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Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Mar 25, 2024 5:42pm
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biggest tree in New York

Has anyone seen this?! I need to go see this.
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031329 by MissMoon
Mar 26, 2024 7:41am
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WOW! I would have guessed the Bedford Oak was the biggest but that is just ginormous!
Eclipse Maddness
Board: State: New York
Mar 26, 2024 11:01am
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so I just checked and almost every hotel room in Rochester NY is booked. Lucky for me (and Bmo) I booked early and have a room but its gonna be crazy. Any other LB'ers going to be in ROC for the big event? maybe we can meet up? I also have my Eclipse USA -2024 Box all set to leave behind :) and Bmo and I will be sporting our AQ eclipse glasses.

M.
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031330 by Mystic Mushroom
Mar 26, 2024 1:41pm
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I had totally forgotten that tree hunting is a thing.
Re: Eclipse Maddness
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031331 by Mystic Mushroom
Mar 26, 2024 2:12pm
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I also have my Eclipse USA -2024 Box all set to leave behind

Woo-hoooo ! :)
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031329 by MissMoon
Mar 26, 2024 4:57pm
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Pretty close to Troy - old stomping ground from the collegiate days for this eevil bug.

I do hope you find it and may be allowed to plant something sporrific.

Le Bug
L&B XXX Stamp Trackers
Board: Stamp Swap
Mar 27, 2024 6:30am
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We've already started to receive stamps for L&B XXX!!

If you haven't had chance to check out the series trackers we've listed so far, or want to check them out again to see if there are any additional stamps you'd like to help out with, here is the link to all the trackers that have been listed so far.

L&B XXX Stamp Trackers
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031332 by MissMoon
Mar 27, 2024 12:49pm
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I had totally forgotten that tree hunting is a thing.

I never knew it was, but it's cool. Thanks for the rabbit hole! ha ha. I've been trying to locate it but for some reason I guess it's location is secret.

I did find some other info about it. It's been known about in the tree-hunters community since 1950. It was officially put on the Big Tree Registry in 1972 but was taken off sometime later because of insufficient measuring documentation.

Fred Breglia found mention of it and went looking for it. So it was more research than serendipity. He also said in an interview he does not believe it's the biggest in the state.

So you NY boxers, get your hiking boots on! 😉
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031338 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Mar 27, 2024 1:55pm
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I've been trying to locate it but for some reason I guess it's location is secret.

Look up Sycamore Gap Tree.
Re: Planters wanted
Board: Traditional Letterboxes
Reply to: #1024721 by Rebiccola
Mar 27, 2024 2:04pm
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Anyone traveling to Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands this year?
I have a stamp carved for each, that I would love to have planted in these territories. Message me! Thanks!
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031340 by Summerfun
Mar 27, 2024 4:44pm
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Look up Sycamore Gap Tree.

I googled that. It was a tree in England that has been chopped down. Are you saying that's why no one wants to say where it is?
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031338 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Mar 27, 2024 4:54pm
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I did find some other info about it. It's been known about in the tree-hunters community since 1950. It was officially put on the Big Tree Registry in 1972 but was taken off sometime later because of insufficient measuring documentation.

Fred Breglia found mention of it and went looking for it. So it was more research than serendipity.

Interesting. I hadn't seen that. I wrote to him asking if it was someplace I could get to because I hadn't seen the actual location. But I haven't heard back.

I found the link for that info you found.

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/02/schaghticoke-tree-reclaims-place-as-new-yorks-largest/
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031342 by MissMoon
Mar 27, 2024 7:03pm
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Yup. A strikingly beautiful sycamore tree sitting by a section of Hadrian’s wall, it became famous after a movie scene was shot there in the 1990’s. Named “English Tree of the Year,” 2016. Cut down by vandals last year.

California has contenders for the world’s oldest tree in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest.The forest service will not disclose the locations of specific trees for fear of vandalism and/or damage from souvenir seekers, carvers, etc.
The risk is mainly for trees in somewhat remote areas.
Location fix
Board: State: Maine
Mar 28, 2024 4:55am
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Hey all,
Just wanted to let folks know that the map portion of the August event was wrong and is now fixed. Holbrook Island Sanctuary is near Brooksville in Hancock county. Also, all the trails used for event will be in the MAINLAND portion of the park. None will be placed on the island portion.

