Dear Lethe,

Welcome. You have picked a good spot to live in the US if you like
letterboxing. The New London area is one of the spots with the
highest concentration of letterboxes. (All relative, of course -
still pretty measly compared with most places in Dartmoor, I would
guess. But take a look at southern New England on our map site at

http://www.letterboxing.org

and you'll find several dozen boxes right close to home.

You'll also see that there are three on Long Island.

The site also contains pages on getting started.

You might want to check out Marty's Webring page at

http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=lboxring;list

Some of us are accomplished stamp carvers. Others, like me, are
hopeless left-brain types who got into it for the puzzle-solving
treasure-hunting nature of the sport. All of us probably love
tramping around. But even if you're not artistically gifted, give the
stamp carving a try. It can grow on you. There are a lot of people
who can give you advice on carving and carving materials on this
list. I'm sure you'll hear from some of them.

I've had two stamps made for me by Dan & Dee and have been very happy
with them!

http://www.dandeeservices.com/

And when you place your first boxes in Connecticut or Long Island,
let me know and we can talk about the best way of posting your clues
with Letterboxing North America. I manage the clue maps for New
England and New York.

We also have a week-end gathering for letterboxers planned for the
weekend of November 5 -7 in Killington, Vermont, at the Inn at Long
Trail. Would this interest you?

http://www.innatlongtrail.com/

Best wishes,


Tom Cooch
P11F17

aka The Orient Express
Braintree, VT

"The game is afoot!"