> However, this is the text from their page - I guess I'll ask them what
> is supposed to come up.

I had the same experience as you did with the pdf stuff. I tried different
versions, etc. I guess that's what I meant by the clues being inaccessable.
I generally do not like to deal with pdf and Acrobat stuff in the first
place, because its usually somewhat of a hassle in some way, so I just
decided it was easier to order the book than fight with it.

--
Randy "the mapsurfer"
Orienteer * Letterboxer * Globetrotter
http://www.letterboxing.org/faq.html

Greetings letterboxers,

My wife and I bought the Valley Quest book this summer on vacation in
Vermont, and we went nuts going on these wonderful quests. The Norwich
Vermont Quest blew me away, as did the Quechee Quest. With 54 quests in all,
its well worth purchasing. And I can't think of a better excuse to visit
Vermont than Valley Quest, when the leaves will be bursting in colors.

Happy Questing,

Chris L.
Chicago

Letterboxers All:
If you haven't yet gone to the ValleyQuest web site (from LBNA home
page, click on VT or NH, and then the ValleyQuest marker right in the
center of the map), you really owe it to yourselves to check this out. I
know there was some brief mention of this a while back - today was the
first close look I had.

I think this represents a wonderfull model for letterboxers - bringing
community discovery and education to kids of all ages. What better way
as well to grow this hobby!

Having said that, I am unable to view the maps & clues on-line - has
anyone else been able to do it? I do have Adobe Acrobat (required), yet
when I try to open a clue page, all I get is single color washing down
the page. Frustration! HELP!

Erik
Viking of VT

I took a look at one of the Valley Quest clues a few weeks ago and had no
trouble. Even printed it out as an example for a schoolmarm friend. I have
the latest versions of Netscape and Acrobat Reader, but don't know if that
made the difference. The clue was for the city hall box.

I'll try some more at work tomorrow (on my coffee break of course, kaff
kaff) and see if I can duplicate the problem y'all are having.

-Mark

Thanks, Randy.

However, this is the text from their page - I guess I'll ask them what
is supposed to come up.
Tom C. - any comments here?

> Below you will find descriptions of all the Quests in the current Valley Quest Book of Maps listed alphabetically by town.
> Click on the Town to view its Locator Map, a map showing you how to get to the town and the starting point of each Quest.
> Click on the name of the Quest to view the actual Quest map. NOTE: These maps are PDF files.

Anyhow, I applaud the efforts of the many folks who have been involved
with this - 52 letterboxes is QUITE dramatic!
Erik

John wrote ..

> Tom C. & other Vermonters,
>
> How close is this Valley Quest stuff from our little get together coming up?
>
>
Very close, John - all of them are within an hour's drive from the
Inn.

I just sent a query to Ed Bourne about our November gathering, and
dangled the prospect of 60-some boxes within an hour. Was about to
send you one too. I do hope you're still planning on coming. Please
let me know ... and make your reservations at the Inn

Tom Cooch
P11F17

aka The Orient Express
Braintree, VT

"The game is afoot!"

Tom C. & other Vermonters,

How close is this Valley Quest stuff from our little get together coming up?

Hi Nisa,

No problem getting the details of our get-together to you. I do
really hope you and Eric can make it. Our firm (i.e. already reserved
at the Inn) folks right now are my family, Erik Davis & family, John
De Wolf, and Bonnie - but I believe we will have several more people
as well, possibly quite a crowd.

What I am going to do is forward you copies of past missives, and
then you can let me know if they miss key questions.

Best,

Tom

Tom,

Can you repeat the get-together info again for this organizationally
impaired person? :)

Nisa

> We walked all around Woodstockand Quechee learing about the history of
> the towns and hiking some great little mountains. (Mount Tom and
> Mount Peg)

Did you find the one on Mount Peg? I think the consensus last year
was that it had gone missing but no one could be sure. In any case,
its such a nice hike, and hopefully you found the box up there too ...

--
randy "the mapsurfer"
http://www.letterboxing.org

No unfortunately the Room with a View box on Mount Peg was missing. We are
99% sure we found the spot, but the hole was empty :( Also the box on the
Connecticut River- Thetford Canoe Quest was missing. Still, both were great
trips.
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Hall
To: letterbox-usa@egroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Valley Quest


>
>> We walked all around Woodstockand Quechee learing about the history of
>> the towns and hiking some great little mountains. (Mount Tom and
>> Mount Peg)
>
>Did you find the one on Mount Peg? I think the consensus last year
>was that it had gone missing but no one could be sure. In any case,
>its such a nice hike, and hopefully you found the box up there too ...
>
>--
>randy "the mapsurfer"
>http://www.letterboxing.org
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Now theres a website! Pay half & get free shipping!
>....................................................
>http://click.egroups.com/1/4736/3/_/12562/_/959823473/
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

Aren't those Valley Quest boxes fun? I've found some of the Woodstock ones
and really enjoyed the clues and the locations. Kids are so creative!

