The Schumacher's wrote:
>My question is, do I count this as a found hitchhiker? We stamped it into
>our log book but left it there for someone else to pick up as we weren't
>sure if we should take it or not?? We would like to take it with us on
>our westward bound Thanksgiving jaunt and drop it off at another box but
>just wanted to make sure we were following proper "Hitchhiker Etiquette".
Hey, Ellen--
I think it's fine if you take the hitchhiker -- you did *find* it, after
all. Checking on boxes that you've placed is part of the letterboxing
experience, so it seems well within letterboxing etiquette to record and
transport a hitchhiker that you found while doing maintenance on a box you
placed.
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Silent Doug, P20 F78 X04
silentdoug@douglasgerlach.com
http://www.letterboxing.info
Questions about Hitchhikers......
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-11-23
Questions about Hitchhikers......
From: The Schumacher's (schubass@myeastern.com) |
Date: 2002-11-23 17:30:44 UTC-05:00
Good evening fellow boxers ~
I know we've discussed this in the past but for the life of me, I can't get
my little 'ole hands on the posts.
While checking on one of our planted boxes this weekend, we found a
hitchhiker in there! You should have seen Buzz & Woody ~ they went
nuts!
My question is, do I count this as a found hitchhiker? We stamped it
into our log book but left it there for someone else to pick up as we weren't
sure if we should take it or not?? We would like to take it with us on our
westward bound Thanksgiving jaunt and drop it off at another box but just wanted
to make sure we were following proper "Hitchhiker Etiquette".
Anyone care to share their words of wisdom?
Warmest regards,
Ellen
(Schubass, Max, Buzz & Woody)
P03 F49 X52
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(Schubass, Max, Buzz & Woody)
P03 F49 X52
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E-mail: Schubass@myeastern.com
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Re: [LbNA] Questions about Hitchhikers......
From: Silent Doug (silentdoug@douglasgerlach.com) |
Date: 2002-11-25 13:12:00 UTC-05:00
Re: [LbNA] Questions about Hitchhikers......
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-11-25 18:29:52 UTC
Ellen, Doug and others--
Regarding finding a hitchhiker letterbox while conducting
maintenance on your own 'placed' letterbox, I agree wholeheartedly
that you can claim it as a 'found' letterbox. Coming across a
hitchhiker letterbox in this scenario serves as a little 'bonus' (or
chef's treat for you gourmets out there) for all of your hard work &
investment in creating & placing your letterbox in the area (after
all placing a letterbox takes a LOT of work). Some folks who place
boxes in lightly 'letterboxed' locations need something to look
forward to especially if the letterboxing phenomenon is taking a
while to catch on in the area. Sometimes the 'place them and they
will come' mantra takes a LONG time for it to take effect, so
looking forward to a hitchhiker or two in your own placed box is a
very welcome surprise & inspirational, too! ;)
Have fun in your letterboxing travels & adventures!
dvn2r ckr
'Adventure Seeker'
F172 P42 X34 E2
Regarding finding a hitchhiker letterbox while conducting
maintenance on your own 'placed' letterbox, I agree wholeheartedly
that you can claim it as a 'found' letterbox. Coming across a
hitchhiker letterbox in this scenario serves as a little 'bonus' (or
chef's treat for you gourmets out there) for all of your hard work &
investment in creating & placing your letterbox in the area (after
all placing a letterbox takes a LOT of work). Some folks who place
boxes in lightly 'letterboxed' locations need something to look
forward to especially if the letterboxing phenomenon is taking a
while to catch on in the area. Sometimes the 'place them and they
will come' mantra takes a LONG time for it to take effect, so
looking forward to a hitchhiker or two in your own placed box is a
very welcome surprise & inspirational, too! ;)
Have fun in your letterboxing travels & adventures!
dvn2r ckr
'Adventure Seeker'
F172 P42 X34 E2
Re: [LbNA] Questions about Hitchhikers......
From: Hoof and Spoke (hoofandspoke@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-11-25 10:41:55 UTC-08:00
dvn2rckr <dvn2rckr@yahoo.com> wrote:
Regarding finding a hitchhiker letterbox while conducting maintenance on your own 'placed' letterbox, I agree wholeheartedly that you can claim it as a 'found' letterbox. Coming across a hitchhiker letterbox in this scenario serves as a little 'bonus' (or chef's treat for you gourmets out there) for all of your hard work & investment in creating & placing your letterbox in the area (after all placing a letterbox takes a LOT of work). Some folks who place boxes in lightly 'letterboxed' locations need something to look forward to especially if the letterboxing phenomenon is taking a while to catch on in the area. Sometimes the 'place them and they
will come' mantra takes a LONG time for it to take effect, so looking forward to a hitchhiker or two in your own placed box is a very welcome surprise & inspirational, too! ;)
i agree. i recently found a HH when checking on my Alder box. it was the first visitor who dropped it off. so, i moved the HH to my recently planted Cedar box. whoever gets or got firsties will also get a special bonus!
hoof & spoke
letterboxer, wa
f1 p2 h1
http://www.geocities.com/hoofandspoke
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