It was there on 12/24. It was the first one that I found. I
replaced it back where I had found it ... towards the front and up
inside.

Oakleaf
P0F3


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl
" wrote:
> I went downtown on Friday to get the Smithsonian letterbox, but it
> wasn't there. I searched the water fountain thoroughly (no one was
> anywhere near me), but there was no sign of the letterbox. I hung
> around, thinking someone might have taken it off to stamp, but it
> never appeared.
>
> Don't know if it was already taken away or what...

This is so strange. I casually pretended to drop a glove so I could
bend down by the fountain and look underneath. Nothing there. Maybe
it's already been taken down. Who knows. Maybe I'm just a lunkhead
who couldn't find it. I didn't even see any signs of velcro. Just a
piece of gum. Ew.

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Druid Sea "
wrote:
> It was there on 12/24. It was the first one that I found. I
> replaced it back where I had found it ... towards the front and up
> inside.
>
> Oakleaf
> P0F3
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl
> " wrote:
> > I went downtown on Friday to get the Smithsonian letterbox, but
it
> > wasn't there. I searched the water fountain thoroughly (no one
was
> > anywhere near me), but there was no sign of the letterbox. I
hung
> > around, thinking someone might have taken it off to stamp, but it
> > never appeared.
> >
> > Don't know if it was already taken away or what...

- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl " <
witchiepoo@m...> wrote:
> This is so strange. I casually pretended to drop a glove so I could
> bend down by the fountain and look underneath. Nothing there. Maybe
> it's already been taken down. Who knows. Maybe I'm just a lunkhead
> who couldn't find it. I didn't even see any signs of velcro. Just a
> piece of gum. Ew.
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Druid Sea "
> wrote:
> > It was there on 12/24. It was the first one that I found. I
> > replaced it back where I had found it ... towards the front and up
> > inside.
> >
> > Oakleaf
> > P0F3
> >
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl
> > " wrote:
> > > I went downtown on Friday to get the Smithsonian letterbox, but
> it
> > > wasn't there. I searched the water fountain thoroughly (no one
> was
> > > anywhere near me), but there was no sign of the letterbox. I
> hung
> > > around, thinking someone might have taken it off to stamp, but it
> > > never appeared.
> > >
> > > Don't know if it was already taken away or what...

Yes, there was a message recently from, I think, legerdemaine (who placed it)
that the log had filled up and she had removed it temporarily but planned to
put it back with a new log. So I guess don't bother to look for it until we hear it's
back.

No Worries! The SI castle box is back in place. Conveniently, I work
at SI and just walked over and checked. It is there. :)

Oakleaf


> Yes, there was a message recently from, I think, legerdemaine (who
placed it)
> that the log had filled up and she had removed it temporarily but
planned to
> put it back with a new log. So I guess don't bother to look for it
until we hear it's
> back.

yep..it's there...my family and i visited it for a second time on Saturday...all is well (log if full), but still nice to see those who have stamped in :-)

NewBe1
9F 8P 23X 1HH 1T (waaaayyyy outdated :-(

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Hurrah! Thank you for the update. Of course I come when the box is
out of commission. I have nothing if not timing. :)

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Druid Sea "
wrote:
> No Worries! The SI castle box is back in place. Conveniently, I
work
> at SI and just walked over and checked. It is there. :)
>
> Oakleaf
>
>
> > Yes, there was a message recently from, I think, legerdemaine
(who
> placed it)
> > that the log had filled up and she had removed it temporarily but
> planned to
> > put it back with a new log. So I guess don't bother to look for
it
> until we hear it's
> > back.

Now this is really strange. The Yachtsman and I visited The
Smithsonian Letterbox on Monday, Dec 30th at about 10AM, and it was
certainly alive and well then. We waited until 10 because we had
some misinformation that the museum didn't open until then, but
it was actually open at 9 am.

There were two folded logs in the canister. One was totally full.
We were able to squeeze onto the last couple of spaces on the back
of the second one. Based on the date of your posting, we may
actually have had it out to stamp in when you tried to find it! An
amazing number of letterboxers had already stamped in before us in one
short month.

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "virginiawaterbird
" wrote:
> - In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl
" <
> witchiepoo@m...> wrote:
> > This is so strange. I casually pretended to drop a glove so I
could
> > bend down by the fountain and look underneath. Nothing there.
Maybe
> > it's already been taken down. Who knows. Maybe I'm just a
lunkhead
> > who couldn't find it. I didn't even see any signs of velcro. Just
a
> > piece of gum. Ew.
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Druid Sea
"
> > wrote:
> > > It was there on 12/24. It was the first one that I found. I
> > > replaced it back where I had found it ... towards the front and
up
> > > inside.
> > >
> > > Oakleaf
> > > P0F3
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "witchiepoogirl
> > > " wrote:
> > > > I went downtown on Friday to get the Smithsonian letterbox,
but
> > it
> > > > wasn't there. I searched the water fountain thoroughly (no
one
> > was
> > > > anywhere near me), but there was no sign of the letterbox. I
> > hung
> > > > around, thinking someone might have taken it off to stamp,
but
it
> > > > never appeared.
> > > >
> > > > Don't know if it was already taken away or what...
>
> Yes, there was a message recently from, I think, legerdemaine (who
placed it)
> that the log had filled up and she had removed it temporarily but
planned to
> put it back with a new log. So I guess don't bother to look for it
until we hear it's
> back.