Letterboxing Swap--yes it's like geo-caching!

Hi there. I love the idea of geocaching, but didn't want to invest in the GPS equipment then find that I didn't use it. So this is appealing to me. I've looked at the site you referred to and found that A LOT of letterboxes are in the region where I live.

Here's my question though, before I commit: For this swap, are we making just the kit or are we supposed to be finding letterboxes? (Also, the notebook is the logbook, right?)

Hi Artistic, yes, the swap is just for the kit. If you find some letterbox info about your partners area you can pass it along, and s/he has the option of trying to find it and sending you a page with the letterboxer's stamp on it---but that's totally optional. The notebook is the logbook, correct. I found some mini composition books (the ones with the classic black and white spotty covers) about 3" x 4" and find that they are nice for it, a good size for a zip-loc sandwich bag.

Cyn

Hi, there.

Since I don't actually live in South Dakota, I'd like to request that if my partner sends me a letterbox clue, that it be for a letterbox somewhere close to where I will be. At the end of October, I'll be in New Orleans, and am going from there to Tennessee for the month of November, and then on to Florida for December and January. So, if you're looking for clues to send, focus on ones in New Orleans, the Chattanooga area of Tennessee, and Florida.

This will, hopefully, give you many more clues to choose from.

Also, rather than a stamp pad, would it be OK to send a sharpie? Some letterboxers prefer them, as stamp ink isn't always permanent. I've heard of better luck with pigment inks.

Thanks, Cyn. I am so in ... and excited about starting letterboxing!

This swap sounds so fun. I would be in if I did not have a heart problem that would keep me from looking for letterboxes in possibly rough terain.

Moowee, there are many letterboxes set out in easy to reach areas, too. and, with your kit from the sap, you can set out one of your own! You can register it through the main webpage of letterboxing.org and check it now and then for people like yourself who appreciate an easy walk to find them. (check out the details on the website about setting them up and where to put them, and where not to)

Several of the ones I found in New Hampshire were very easy, and I was recovering from knee surgery and had just given up my cane, so the ease was appreciated!

Cyn

Mortaine, I guess a sharpie would be ok, I don't know about pigment inks, the ones I have used take forever to dry without a heat-gun and might smudge in the log book. I use a regular stamp pad from an office supply shop, they dry quickly and have been permanent so far for my uses. Cyn

I found my first real letterbox today!!! :) (I'd found a virtual one a week or so ago.) This was the first one I'd found where I had to go a-hunting.

Way cool!

Artistic--a virtual one??? How does that work? Cyn

Hi Cyn: It was one of the links I found on the letterboxing.org site you sent me to. You can click on the regions you want to see (I clicked all over the country!) and one of them was VIRTUAL. There are a lot of virtual ones -- Web based.

You're essentially hunting up clues and and then entering a code/key. Some are easy, some are WAY difficult.

Artistic--Thanks, I'll look for it on that site, that sounds like a great thing to do when I'm doing other tedious things online, like uploading updates to my websites. Cyn

I'm interested if you do this again. Missed the deadline.

I invited a few more to join, and the Swap-bot mods extended the deadline for signing up to Oct 5, so we have a little more time. I'll assign partners right after, so get your kits ready to mail! :)

Cyn

I'm just waiting for my partner assignment, so I can make the stamp!

Partners are assigned, and everyone has a rating of 4.9 and better! Lets Swap! Cyn

Received my kit form Tori today! Thanks!

One Kit heading out in the mail to Montrose, CA! Cyn

I'm loving my kit, Cyn! Currently putting one together for Vee...

Sent!

A kit in en route to my partner. Enjoy!

I never received.