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| Twinville2 |
| Posted on: January 25th, 2007, 5:57am |
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| Yes, let's plan something for Spring, ok? |
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| rigama |
| Posted on: March 1st, 2007, 3:36pm |
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| Can someone give me this skinny on this? As far as I know, letterbox only applies to widescreen format movies! |
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| akjlfarnold |
| Posted on: March 1st, 2007, 3:59pm |
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Go check out http://www.letterboxing.org or http://www.atlasquest.com.
Basically you get clues to a box from the lists on the websites. You go out prepared with a rubber stamp, stamppad, and a notebook and when you find the box you put an imprint of your stamp in the notebook provided in the box and put an imprint of the stamp in the box into your notebook. SO you know where you were and they know you found them. YOu can also get a login name on the sites and keep track of your boxes online.
It is totally fun, a little like geocaching, only without the GPS. It takes you to all sorts of spots you would never go, gets everyone outside for a hike.
I intend to set a date at some point to have a stamp making session (or someone else can set the date too, I won't mind) cuz currently we are using store bought stamps and i think it would be fun to have homemade stamps. |
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| Twinville2 |
| Posted on: March 2nd, 2007, 4:42am |
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How many have you discovered so far, Karen?
I am so impressed that you've already gotten started.
Jackson & Jeremiah keep asking when we are going to get out and "Letterbox". We already have our Navajo Blanket handmade stamp. I just need to get with it! hehehe  |
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| akjlfarnold |
| Posted on: March 2nd, 2007, 5:05pm |
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Quite a few Lisa, some here, some in Phoenix, and some in the SW area of NM, Deming, Lordsburg. We tried to find one in Hatch, but it was waaaaay too windy so we bagged it, not to mention we needed to hop a fence into a ballpark to find it. . . this is the OCD part of me coming out. I get really obsessed with stuff sometimes(just not folding laundry)  |
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| Pandora |
| Posted on: March 8th, 2007, 3:57am |
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hey Lisa i crawled out of that rock I've been under and looked at Jax and Jem's Place. Very Cool! I need to do something to mine, haven't touched my blog in forever. But I also got to thinking our kids might like doing one too. Thank you guys, you made me smile, after a very long day.
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| Twinville2 |
| Posted on: March 8th, 2007, 4:14am |
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Nice to hear from you Stacey.
It's been a very long time. Maybe it's just me, but it
feels like this past winter has been a 'deep freeze', in that
my family has gotten out of the loop with old friends and
our usual activities.
We've also been feeling some burn-out here, too. Can't wait
for the more relaxed, warm days of summer to arrive.
Glad you enjoyed Jax & Jem's Blog. They like having their own
space on the web. I bet that Bailey would have fun with her own Blog, too. 
Take care. Hopefully we can get together soon. |
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| mommom |
| Posted on: March 27th, 2007, 2:26pm |
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I'm tacking onto this thread - my apologies Karen! I had posted about getting an Orienteering group together (based on letterboxing) and now I can't find my original post to add to it.
Anyhow, I was in contact with a very enthusiastic but busy airwoman in training at KAFB. She loves orienteering and really wanted to teach a class or two but did warn me that her schedule was super busy - looks like it got the better of her because I haven't heard from her and she was supposed to leave town in March or April.
I have my ears open to find another teacher - because it's a fun sport. I just wanted to follow up on that. |
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| akjlfarnold |
| Posted on: March 27th, 2007, 9:22pm |
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| excellent, Carol, keep us posted |
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| Twinville2 |
| Posted on: March 28th, 2007, 3:19am |
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We've been letterboxing for the last month or so and having a great time. I believe that an Orienteering lesson would be very beneficial and the perfect addition to our letterboxing hobby.
Karen and I were also talking about organizing a Letterboxing get-together soon for anyone interested. My family will be out of town most of April, but maybe we could do this in early May? Or whatever work for everyone is fine with us, too.... |
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| akjlfarnold |
| Posted on: March 28th, 2007, 6:02pm |
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| let's plan that for may Lisa, I bought some of those locking plastic boxes at the store the other day, so now all i need is erasers for stamps and ideas on where to place. |
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| Twinville2 |
| Posted on: April 25th, 2007, 7:05am |
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Hey Karen,
I rediscovered this thread and noticed your post about not being able to reach the Hatch letterbox. We were lucky enough to come upon it on our trip out to the Tucson area last week. Only because their were workers doing stuff to the park inside, so the gates were open.
When you get back down to Hatch or the SW area of NM, you've got to stop in there to find that box. The hand-carved stamp is perfectly themed and very good!
Also, speaking of letterboxing, I've updated our Blog with new pics and stuff from our letterboxing trip to Arizona. Check it out when you get a chance 
So far we've done really well with the number of boxes weve found, although compass skills are an absolute must to search for letterboxes, in these thick Sonoran mesquite and palo verde parks and forests. There are not many landmarks like we have in the ABQ area. This has been our biggest challenge here, but we are learning and having fun discovering new places and new skills along the way, too.
We plan to search for a few more boxes before we drive back home to NM this weekend, as well as on the way home through NM.
We're also looking forward to searching for the boxes you've recently hid in ABQ, too!
Don't you just love letterboxing! I'm so glad you lit the fire under our butts to get us started with this wonderful addiction......er...hobby! 
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| akjlfarnold |
| Posted on: April 25th, 2007, 3:54pm |
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| cool lisa! and you are right about the addiction! |
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