CLARK Cara D wrote:
>
> Yahoo! Well, I'm glad someone has searched for at leat one of my
> letterboxes! :) I nearly placed two more yesterday, but spent a great many
> hours hiking in and around Mitch's waterfall series! It was too dark when I
> was done to venture in to Oxbow park.
I've been bitching and whining about going to search for them since you
posted... I finally just decided I would go on my own. Guess I will try
that tack in the future!
I have been after Mitch's rebus box since he placed it... now that the
blackberries have died back I will try again!! It is only about 2 miles
from where I sit typing this!
> Thom, I'm glad you guys found at least one box...was it in OK condition?
perfect condition! Great stamp by the way!! I brought blue and green
stamp pads and did a groovy two color stamp in my book!! I won't
divulge the details.. it was a nice surprise!
>The second box...I was wondering if I phrased the clue all right...It's actually
> to be read on the right side as if you were coming IN to the park
Got it.... I am co-hosting a 4X4 swap meet and pancake breakfast this
weekend in Wood Village.... maybe I'll get a free hour to go back and
bag the second box! Stop by if you are in the neighborhood & I'll treat
you and Kevin to free flapjacks & scrambled eggs!
--
Thom Cheney
tcgrafx... among other things
Oregon outing..... (and note to Mitch)
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Started on 2000-02-22
[LbNA] Re: Oregon outing..... (and note to Mitch)
From: Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) |
Date: 2000-02-22 08:48:42 UTC-07:00
[LbNA] Re: Oregon outing..... (and note to Mitch)
From: CLARK Cara D (cara.d.clark@co.multnomah.or.us) |
Date: 2000-02-22 08:22:49 UTC-08:00
Yahoo! Well, I'm glad someone has searched for at leat one of my
letterboxes! :) I nearly placed two more yesterday, but spent a great many
hours hiking in and around Mitch's waterfall series! It was too dark when I
was done to venture in to Oxbow park.
Thom, I'm glad you guys found at least one box...was it in OK condition? The
second box...I was wondering if I phrased the clue all right...It's actually
to be read on the right side as if you were coming IN to the park (they will
all have that reference).
A note to Mitch: I couldn't find the Multnomah Falls box (with the five
trees)...I think maybe that area is fenced off due to storm damage. I found
the ponytail falls one (very wet inside the box, but the stamp book etc are
dry as a bone). The triple falls box was perfectly dry. Wow, I hadn't
hiked there before - it is really stunning! It feels so primordial with the
waterfalls, red cedar and ferns...besides, it was misty and raining all day,
and that added to the mystery of the landscape. I hunted high and low for
the box near the memorial for the 14 yr. old but couldn't find it! Any
clues?
Cara
-----Original Message-----
From: Thom Cheney [mailto:tcgrafx@imagina.com]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 8:47 AM
To: letterbox-usa@eGroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Oregon outing.....
The weather was just a little tooo nice this weekend... I printed out
Cara's clues in Oxbow Park and threw a bag full of stamps & inkpads into
the truck (my compass and stampbook are ALWAYS in the truck). Brian
decided to forego a morning of Pokemon to join me.
We live west of Portland, behind the West Hills. As such, we miss a lot
of the cold wind that blows out of the Gorge. When we got within 5
miles of the mouth of the Gorge the wind was HOWLING. Fortunately Oxbow
Park sets back into the foothills of the Cascades enough to provide some
shelter.
The trail to Oxbow #1 runs right along and above the Sandy River. We
have seen salmon spawning on past trips to this park, but none today. A
few Steelhead fishermen were working the gravel bars and we waved to 2
different drift boats as they floated by. It was brisk out, but dry.
We did some rockhounding along the bank of the river, but not much to
find and keep, just tumbled basalt and volcanic stone urped from Mt.
Hood. We puzzled over the clues a little.... but were successful in the
end and stamped up on a damp log nearby!!
We got near box #2, but impending birthday party commitments made us
abandon the search for another day!
Question to Cara.... box 2 begins with instructions to start on trail
"D" on the RIGHT side of the road. Does this mean the right side of the
road as you drive IN to the Park or the right side as you drive back
from the amphitheatre?? We assumed the latter & the first clue or two
seemed to support that decision.... however, we couldn't find the long
downed log nor the wood & rope handrail. HELP!!
letterboxing... alive in Oregon!!!!