Boxing is Instru(mental): Event #4827
Re: Location fix
Board: State: Maine
Reply to: #1031346 by Basset Mom
Mar 28, 2024 7:10am
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Is this is right address to use?
172 Indian Bar Road, Brooksville

https://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/holbrook-island-sanctuary-mainland
Wes Anderson Movies . . . In order & Time to Vote for Prize
Board: Movie Moments
Mar 28, 2024 7:50am
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Hello,

The following is the complete list of Wes Anderson movies that has been officially released and have officially been entered in the jar.

Bottle Rocket 1996
Rushmore 1998
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
The Darjeeling Limited 2007
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009
Moonrise Kingdom 2012
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
Isle of Dogs 2018
The French Dispatch 2021
Asteroid City 2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More 2024

I am a bit worried I might not be able to find them all, so we shall see how this journey goes.

Now as previously discussed, there is a trivia and prize with this round of Movie Reviews. But I wasn't sure if I should do just a one for all care package or favorite movie gift as THE PRIZE.

So, it's now time to vote. If you think it should be a general care package for all hit the "funny" button. If you feel it should be a prize based on the winner's favorite movie, hit the "hug" button.

Final count is on Sunday when I release the first movie to be reviewed.

csk
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031338 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Mar 28, 2024 8:31am
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So you NY boxers, get your hiking boots on!

Seems to me that you're only a couple of hours from many of the largest trees in the world in Sequoia NP. I couldn't find any boxes around that area. Think we need to make a trip down there sometime soon. :-)

Old Blue
Re: Wes Anderson Movies . . . In order & Time to Vote for Prize
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1031348 by Captain Slick Kitty
Mar 28, 2024 8:32am
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Awesome movies!
Re: Biggest Tree In New York
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031350 by DoubleSaj and Old Blue
Mar 28, 2024 9:28am
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Not a bad idea!
Re: Location fix
Board: State: Maine
Reply to: #1031347 by SherlockMiles
Mar 28, 2024 11:57am
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Yes
Re: Location fix
Board: State: Maine
Reply to: #1031353 by Basset Mom
Mar 28, 2024 12:12pm
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LOL! Scott will probably suggest we get there the more direct route… on the jetski across the bay leaving from Searsport. The ride over will be calm and beautiful, the ride back will be like the storm scenes from The Perfect Storm. However, it would shave off about a half hour drive each way.
Re: Location fix
Board: State: Maine
Reply to: #1031354 by Jiffy
Mar 28, 2024 12:14pm
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I remember saying you could jetski there. :)
Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Mar 29, 2024 7:12am
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Today's question manifests from the curiosity of Angel Winks, and is perfectly timed, since many of us may be thinking about our summer weekends and vacation time.

What is a place, in the state or province you live, that you would recommend to others as a letterboxing destination or vacation? (Not just letterboxing, but food, accommodations, sights to explore, etc)

I live in Maine and Maine as a whole is a great letterboxing destination!! We have large pockets of concentrated letterboxes all over the state, Southern Maine, Midcoast Maine, Acadia and Downeast, the lakes and foothills of Central and Western Maine. If I were to recommend a trip in Maine, I would recommend Maine's Route 1 road trip from Fort Kent to Kittery. The entire route!!!

ATVRacer and I did this two years ago, we drove up to Fort Kent, overnighted and started our road trip. We broke it up into 2 hour sections of drive time, in other words, each night we would stop in a town approximately two hours from where we started that morning. This gave us plenty of time to letterbox and explore different sights each day and we would actually be on the road around 6-7 hours a day. It took us 9 days from start to finish, because we actually broke up the drive from Portland, where we both work, north to Fort Kent into two days, stopping halfway in Orono. On top of that, we took the Dork Dog Duo and had dog-friendly accommodations and restaurants each night. I did a lot of planning and made reservations for each night about 2-3 months ahead of the trip, just to make sure we would have a bed and we would know where we were stopping. This was also the trip we planted the Maine's Route 1 - Library series, so I was also planning all the libraries we would be stopping to plant at. A trip to remember for sure!!

Something to think about if you're planning to attend L&B XXX in 2028! But, the truth is you can't go wrong letterboxing in Maine!
Re: Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1031364 by Jiffy
Mar 29, 2024 8:54am
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I live in Maine and Maine as a whole is a great letterboxing destination!! We have large pockets of concentrated letterboxes all over the state, Southern Maine, Midcoast Maine, Acadia and Downeast, the lakes and foothills of Central and Western Maine. If I were to recommend a trip in Maine, I would recommend Maine's Route 1 road trip from Fort Kent to Kittery. The entire route!!!

