Now I may have to go to Arizona to check on some of those boxes. I'm guessing both of you are right.

I hear you!! A couple of years ago, in January, I did a series of 6 with 1-2 miles. There was no snow so I thought it would be ok. I forgot about the ice!! I FOUND all 6 but could only get 3. It was so frustrating. I could SEE them, but unable to dig them out. I was determined to get the others when it thawed since they were sooo close! I don't generally go back, but it was the principle of the thing. It happened to take 2 more trips. (sigh) ;-)

Won't be able to get over there, alas, but it sounds fun! Some warmer day to come....

Those snow reports are up north on the Colorado Plateau part of Arizona. Not down here where we're near 1000 feet above sea level compared to Flagstaff's 7000 feet. But --still a good point.

Is there someone in New Hampshire that makes custom logbooks?

I don't know anyone in NH that makes them but Gargoyle Girl and Bassett Mom both make custom log books. they are both in Maine

Thanks. I do make them, Memere. ;)

If anyone would like some wood backed stamps from Stampin' Up! to plant for the cost of shipping, please AQ me.

I've been slowly digitizing and editing old family videos and ran across this short clip from the first event we had in TX back in 2004. It includes some footage right after the event when Baby Bear and I went to find the TX Chainsaw Massacre letterbox at the site where some of the movie was filmed. While we were stamping into the box a truck pulled into the empty lot and as the driver got out he asked what we were doing. I thought he might be an off duty cop so quickly told him we were just admiring the film site while I surreptitiously slid the box out of site. He turned out to be the owner of the place, which he was turning into a restaurant, and he offered to give us a tour. Phew, that was close.
Hope you enjoy a small nugget of our letterboxing history!

P.S. PI Joe was at that event, though he went by TXHipowr then.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A1rPlM6-750oi_sgPnp-IM5bM2I3aTQ8/view?usp=sharing

Very cool bit of history! Would you be open to sharing this more publicly, i.e. on the Letterboxing Youtube channel?

(Same offer goes to anyone else who has letterboxing videos they'd ever want more openly archived!)

What a treasure! Thanks for sharing!
Blue Butterfly

Sure. How do I upload to that channel?

I'll download the video and post there. I'll DM you to confirm what the title and description text should be.

Ahh! Good memories! I had actually forgotten about my name change. I used to be involved with high power model rocketry and decided to separate that passion from this one with different trail names and email addresses. Is anyone else who attended back then still active besides you, me, and Baby Bear? I am pretty sure that Baby Bear's Poison Ivy letterbox is still there although the nearby trail is no longer active. It would be an interesting project to try and find it again. I remember checking on it at least once after the fire.

Just curious. If there are ‘No New Boxes’ to list, why not leave the last new boxes up for an extra week at least, or until Newer boxes pop up ?
Just seems like they get taken down so fast, when they could be kept in plain view for a bit longer.

You can set how long they show for you with the "Oldest boxes to display" in your widget. Click the pencil to customize it.

I see lots of boxes listed in the Newest Boxes list on the Home page. If you want to see more on the My Page widget, though, you can edit that to your heart's content. Expand the location to show all boxes instead of boxes just in your region, or include boxes for longer periods of time (although 99 days is the limit), or whatever. It's really up to you!

If you want boxes to show up in the list longer because they "get taken down so fast", just expand the time frame for them to show up and maybe expand the list to include more boxes.

-- Ryan

Corazon was there and I think she is still active since she is signed up for TALE 23.

A lot of good boxes were lost in that Bastrop fire, but the ones I miss the most were the O-Knots series by Eoghan. You had to use an orienteering map purchased at the park to find them near certain control markers. I remember driving from Sugar Land two separate times before I found all four and I was ecstatic! They were a right of passage for Baby Bear and I in the early days, along with the Wraith of the Woods box Eoghan also placed. I've always lamented the fact I never met him.

Also posted on YouTube now! https://youtu.be/vwgHHZ7Ai_w

Thank you
Didn’t know I could do that

Thank you !! Didn’t know I could do that. Guess I need to explore more.

Scared all of us when he offered us a drink and said to follow him into the cooler!!!!

Oooh thank you!

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That's so cool, I love stuff like this. We were so impressed with you and your organization at the TALE we attended. So nice to see you had it together even way back then.

Stans is gone, but the building is still there (according to Google Street View):

https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/b56fb994-65e1-47f0-a6f1-7e03f7cba16c_l.png

Hmmmmm... I have been in the snow in Arizona and I don't think it's because I am Canadian. Shutterbug, you may not get snow anywhere near where you are but... for sure some parts of Arizona get snow.

That would be so frustrating. Found but no access! Hmmm @GreenTortuga might have to add a
-found but no access category 😂

I found the post I made announcing this event on the USA Yahoo Group:

https://sileagle1.github.io/letterboxing-usa/messages/thread_17620_Announcing%20The%20First%20TX%20LB%20Event_.html

It's always the right time to do the right thing.

I have just started “Obitchuary:The Big Hot Book of Death”, by podcasters Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes.

Fascinating and at times a little stomach turning but always informative with plenty of humor thrown in.

It comes for all of us. Might as well have a few laughs about it.