Not bad results for your first day back! FYI...sig stamps vary in size, and so do logbooks-you will find all shapes & sizes in your travels, and IMHO your stamp is of an average size and should fit most logbooks....if you encounter tiny books, it's ok to just stamp part of your stamp in there, and write your trail name and date; box owners will also get your find report on AQ to know you were there! I also like your summary of the day and your finding experience-hunting boxes really gives you great perspective to how to (or how NOT to) plant!

Congratulations RDHG on your latest Purple Diamond!!

Thank you oodles! 💜 Who knew that a two digit clue would do so well? 😉

The last of couple of days, when I log into atlas on my phone, I get ads that cover half the screen. It’s the only site that I visit that does it, so not sure if it’s bug.

If it’s on my end, does anyone know how I can fix it? It’s really starting to annoy me.

Premium Members should not get ads, unless I am confused? Make sure you are logged in.

Oh my God, thanks, yea, I wasn’t logged in. Durrrrr

I was about to celebrate there being two NC BOTW's this month but yours in in SC.

We shall still claim it. 🥳

Have you updated your car warranty…, lol

Carolina BOTWs!

Wow! I had a great time this weekend letterboxing at Soups on 15th year! I have attended two now, and hope the date continues to work out.
Thank you to Nosox & hubby, your sis , Memere and all your family for putting on an outstanding event.
The carves this year were wonderful again : )

Shelly

Many thanks to all hosts and helpers for this amazing event! So many boxes! The organization and planning (and soup!) are what make this event so much fun every year :) Thank You for this amazing annual event! The extra Mini-Meet was especially appreciated.

The essays are on varying subjects, birding, friendship, technology....different things.

This review kind of makes it seem like it's almost all about birds but it's not really. He's an avid "birder" and has traveled all over the world as part of his hobby but he is not writing just about birds. He's narrating the audio book and that makes it really great.

NPR review

I have to log back in once in a while for no apparent reason and don't realize it until I see the ads. I never logged out.

Attending Soup's On has been on my bucket list and I finally made it happen. It truly is a wonderful event; if anyone is wondering about going, let me encourage you to do it! The hosts are phenomenal, the variety of trail plants was such fun, and meeting more letterboxers to add to my ever growing list is such a bonus.

And, of course, the soup. I would love the recipe for the Lentil Apple Bacon soup.
Angel Winks

Yep, that’s what happened. I am auto logged in all the time and I guess Atlas felt it was time for me to take a break and kicked me out. 🤣

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Then may I also recommend Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder! My Goodreads review: Effective, quick-moving body horror! It felt like it was a fun series of short stories that were woven together into a pretty cohesive eldrich pastiche. The tie-ins to the Lovecraftian themes were fun and flowed well. If Lucy Snyder ever wanted to run a game of Call of Cthulhu, I would be all in!

I'm always fond of the precocious reader game: What Stephen King book did you read waaay to early? For me it was The Bachman Books then The Dead Zone when I was 12 or 13 years old.

Woot! Look at you~ 🎉

I read Lolita when I was 12. Heh

Carrie and Fire Starter and Bag of Bones (I dont believe i finished this one), but I was about 13-14 years old.
I'll definitely check out Sister, Maiden, Monster. I like the review ☆
A super quick read that I loved was SLASHER GIRLS AND MONSTER BOYS. There are about 14 young authors all written in short creepy stories that were selected by author April Genevieve Tucholke. I think it took me 3 days, and I'm a horribly slow reader. Lol
I've read so many awesome books, although of them were series (YA sci-fi fantasy mostly).
M.R. Carey has some great ones
Richard Laymon (he passed away, but there was something not right with his creations because... whoa).

Do you prefer electronic books or paper books??

Hey all...

As a reminder, Happy Daze is doing a Toys for Tots collection on December 6 from 9AM - 2PM. This is being done in conjunction with a sports card show.

In the past, we held previous LB Toys for Tots events. We hope that you will help out with this worthy cause as well..

Like we have always said :
"Together, we can make a difference in a child's life at Christmas!"

Ray and Susan
Happydaze

Thanks! That was fun to have happen. 😃

I had a very fun time at this event! It seems every year they come up with something new! I am, however, totally exhausted!

So is Mackie!

I probably should have advertised this when I started doing it earlier this year, but I’ve been doing a Box of the Month at my local bookstore, The Book Room, in Wilkesboro, NC. Unfortunately it became more of a box of every two months since nobody other than my friend and partner who I BEGGED to get it have found it ;v;

HOWEVER!! There’s an absolutely INCREDIBLE stamp in there this month/December, carved by the talented jolittleRose! So if you’re in the area, please check it out! There’s another box at The Book Room as well (plus Erica, one of the store owners, will happily share a few of her carves with you if you’d like!! She’s itching to have more letterboxer visitors), and several boxes I’ve planted in the surrounding Wilkes County that have no finds yet, as well as a Hitchhiker Hostel! And plenty of boxes in general to find if you’ve never visited the area.

Alright, that’s it for my shameless plug! Wishing you all a very happy holiday season and I hope to see your find reports in my AQ Mail ;)

Ultimately, I'm a paper guy, BUT I'm ultimately format agnostic... I use Kindle, Audible, Spotify, whatever. I'm dyslexic/a slow reader, as well and sometimes a format shift is useful to recalibrate the brain.

Both my wife (NMRK) and I definitely have dragon horde tendencies when it comes to books. We recently moved to Huntsville, AL, and there are a LOT of little libraries around town and that's fostering the otherwise rare impulse to get rid of some of our read books.

I agree, I have been attending the last few years and every year is never the same. Always keeps us guessing. Carves were great and we had plenty of laughs and of course soup. :)

Per my watch, we did 30,864 steps. woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!

On a side note, who doesn't love the fact we get a fun uber ride?.....lol.

Here's a little tip.

When I started I wasn't finding any boxes and I thought Id give up the hobby as it seemed useless.

Then someone suggested to me, until I get the hang of things, stick to finding boxes that say 'findability: good'. Those boxes usually mean they were recently found and probably still there.

To narrow it down even more, you can check out the 'planted on' dates. The newer the plant, the higher the chance it's still there.

or if you use your own ink pad after someone stamped in metallic, it could ruin your ink pad.

This is excellent advise for beginners.

We are certainly not aged veterans but we have looked for a box or two in our time, and in that time I've come to appreciate the harder searches. One of my fondest memories was finding a box that hadn't been found in about 10 years. When I sat out to find it, I knew my chances were about zero, but, these days, it's the hunt I enjoy most. Sort of a 'Zen and the Art of Letterbox Hunting' deal, ha ha.

I also found boxes that I couldn't find when I first started. I guess it like with everything else, the more practice you have, the more the clues start to make sense.

I love finding old boxes. I actually feel proud of myself if I do. lol.