Well, over a month for me away from computers (and looks like I've
missed well over 2000 messages!),but can't say as I much mind since
in the meantime I've managed to get in several gorgeous weeks of
backpacking and finally finish up my 5th AT in Maine!(Bigelows to
Baxter) Pete met me in Monson for a short sidetrip to the National
Folklife Festival in Bangor and a little local letterboxing, so I'm
pleased to say that, 'packing through that final so-called "100-mile
wilderness" section of the AT, I actually got to carry with me a
couple of letterboxing trinkets left in some boxes up there by our
dear friends, namely: a tiny harmonica/trail-necklace left by
Floating Feather in one of her boxes, and a packet of Pez left by
RIBNAG Ben in one of his! Thanks,guys, for that little extra boost
that helped to get me through the "wilderness"! This was especially
important to me since it was the 20th anniversary of my first
backpack ever, which just happened to be that very same 100-mile
section back in 1982 that set me off on my subsequent backpacking
spree, but which I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this
year due to some really nasty injuries!

Anyway, now I'm happy to be back home with Pete, celebrating our 10th
wedding anniversary with a new round of letterboxing! Pete had a
whole stack of new clues waiting for me to sort when I got home, and
we've already managed to do several dozen of them, including Airmail
(F1400), the delightful CT Quest:Hero's Journey on our anniversary,
and quite a few new varieties of flora and fauna! Once we get caught
up again locally, we'll try to head out to some of those "further"
boxes - like NJ,PA,MA,etc, - that we've been wanting to get to for so
long, but just haven't had the time. We'd also have loved to have
been able to attend some of those gatherings Pete tells me folks are
planning in VA,OH and NC, but probably the only one we'll be able to
swing will be the Children's Gathering at Rocky Neck SP,CT on Oct.20
(maybe we'll pretend to be kids again and come as Wendy & Peter Pan!)
Hope to see a lot of you there - old friends and new - and thanks
again to all who have contributed to making letterboxing such a fun,
vibrant and diverse hobby!

Wanda and Pete
P37 F1441 X181 (no geocaches or composites either!)