Spring Chick,
Thank you for all the letterboxes you have placed, especially the
ones in western Michigan. (Last time I counted you had placed 40
letterboxes in Michigan and you started placing them in August 2002 I
believe! What are you averaging 17 letterboxes placed a month
including the ones you have placed out of state?)
Your hand carved stamps are great and the locations you have picked
are wonderful. I love your latest logbooks, which are beautiful. Your
clues are creative and I enjoy the variety of styles you have used.
I have had the pleasure looking for (and most of the time finding)
your letterboxes in the western Michigan area. My first letterbox
hunt was in August of this year and my first letterbox was Chinook
Pier, followed by Grand Haven Lighthouse. (Hey I noticed you moved
this one - if I find it again does it go in my found column
twice? ; ) Next were Seagull Shadows and Spirit of the Dunes. Of
course after the flush of those first finds came the box that has
stumped me after two separate outings, once in August and then again
in October The Walk A Mile Letterbox or in my case "The
Walk Many
Miles"
My next visit to Michigan found that you had been busy placing more
letterboxes. So with clues in hand I headed out for A Kind Of Summer
and Beautiful Things part of the Words in the Woods series you had
started planting. I returned to my home away from home in Michigan
only to find you had posted the remaining 6 boxes! Plans were quickly
made with my LB partner to return a few days later and find your
latest letterboxes. We found five of the remaining six Common
Link, New Lands, Beauty of Dreams, See The Stars, and In Three Words
or in our case "In Three Tries" This is the one that slowed
us down
(well leaving all the clues at home and having to go back for
them did not help either!) but mostly it was a simple case of
misreading the directions and/or trying to force or make the
directions fit, one of us is very stubborn = ) and we ran out of time
and we weren't able to look for, For The Moment. = (
I will be back in November and I will be out there looking for Walk A
Mile and For The Moment and hopefully some of the other letterboxes
in the area, weather willing! (If you are out the same day on the
trails it will be easy to recognize me - I will be the one who is
bundled up in layers and layers of clothing when all the locals are
wearing t-shirts still!)
Again thanks for all the work you have put into placing letterboxes.
I have enjoyed each and every search whether I have found the box
easily, ended up retracing my steps to find where I have gone astray
or even when I come up empty handed!
lauren
Thank you Spring Chick!
3 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-10-26
Thank you Spring Chick!
From: sandiego1961 (moonfeather2002@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-26 08:31:06 UTC
Re: Thank you Spring Chick!
From: SpringChick (springchick1219@attbi.com) |
Date: 2002-10-26 21:08:38 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "sandiego1961"
wrote:
> I have had the pleasure looking for (and most of the time finding)
> your letterboxes in the western Michigan area. My first letterbox
> hunt was in August of this year and my first letterbox was Chinook
> Pier, followed by Grand Haven Lighthouse. (Hey I noticed you moved
> this one - if I find it again does it go in my found column
> twice? ; )
I don't think you get to count it again unless everything changes --
stamp, clues, etc. In this case, I just moved it to a more discreet
location because they had cut all of the brush on the backside of the
rocks there and it was visible from the parking lot if you looked in
the right spot.
Next were Seagull Shadows and Spirit of the Dunes. Of
> course after the flush of those first finds came the box that has
> stumped me after two separate outings, once in August and then
again
> in October The Walk A Mile Letterbox or in my case "The
> Walk Many
> Miles"
Walk-A-Mile has been a tough one for a few others also, although it
has been found, which verified the clues... (I did make a couple of
modifications/clarifications from their feedback, so make sure you
print new clues). Hopefully it won't be so elusive for you in
November. E-mail me if there is anything you are unsure of...
> I will be back in November and I will be out there looking for Walk
A
> Mile and For The Moment and hopefully some of the other letterboxes
> in the area, weather willing! (If you are out the same day on the
> trails it will be easy to recognize me - I will be the one who is
> bundled up in layers and layers of clothing when all the locals are
> wearing t-shirts still!)
You didn't mention if you had found the "Words in the Woods" Cuckoo
Clue (yes, there is a 9th box)... I know which box I originally put
it in, but it may have been moved since then... hopefully your
November trip will bring that your way too! I was at Hofma Park the
day after you found some of the boxes and noticed that you had been
the lucky one to find the Backpacker HH! That was cool... hopefully
he will be headed for some new travels.
>
> Again thanks for all the work you have put into placing
letterboxes.
> I have enjoyed each and every search whether I have found the box
> easily, ended up retracing my steps to find where I have gone
astray
> or even when I come up empty handed!
>
> lauren
It is nice to hear your feedback and I am glad you enjoyed finding
them all as much I have enjoyed putting them out! I will look for
you on the trail next month... would like to see an actual number
behind my "X" count!
p.s. Being a CA girl, and still adjusting to the MI cold, I don't
imagine you guys will be heading up into the U.P. any time soon, but
if you do... there are some really fun ones up there too!
Deb (SpringChick)
P52 F45 X0
wrote:
> I have had the pleasure looking for (and most of the time finding)
> your letterboxes in the western Michigan area. My first letterbox
> hunt was in August of this year and my first letterbox was Chinook
> Pier, followed by Grand Haven Lighthouse. (Hey I noticed you moved
> this one - if I find it again does it go in my found column
> twice? ; )
I don't think you get to count it again unless everything changes --
stamp, clues, etc. In this case, I just moved it to a more discreet
location because they had cut all of the brush on the backside of the
rocks there and it was visible from the parking lot if you looked in
the right spot.
