What you need for Letterboxing: Book to record your find, ink pads, personalized stamps, pen, instructions, and a compass (not always needed or used properly. Heh.)
Yes, we’re hooked on Letterboxing!
What is Letterboxing? Check out this link to learn more about it and how we got started.
Click here to read other posts about our Letterboxing adventures.
In addition to our Letterboxing Logbook (online and in real life, as seen above), I’ve decided to record our letterboxes tally here, too!
ONES WE’VE FOUND: 175
(Our 130th find on August 15, 2011 marked our 1 year Letterboxing Anniversary!!)
In the Following States:
1. Colorado
2. California
3. Hawaii
4. Nebraska
5. Iowa
6. Missouri
7. New Mexico
We’ve also started making our own that we’ve hidden! Here’s the list of those!
ONES WE’VE MADE:
Traditional:
1. Butterfly at the Lake – Planted June 16, 2011 (Went Missing in April 2012. Will post something in honor of this box soon.)
2. The Art Dragon – Planted June 19, 2011
3. Ladybug – Planted, June 21, 2011
4. Tempus Suorum Est Solis – Planted July 20, 2011
5. The Girl in the Pink Hat – Planted July 21, 2011
6. Mrs. Frisby – Planted July 26, 2011
7. Claire’s Five (Series of 5 letterboxes) Box #1: Friend – Planted July 29, 2011
8. Claire’s Five: Box #2: Outdoor Adventure
9. Claire’s Five: Box #3: Royalty
10. Claire’s Five: Box #4: Beauty (Went Missing in April, 2012, but clues are still valid for finding the rest of the series.)
11. Claire’s Five: Box #5: Wizardry
12. Rapunzel’s Tower – Planted August 5, 2011
Hitchhiker:
1. Stamp Stanley. (I’ve written about our adventures in carving our first letterbox and posted it here! He was sent on his journey June 13, 2011.)
2. Colorado Dragonfly – released in Santa Fe, NM on July 2, 2011.
All of the details for these can be found at Atlas Quest by clicking here.
Happy Hunting!
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