Bonnie
in 85-degree Massachusetts!!!
P7F9

At 09:14 PM 05/31/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> Hello fellow Letterboxers, "" Also took a kayak trip down
>the Connecticut River to seach for a box, unfortunately that box was no
>longer there, but we did find an awesome riverside camp site! We
>will be up at Mount Monadnock around the Fourth of July and would love to
>find some more boxes. Happy Letterboxing,
> Melissa and Dan P1F59
>
>

Monadnock letterboxes? We haven't heard of a school-based program
there, but would be PSYCHED to learn more since we have a little
place up in the shadow of that grand rockpile. There are a couple of
boxes nearby: ours on the mountain itself is at

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/drewclan/north.htm#Grand

And the Sheiling Forest boxes are in a marvelous little park with
some of the sweetest hand carved stamps going. Click on the NH map
for the clues.

I'm going to call up to the school district and see if I can track
down any Valley Quest-like info and will get back on it.

Jay

I haven't been following the group for the past several months, so
forgive me if this has been discussed already. I've noticed that
the clues for the the Valley Quest boxes in NH/VT are no longer
online - or at least they're not on the Valley Quest website. Ack!
We're going to be up in that area tomorrow and we were hoping to
snag a few boxes along the way. Are the clues online anywhere?

Nisa

moonfishies3 writes ("[LbNA] Valley Quest"):
>I haven't been following the group for the past several months, so
>forgive me if this has been discussed already. I've noticed that
>the clues for the the Valley Quest boxes in NH/VT are no longer
>online - or at least they're not on the Valley Quest website. Ack!
>We're going to be up in that area tomorrow and we were hoping to
>snag a few boxes along the way. Are the clues online anywhere?

Not to my knowledge, but the books are available at most any bookstore
in the Valley Quest area. Or if one is passing by Grantham, NH they
can borrow my copy for the day...

--
Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

Hi There,
I just got this magazine (my first). I also read this article. It appears
that this program, though identical to letterboxing, is a completely
different program. The people that designed this are part of Valley Quest.
Homeschoolmommy

>
> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:07:11 -0700
> From: Gnosis 4-H Club
> Subject: Article on Letterboxing
>
> The current issue of Old Schoolhouse magazine (www.thehomeschoolmagazine,
> though the article is not online) has a story about letterboxing. I wanted
> to mention, in case they are on this list, that the stamps featured from
the
> Vermont History Quest series, as well as the other stamps, are all very
well
> done. Oddly enough, the article never once mentions LBNA, refering
> interested people to Vital Communities instead.
>
> Annye in Los Angeles
>
>

>Homeschoolmommy wrote:
>The people that designed this are part of Valley Quest.

While they may not mention the LBNA, Steve and Simon are very much interested in letterboxing and the LBNA and keep abreast of what's going on. Frequent visitors to our website, they have always have great things to say about letterboxers in their emails.

If I have my facts correct, I believe Valley Quests pre-date letterboxing.

Mark
http://markandsuepepe.blogspot.com/

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I have done some of the Valley Quests in Woodstock, VT. They are all a lot
of fun and Woodstock is a great little town to walk around in to find them.
I think we found about ten that day. It was a hoot!

Eric ~The Ram~

>From: "Kimberly Mills"
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>To: "letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com"
>Subject: [LbNA] Valley Quest
>Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 09:09:00 -0700
>
>
>Hi There,
>I just got this magazine (my first). I also read this article. It appears
>that this program, though identical to letterboxing, is a completely
>different program. The people that designed this are part of Valley Quest.
>Homeschoolmommy
>
> >
> > Message: 18
> > Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:07:11 -0700
> > From: Gnosis 4-H Club
> > Subject: Article on Letterboxing
> >
> > The current issue of Old Schoolhouse magazine
>(www.thehomeschoolmagazine,
> > though the article is not online) has a story about letterboxing. I
>wanted
> > to mention, in case they are on this list, that the stamps featured from
>the
> > Vermont History Quest series, as well as the other stamps, are all very
>well
> > done. Oddly enough, the article never once mentions LBNA, refering
> > interested people to Vital Communities instead.
> >
> > Annye in Los Angeles
> >
> >
>
>

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