I started checking two days ago. But I started worrying when Diane Joy didn't respond to my last email. I hope they're still doing it...

Just posted a fun little swap in honour of Mr & Mrs Caveman's wedding anniversary. With a received by date of May 1st.

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?trackerId=9300

New link had the last listed wrong

I'd be interested in a GS themed ring as well.

Would be interested from a former Girl Scout dad.

Metallic inks are awful. It is a FAR better idea to stamp with clear ink and then emboss with metallic embossing powder. It's an extra step, but the results are simply spectacular.

Even if they're not (sponsoring it), I'd love to get the information. We would do the challenge anyway if we had the information.

Life long Girl Scout - very interested.

So you carry your own bags

Of course. Am a G.I.R.L. after all!

For those folks who live in colder areas, what supplies do you bring while letterboxing in the winter?

One thing I'd recommend bringing is replacement LnLs: small round, small rectangular, and large rectangular. It's easy to crack a frozen box when you're prying it out of the ground, and it's not fair to the planter if you don't replace it.

I also carry a trowel, plus a plastic bag to put stuff on when there's snow on the ground.

I just emailed Diane Joy at DEEP. She got back to me immediately! I guess this year's challenge involves photos of historic sites, and she had issues with some of the photo locations. She says it will be posted later today!

That's great Kit Kat. Thanks for letting us know!

*PHEW*
YEAH
HAPPY DANCE
SUPER SMILEY FACE

A little trowel (or a big shovel depending on how much snow there is....)

Extra hankerchiefs for runny noses

I just had a drop so there is one opening if you are interested.

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gTrackerId=9182

Hey DS! Our first job was delivering newspapers--remember? But we were tossed out.

Warm gloves, boots, earmuffs, hat, long underwear, winter coat, HEAT PACKS..... and perhaps a wee bit o' schnapps! ;o)

Pete

YAY!

Did you ask if she was still interested in the letterboxes?

If we get a chance at it, we can take it to the box that our gs troop planted last year and stamp in :-)

and perhaps a wee bit o' schnapps! ;o)

I knew my backpack was missing something! ;^)

Gee, wouldn't that be a nice FF prize for a winter-friendly box??

and perhaps a wee bit o' schnapps! ;o)

don't you mean an ein klitzekleines Bisschen of shnapps?

I carry most of that other stuff, too, but the one that makes the difference around here is to have a couple bottles of water, one in each coat pocket. It's not for me ~ a thin stream of cold water thaws frozen things quickly (like shrimp, for instance) and can usually free a box that's frozen to the ground.

She said she'd be in touch--fairly certain she is. But now we have to go back and revisit whether we can come to an agreement... when she didn't send me the list, I dropped it. I know not everyone wants public boxes...do we think there should be a public series, with an actual link to the DEEP challenge, boxes officially approved and all that, no restrictions, AND a "secret" series, probably with restrictions, only available to those who know how to search?? I am willing to be liaison with DEEP, if I can get enough people to carve and plant a public series...

Ok, so we don't get much snow in San Francisco (lol), but I'm fascinated by the shrimp you have on letterboxes in snow country!

(like shrimp, for instance)

lmao,
Yosemite

While not common, they DO exist.

Always loved using that tenet (care your own stuff) on my daughter when packing for a trip. It help her cut down to the necessities.

Jawohl!

Sounds like fun theme for me, but I typically don't do LTCs. Hold the spot until tomorrow please. I need to check to see if I still have a stamp I am thinking of re-cycling.

Are there size limits on your cards?