I do not have any specific recommendations however I have been researching letterboxing roadtrips and the Maine coast (actually the entire New England coastline) is high on my list of future trips. Another is the Pacific Northwestern coastline from San Francisco all the way up into Canada.
Re: Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1031364 by Jiffy
Mar 29, 2024 12:46pm
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I highly recommend all of western Massachusetts along the NY border!

In the SW corner, the Stockbridge/Lenox area has lots of shops, historical places, Tanglewood, the Norman Rockwell Museum, plus tons of beautiful hikes to find boxes. Bash Bish Falls is the highest waterfall in MA.

In the NW corner, the Williamstown/North Adams area has beautiful Mount Greylock, which is the MA highpoint and has a number of boxes on gorgeous hikes, some with waterfalls. You can drive right up to the top, which has a tower and amazing views. My husband and I were there after dark on July 4 one year, and we could see clusters of fireworks going off in different towns--all silent, because of the distance from us. It was so cool! Besides Mount Greylock, there's a long, paved rail trail with some very scenic views, Mass MOCA (a modern art museum), and restaurants and more historic places in the area.

Yumgirl and I meet up to box in western MA and always find beautiful spots to hike and explore!
Re: Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1031364 by Jiffy
Mar 29, 2024 1:03pm
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If I were to recommend a trip in Maine, I would recommend Maine's Route 1 road trip from Fort Kent to Kittery

Great suggestion! I have done parts of that drive, but mostly from Kittery, through Ogunquit (Perkins Cove and Marginal Way) to Kennebunkport, detouring to the Cliff Walk at York Harbor Beach and Nubble Lighthouse at Cape Neddick. Beautiful scenery, especially in Autumn, and lobster.

I live in Texas, so I would recommend coming in Winter or early Spring. One drive that is particularly nice that time of year is along the Gulf Coast from just north of Corpus Christi to Port Isabel, just east of Brownsville. You can possibly see whooping cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge or by taking a boat tour in Rockport, then head south to The Big Tree by Goose Island State Park. It is one of the largest live oak trees in the U.S. and is over 1000 years old. Continue on to Aransas Pass and across the bay to Port Aransas on the free ferry, then down the peninsula to Padre Island National Seashore. This area is far enough south of the Mississippi River to have clear water and fairly white sand. Then continue into Corpus Christi and south to the southern portion of Padre Island in Port Isabel. You can visit parts of Spacex Starbase in Boca Chica and depending on Spacex launch schedules you might even get to see a rocket launch from further away. I'm still hoping to see one myself.
The area is very popular during Spring Break so I would avoid that time. It is also popular with many northerners who come live in South TX each winter and are known as "Winter Texans". If you are tired of shoveling snow next winter, it might be worth a trip!
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Board: State: New York
Mar 29, 2024 1:12pm
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So I got a letter from the folks at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge who are not at all happy about the letterboxes that they've discovered on their property. Just a reminder that letterboxes are not permitted in national wildlife refuges, and the boxes that are located here should be removed. They asked me to remove them--why they would think I'd be anywhere New York anytime soon to do that is beyond me. If you live nearby and have time, please remove them and see if you can return them back to the owners before they decide just to throw them in the trash.

These are the ones I could find on AQ:


Some of these are undoubtedly missing and were already retired, and others are probably missing but were not marked as retired, but some are definitely still in place and need to be removed. I'm going to mark all of the "active" and "unknown" boxes as "unavailable" so they don't show up in searches, but the "unavailable" ones need to be removed or confirmed missing.

Thanks!

-- Ryan
Re: Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1031364 by Jiffy
Mar 29, 2024 2:42pm
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Narragansett RI is slightly less expensive than Newport RI and there is an over abundance of letterboxes in Washington County (aka South County, which isn’t a real place at all, it’s just what we call everything south of the Tower).

Warrior Woman
mermaid
Re: Friday Distraction - 3/29/2024
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1031370 by Rocklun
Mar 29, 2024 3:11pm
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Just remember the dump is closed on Thanksgiving in Stockbridge.

All kidding aside, it's a great place to visit.
Re: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #1031372 by Green Tortuga
Mar 29, 2024 3:49pm
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Did you tell them you live in Washington.....the one on the west coast? :)

Someone just accidentally found them? Just curious.