Hi fellow Pacific Northwesterners,

Ok--so the Pacific NW weather has been a bit miserable lately
(although I love the rain) & we've all managed to carve many, many
stamps for letterboxes that are just begging to be placed sometime
soon...

Are you looking for places to hide a few new letterboxes around
the Puget Sound??? A few of us Puget Sounders (is that a legitimate
term?) have discussed interesting and unique locations around the
Puget Sound that might provide neat hiding spots for letterboxes
(many of them are as of now 'unboxed' that we know of). I found
some links to articles/websites on various places that seem quite
interesting and might be great spots for future letterboxes. If
you're interested, here goes (please feel free to add to this list
if you have any other ideas):

Chehalis-Western Trail, Yelm-Tenino Trail & Gate to Belmore Trail:
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/parks/Trails/trails.htm

Thurston County Parks (Fudrick has already started placing boxes at
many of these but there still remain many others on the list):
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/parks/Parks/parks.htm

Olympia Area History:
http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/history.asp

Olympia Area Parks/Attractions:
http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/sites.asp

WA State Parks:
http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/
**by the way, WA State Park parking fees start applying on 1 Jan
2003!!! $5 daily or $50-$70 annually

WA State Trails Info:
http://americantrails.org/resources/statetrails/WAstate.html
**everything you ever wanted to know about ANY EXISTING trail in the
entire state/region!!! Includes equestrian, motorcycle/mountain
biking, cycling, in-line skating trails, too! Also, links to the
national site which is pretty thorough, too.

Seattle PI's Hike of the Week archives (broken down by counties):
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/hike/

City of Lakewood Parks:
http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/parks.html

Tacoma News Tribune's Outdoors section:
http://www.tribnet.com/sports/outdoors/
**Occasionally links to articles about interesting outdoor
activities & places to hike in the region.

History Link website:
http://www.historylink.org/
**Helps you locate hard to find facts about historical events in the
area. This site has been indispensable in helping me research the
facts behind several of my historical letterboxes. Absolutely
incredible site if you're looking for those hard to find tidbits of
Pacific Northwest history!!!

Hope you find this useful and/or interesting! I'm sure I'll hear
about it if you don't... ;-)

See you on the letterboxing trails!

dvn2r ckr
F200 P43 X35 E2

"Life, liberty & the pursuit of letterboxes..."