--
Thom Cheney
tcgrafx... among other things
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letterboxes! :) I nearly placed two more yesterday, but spent a great many
hours hiking in and around Mitch's waterfall series! It was too dark when I
was done to venture in to Oxbow park.
Thom, I'm glad you guys found at least one box...was it in OK condition? The
second box...I was wondering if I phrased the clue all right...It's actually
to be read on the right side as if you were coming IN to the park (they will
all have that reference).
A note to Mitch: I couldn't find the Multnomah Falls box (with the five
trees)...I think maybe that area is fenced off due to storm damage. I found
the ponytail falls one (very wet inside the box, but the stamp book etc are
dry as a bone). The triple falls box was perfectly dry. Wow, I hadn't
hiked there before - it is really stunning! It feels so primordial with the
waterfalls, red cedar and ferns...besides, it was misty and raining all day,
and that added to the mystery of the landscape. I hunted high and low for
the box near the memorial for the 14 yr. old but couldn't find it! Any
clues?
Cara
-----Original Message-----
From: Thom Cheney [mailto:tcgrafx@imagina.com]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 8:47 AM
To: letterbox-usa@eGroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Oregon outing.....
The weather was just a little tooo nice this weekend... I printed out
Cara's clues in Oxbow Park and threw a bag full of stamps & inkpads into
the truck (my compass and stampbook are ALWAYS in the truck). Brian
decided to forego a morning of Pokemon to join me.
We live west of Portland, behind the West Hills. As such, we miss a lot
of the cold wind that blows out of the Gorge. When we got within 5
miles of the mouth of the Gorge the wind was HOWLING. Fortunately Oxbow
Park sets back into the foothills of the Cascades enough to provide some
shelter.
The trail to Oxbow #1 runs right along and above the Sandy River. We
have seen salmon spawning on past trips to this park, but none today. A
few Steelhead fishermen were working the gravel bars and we waved to 2
different drift boats as they floated by. It was brisk out, but dry.
We did some rockhounding along the bank of the river, but not much to
find and keep, just tumbled basalt and volcanic stone urped from Mt.
Hood. We puzzled over the clues a little.... but were successful in the
end and stamped up on a damp log nearby!!
We got near box #2, but impending birthday party commitments made us
abandon the search for another day!
Question to Cara.... box 2 begins with instructions to start on trail
"D" on the RIGHT side of the road. Does this mean the right side of the
road as you drive IN to the Park or the right side as you drive back
from the amphitheatre?? We assumed the latter & the first clue or two
seemed to support that decision.... however, we couldn't find the long
downed log nor the wood & rope handrail. HELP!!
letterboxing... alive in Oregon!!!!
--
Thom Cheney
tcgrafx... among other things
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[LbNA] Re: Oregon outing..... (and note to Mitch)
From: (Letterboxr@aol.com) |
Date: 2000-02-27 00:43:31 UTC-05:00
Glad to see some letterboxing action here in Oregon. I haven't been doing
much lately, 'cause I've been so busy with school.
Cara: I'll have to make it out to Multnomah Falls and check on the location.
It is very possible that storm damage could have reached it, or at least
caused that area to be fenced off. I will also have to try and make it up to
the one near the memorial. There is a little side path nearby that leads to
the rock that the box should be under.
Thom: I made it out to Bronson Creek a few days ago and found that the rebus
box is missing. I had checked after your first attempt to find it, and it
was still there at that time, but it is gone now. I will let you know when I
have replaced it.
Cordially,
Mitch (Der Mad Stamper)
Portland, OR
much lately, 'cause I've been so busy with school.
Cara: I'll have to make it out to Multnomah Falls and check on the location.
It is very possible that storm damage could have reached it, or at least
caused that area to be fenced off. I will also have to try and make it up to
the one near the memorial. There is a little side path nearby that leads to
the rock that the box should be under.
Thom: I made it out to Bronson Creek a few days ago and found that the rebus
box is missing. I had checked after your first attempt to find it, and it
was still there at that time, but it is gone now. I will let you know when I
have replaced it.
Cordially,
Mitch (Der Mad Stamper)
Portland, OR