Next were Seagull Shadows and Spirit of the Dunes. Of
> course after the flush of those first finds came the box that has
> stumped me after two separate outings, once in August and then
again
> in October The Walk A Mile Letterbox or in my case "The
> Walk Many
> Miles"
Walk-A-Mile has been a tough one for a few others also, although it
has been found, which verified the clues... (I did make a couple of
modifications/clarifications from their feedback, so make sure you
print new clues). Hopefully it won't be so elusive for you in
November. E-mail me if there is anything you are unsure of...
> I will be back in November and I will be out there looking for Walk
A
> Mile and For The Moment and hopefully some of the other letterboxes
> in the area, weather willing! (If you are out the same day on the
> trails it will be easy to recognize me - I will be the one who is
> bundled up in layers and layers of clothing when all the locals are
> wearing t-shirts still!)
You didn't mention if you had found the "Words in the Woods" Cuckoo
Clue (yes, there is a 9th box)... I know which box I originally put
it in, but it may have been moved since then... hopefully your
November trip will bring that your way too! I was at Hofma Park the
day after you found some of the boxes and noticed that you had been
the lucky one to find the Backpacker HH! That was cool... hopefully
he will be headed for some new travels.
>
> Again thanks for all the work you have put into placing
letterboxes.
> I have enjoyed each and every search whether I have found the box
> easily, ended up retracing my steps to find where I have gone
astray
> or even when I come up empty handed!
>
> lauren
It is nice to hear your feedback and I am glad you enjoyed finding
them all as much I have enjoyed putting them out! I will look for
you on the trail next month... would like to see an actual number
behind my "X" count!
p.s. Being a CA girl, and still adjusting to the MI cold, I don't
imagine you guys will be heading up into the U.P. any time soon, but
if you do... there are some really fun ones up there too!
Deb (SpringChick)
P52 F45 X0
Re: Thank you Spring Chick!
From: sandiego1961 (moonfeather2002@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-27 07:56:35 UTC
Re The Grand Haven Lighthouse;
I was just kidding about counting that one box twice besides
how am I ever going to find all your new boxes if I go looking for
those I have already found What is it they say? So many
boxes so little time
Re Walk-A-Mile;
I am determined to find Walk-A-Mile... I will check the clues to see
if I have the latest one with the modifications!
Re Cuckoo Clue and The Backpacker HH;
No we did not find the Cuckoo Clue. If it was in a box that we found
we did not notice it. Could we have overlooked it? I am not sure what
exactly we would be looking for... Maybe in November...
Yes I was with the person who has the Backpacker HH... last I heard
he was still hanging out in Michigan... but I heard a rumor that he
enjoyed my tales of the wonderful weather in Southern California so
much he is thinking of heading out this way for the winter! He has
after all spent nearly two years on the east coast... I think he is
hearing that age old call "Go West Young Man! Go West!"
Re crossing paths along the trail;
Yes it would be fun to see you on the trail and then I would have my
first X too!
Re The U.P.
Yes my blood is a little thin being a CA girl. I am becoming well
acquainted with Polartec, Silkies, flannel lined jeans and hats,
gloves that actually serve a purpose (i.e. keeping you warm!) not
just as an accessory. The farthest North I have made it in MI is
Mackinac Island and that was a few years ago in October. It is
beautiful up there but time not the weather has kept me from going
back up north... hopefully in the spring... I would love to go
camping - letterboxing my way up to the U.P. - and then come back by
way of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. I love road trips, no
surprise growing up in California and I also love camping but I don't
think I am ready for snow camping any time soon... Learning to drive
in the snow is daunting enough thought for me right now!
Happy trails,
lauren
I was just kidding about counting that one box twice besides
how am I ever going to find all your new boxes if I go looking for
those I have already found What is it they say? So many
boxes so little time
Re Walk-A-Mile;
I am determined to find Walk-A-Mile... I will check the clues to see
if I have the latest one with the modifications!
Re Cuckoo Clue and The Backpacker HH;
No we did not find the Cuckoo Clue. If it was in a box that we found
we did not notice it. Could we have overlooked it? I am not sure what
exactly we would be looking for... Maybe in November...
Yes I was with the person who has the Backpacker HH... last I heard
he was still hanging out in Michigan... but I heard a rumor that he
enjoyed my tales of the wonderful weather in Southern California so
much he is thinking of heading out this way for the winter! He has
after all spent nearly two years on the east coast... I think he is
hearing that age old call "Go West Young Man! Go West!"
Re crossing paths along the trail;
Yes it would be fun to see you on the trail and then I would have my
first X too!
Re The U.P.
Yes my blood is a little thin being a CA girl. I am becoming well
acquainted with Polartec, Silkies, flannel lined jeans and hats,
gloves that actually serve a purpose (i.e. keeping you warm!) not
just as an accessory. The farthest North I have made it in MI is
Mackinac Island and that was a few years ago in October. It is
beautiful up there but time not the weather has kept me from going
back up north... hopefully in the spring... I would love to go
camping - letterboxing my way up to the U.P. - and then come back by
way of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. I love road trips, no
surprise growing up in California and I also love camping but I don't
think I am ready for snow camping any time soon... Learning to drive
in the snow is daunting enough thought for me right now!
Happy trails,
lauren