I am saddened as well. A sad day indeed.

Thank you so much for reminding me of Jacob Two-two ! I always enjoyed watching him whenever I managed to catch the show. What a hoot Jacob Two-two was to watch! Of course, I was over 50 when I first saw it. Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but I do like the cartoons. :^)

Thanks for the smile !

Don’t assume they are all gone.

Oh im not assuming they all gone however the ones that haven't been found since 2020 9mor 2023 area I've had several not be there any longer. In this area it's almost like they gave up letterboxing or mixed it with grocaching. Geocaching is there and periodically repaired or updated. Not local letterboxes it seems. I guess it been so long since I letterboxed I didn't realize so many were not m as interned I guess. If I can't find then this Dat I'll return and try again

Welcome back!
So glad you’re here! 😊
Sadly, there are some letterboxers who have left the hobby, due to various life changes. But, there are a lot of us who are still here. 👍
We recently moved to an area that has a bunch of old letterboxes that haven’t been found in over 16 years! Some of these boxes are now listed as retired, but we search for them anyhow to check out the area.
Most of these really old letterboxes are long gone, but sometimes we are successful at actually finding a box still there! It’s rare to find a box that old, which makes it extra exciting to find one of these oldies! We repair them and give them new life. Searching for old letterboxes can often bring us to historical points of interest we never knew were there.
So even if a letterboxer has left the hobby, they have left behind an amazing little gem of history, whether the box is still there or not. ❤️

Yes it is fun find old or lost ones seems since I came back that's all that is around me ones not touched I'm at least 3 to 6 years anyways. Some not there. I love it. I'm having better success with geocache hybrids..lol. if the boxes are still there I will find them if I have to go multiple times. I love the adventure with the grandkids. We are working on making some new ones for them to plant they will be really excited to see people logging their finds on their boxes. Wish them luck

I don’t post here often but something happened today while letterboxing in Virginia that I found crazy.

Me and MartyrOfMight ran into two separate letterboxers in the wild today completely by accident! Has this ever happened before to anyone else twice in the same day?

First we ran into ChikkisGarden at a cemetery while looking for a box, and then Maphead Mike downtown looking for a different box about an hour later. We all ended up exchanging and it was great!

Just surprised me that this happened twice in one day after only happening to me once before, 14 years ago.

That's pretty cool.
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So your next scheduled encounter is 28 years from now?

Truly quite the coinky-dink… lol. I never expected it to really be a thing! And it was the highlight of my day!! It was so nice to meet all three of you in the real world after seeing your siggys so many times in log books and finding so many of your plants.

It's always an unexpected treat to encounter other boxers. We once crossed paths with the same group of boxers twice in one day at completely different locations! That was interesting.

Thank you!!

If you keep your entire logbook private anyone who might want to check out your logbook for your plants won’t be able to see them.

Just sayin’.

My privacy is very important to me!

Squeak
A Nonny Mouse

Oh my gosh whatever and however you did it, it worked, and what a huge difference!!! Yes the ads are still there but they are not even remotely annoying.
Thank you so much for this tweak GT! I think it is going to make a world of difference for those that do not have the premium membership while navigating the AQ website on their phones.

If you search for boxes by a planter who has their plants restricted, you will get the following message:

"Trail name" has restricted their plants from searches.

You can frequently get around this by searching on Owner, rather than Planter, but the two are not always the same.

SPWinIL posted….
I’m not “worried” about other people’s logbooks either. Hiding the plants in their logbook is just something you very rarely see since there’s no reason to do it. Sometimes the easiest thing to do if you are interested in a certain person’s plants is to just go to their logbook.

And making that page private restricts them from searches if someone just types in the planter. They may not know they need to type in owner.

That’s been a controversial debate several times - there ARE legitimate reasons sometimes, to hide one’s logbook, even though there are ways around it for a determined person. But it’s a good idea for newbies to at least know the options available, since logbooks are hidden by default when they first join.

Plants aren't hidden by default because most people want their plants to be readily available. All the other pages of one's logbook are private by default, though.

So if plants are hidden, that's something the planter deliberately choose to hide.

-- Ryan

What he said. :)

You can see my plant hides when you pry them from my cold, dead listings!

😂

Hi,
How many ppl are on your Letterboxing crew?

Thanks

anywhere from 1 to 4

For our “Clue Crew” we used to have a bigger crew 20 years ago.
Our children have grown up and now it’s me and hubby that make up our crew.
How many are in your crew?

Usually 2. Sometimes we plan a road trip and have 3 or 4.

My crew? Uh. One?

1 to.... ????
At events, some of the groups can be several people. :)

Usually 2, but it's fun to team up with 1 or 2 others, especially at events. Teaming up with other boxers can be a great way to improve boxing skills, as everyone has a different skill set and methodology. Learning new ways to solve clues is fun! 5 or more in a group starts to get cumbersome but there are times when it still works.

We had 3 humans & 1 lab. But just like your story our son grew up.

Ummm, just me? But that will change Saturday at my first TALE!

I SOOO jealous! You are in for a great experience. Please tell the folks there that DZ&ECP say hello.