One of those three dust jackets has seen a lot duty

a reminder:
www.rubberstamps.net
is a great place for letterboxing/geocaching stamps,
self inking stamps for letterboxing those smaller log books when signature carves won’t fit.

Congratulations!!

So it's frozen winter here in the NorthEast. Using the Advanced Search to find some boxes with the Snow Friendly attribute reveals limited results, but there are some. I am excited to find some fun winter activities, until I read the clues :(

"box is at base of tree buried under sticks" "look under rotted log near star root end" "find low stump and search the small rock 3 steps left"

What the heck? There is nothing about these boxes which seems snow friendly at all, when everything ground level is frozen solid and covered in snow. I simply do not understand the thought process of someone who would list these boxes as Snow Friendly.

I mark a box as snow-friendly only if it’s 1) indoors OR 2) in a part of the country that doesn’t get snow OR 3) hanging at least 3’ off the ground, has a parking area that gets plowed, and can be accessed with snowshoes if the snow is deep.

Luckily, you folks haven’t found all of my category-3 snow-friendly boxes yet, so there’ll be something for you to do after this weekend’s snowfall! 😜

I wish all letterboxers were as responsible as Rocklun. It would make my life so much easier...

Would you consider me responsible for marking all of my Arizona boxes as Snow Friendly just because we don't get snow here???

Well, all of your boxes may be where snow does not fall, but there are places in Arizona with significant snowfall.

Arizona Ski Report

"found" a box embedded in crystal clear ice.
no amount of banging on the ice would release it.

oh well, maybe someday I'll go back for box 5 of 7.

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) ;-)

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.

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

Thank you
Didn’t know I could do that

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

Oooh thank you!

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 😂

Did you not read my post directly above yours dated the 17th acknowledging the fact that the northern part of Arizona definitely gets snow.

>>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.

Generally after a hike of a mile or two, you'll have a supply of warm fluid for melting ice handy.

ha ha ha!

Thanks for posting this! I'm one of those dummies that thought, "Okay, Crown Hill Cemetery's open in the winter! So the letterboxes here are snow-friendly."

My apologies to folks I've annoyed and I'll be going through my boxes to label them with a bit more common sense. :)

Aha... I did after. Haven't been on the boards for a while and perusing on my phone... well that I am not so good at.
Cheers!

Hello! I’m putting together teaching materials (PowerPoint, handouts, etc) to help me spread letterbox love with community outreach classes. I’m asking letterboxers of all experience levels to fill out this survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSex-YkI5GL3N2eENaqVU6xM7VtByAVOGAq2LvIiLJzpewhgkw/viewform?usp=dialog
to get me started on the right track.
Also happy to connect with folks who have done this before for advice or to see their resources.
Thank you! - AllieCat, OR