarters of a box?
>
>
Close. Found 3 out of 4 I hunted for.
JDW
P2F3/4
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> what's the "F3/4" mean? You found three-quarters of a box?
>
>
Close. Found 3 out of 4 I hunted for.
JDW
P2F3/4
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: (teapot@teapot.mv.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 20:18:19 UTC-04:00
Sorry to hear you couldn't find the letterbox, Bonita. The clue "the
'brave' path" also stumped Danielle, if I recall. It's a play on words,
sorta, hence "brave" in quotation marks and of the 2 trails, only 1 fits
that pun. Email me privately if you need the pearl reference
clarified! I tried to make the clues easy, but not too easy - maybe
they're more abstract than I thought?
Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
Nisa :)
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'brave' path" also stumped Danielle, if I recall. It's a play on words,
sorta, hence "brave" in quotation marks and of the 2 trails, only 1 fits
that pun. Email me privately if you need the pearl reference
clarified! I tried to make the clues easy, but not too easy - maybe
they're more abstract than I thought?
Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
Nisa :)
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) |
Date: 1999-06-01 20:30:15 UTC-04:00
Nisa wrote:
> Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
> change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
I thought it was a fun clue and vote to not change it. :-)
Of course, my theory is that the point of letterboxing is to get out
to a cool place, and if you find the box, so much the better, but
that finding the box in and of itself need not always be a gimme
or the goal. Having been stumped myself (Prayer Rock _twice_,
including my first time out boxing), I feel that if you are not
stumped once in a while, the game could lose its luster.
--
Randy "the mapsurfer"
Orienteer * Letterboxer * Globetrotter
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> Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
> change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
I thought it was a fun clue and vote to not change it. :-)
Of course, my theory is that the point of letterboxing is to get out
to a cool place, and if you find the box, so much the better, but
that finding the box in and of itself need not always be a gimme
or the goal. Having been stumped myself (Prayer Rock _twice_,
including my first time out boxing), I feel that if you are not
stumped once in a while, the game could lose its luster.
--
Randy "the mapsurfer"
Orienteer * Letterboxer * Globetrotter
http://www.letterboxing.org/faq.html
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[L-USA] Re: Shieling Forest Query
From: jjp (exposto1@airmail.net) |
Date: 1999-06-06 22:00:09 UTC-05:00
Hey Nisa!
I can't agree with Randy on this one--my goal is to get the stamp in my
little book and put mine in the one in the box. Neat place is good, but it
isn't my primary interest! (But we're all entitled to our opinions,
right?) Sheila's box was hard enough for me to find that it took me 3
tries--and for me the fun was runnin' out. I WANTED TO FIND THE BOX! So,
I'd say change it. But it's completely up to you!
Julie
At 8:30 PM -0400 6/1/99, Randy Hall wrote:
>Nisa wrote:
>> Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
>> change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
>I thought it was a fun clue and vote to not change it. :-)
>Of course, my theory is that the point of letterboxing is to get out
>to a cool place, and if you find the box, so much the better, but
>that finding the box in and of itself need not always be a gimme
>or the goal. Having been stumped myself (Prayer Rock _twice_,
>including my first time out boxing), I feel that if you are not
>stumped once in a while, the game could lose its luster.
>--
>Randy "the mapsurfer"
>Orienteer * Letterboxer * Globetrotter
>http://www.letterboxing.org/faq.html
>
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I can't agree with Randy on this one--my goal is to get the stamp in my
little book and put mine in the one in the box. Neat place is good, but it
isn't my primary interest! (But we're all entitled to our opinions,
right?) Sheila's box was hard enough for me to find that it took me 3
tries--and for me the fun was runnin' out. I WANTED TO FIND THE BOX! So,
I'd say change it. But it's completely up to you!
Julie
At 8:30 PM -0400 6/1/99, Randy Hall wrote:
>Nisa wrote:
>> Because it has confused most of the finders, do y'all think I should
>> change the clue or change the degree of difficulty of the clue?
>I thought it was a fun clue and vote to not change it. :-)
>Of course, my theory is that the point of letterboxing is to get out
>to a cool place, and if you find the box, so much the better, but
>that finding the box in and of itself need not always be a gimme
>or the goal. Having been stumped myself (Prayer Rock _twice_,
>including my first time out boxing), I feel that if you are not
>stumped once in a while, the game could lose its luster.
>--
>Randy "the mapsurfer"
>Orienteer * Letterboxer * Globetrotter
>http://www.letterboxing.org/faq.html
>
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>
>
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