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General Boxes (all boxes listed
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Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (record your
find)
Placed on 10/23/04 in Medina, NY (Orleans County)
This
box is located at the Medina Railroad Museum
in Medina, NY
(can be found with a simple internet search). The clues are very simple. On
the north side of the main building, you'll notice a platform. Part of the
side of this platform is covered and has No Parking signs on it. Right where
the boards stop covering the sides, you'll find a gap where you can reach-ch-ch in and boogie on back to your car to stamp!
The museum is pretty cool, too...you can take holiday rides as well as visit
the miniature trains inside...it's MUCH bigger than it looks!
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Placed on
11/26/04 in Carrollton, TX
(Denton County)
Carrollton
was the Sprite's home in the 90's and we return here each Thanksgiving, so we
decided to leave a little part of us behind this holiday. In Carrollton, take Frankford Road to where Dickerson and Rosemeade meet. Take Rosemeade
past E.L. Kent Elementary School
(on left) and cross over the culvert to the park on the right. Turn right on Greenglen around the edge of the park and park your car
down by the metal bridge that crosses the creek. Take a look around and enjoy
the view, but before you even cross, make sure to check under the left side
of the bridge behind the oddly circular piece of cement for what you seek.
Make sure the parkgoers
are looking the other way when you acquire and rehide
this one...happy hunting!
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Placed on 10/17/04 and moved to Depew, NY (Erie County)
This box was the first and the inspiration for our series
"Something I'm Thankful For", which was placed for the Western NY
Gathering on November 13, 2004. We were trying to bring a little letterboxing
sprite or Highlander into this world back then, so we decided to place this
box outside our doctor's office. No sprites or Highlanders yet, but we still
get to practice! ;-)
Depew
is essentially east of Buffalo.
From the NYS Thruway (I-90), take the Transit Road exit to Depew (Should be
#49, just before the main Buffalo
tollgate. Turn right on Transit (south) and follow it for about 5 or 6 miles
until you get to 4845 Transit Road, a small office complex on your left that
has a Quest Labs in it (as well as a few other doctors). Park in the front
lot and walk through the space in between the L shaped building until you get
to the dumpster in the back (or drive around to the back in your vehicle).
The complex is adjacent to a set of apartments, but you don't need to go that
far. Check the grass under the shrub/tree near the transformer box to find
the letterbox in question.
This is an urban area, so be as careful with this
box...well, as you would our own child! ;-) Once you get the box, you can actually
sit in your car and stamp without looking too suspicious, but there are
windows that look out from both the office complex and the apartments...be
careful of who's watching!
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Flying J (record your
find)
Placed on 1/4/05
in Pembroke, New York
(Genesee County)
Missing as of 7/11/07…will be replaced soon!
This box is right near a place near and dear to our
heart, the Flying J. The Flying J is a a nice clean truck stop that has saved our lives many a
time. From rushed birthday cards to last minute birthday gifts, showers and
dinners, even mini tvs and DVDS...the Flying J has
it ALL! We just love going it to see if they have whatever bizarre items we
want...and they've only NOT had the item once!
Take the New York Thruway to the
Medina/Pembroke exit #48 (the Six
Flags Darien
Lake exit), or for
local folks, take Route 77 to where it meets the Thruway. Pull into the
parking lot for cars and RVs and park right next to the light post near the
big Flying J sign (on your right as you pull in) Stop and check the warped
metal casing at the base of the light post for this LB in a pill bottle. Stop
inside and take a look around, too…you never know what you want until
you’ve checked the Flying J!
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If Only For A
Moment… (record your
find)
Placed on 11/12/04 in Lockport, NY (Niagara County)
The
Children’s Memorial Park is located at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue
and Transit. It’s dedicated to the memory of all those
whose lives were cut short, but is such a beautiful place that you
can’t help but picture those children running around here enjoying
themselves forever after. Wedding parties even take their photos there, so
it’s quite picturesque.
To find
the stamp, simply locate the flagpole near the center of the park. Next to it
is a post that’s much shorter with what looks like some sort of
electrical box on it. Check around in the low cut shrubbery at the base of
this pole on the side the white box is in on.
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KCSB the LB (record your
find)
Placed on 11/24/05 in McKinney, TX (Denton County)
This tribute to KC and the Sunshine Band
was once part of the now defucnt Disco PLB Ring,
but is now delighting disco divas and ducks in the Dallas
area...can you dig it?(okay, McKinney, but Dallas starts with a D!).
To locate this one, first find the Community Center Nature Trail, which is
near Towne Lake
Park in McKinney. If you're coimng
in from the south, take the El Dorado exit and follow the service road past
El Dorado to Park View (which is the road just before the Cinemark 14
Theater. Turn right on Park View and make the first right into the closest
parking lot (if you make it to the stop sign, you've gone too far.
Park in this lot and cross the bridge that leads to the Community Center
Nature Trail. Once you've crossed the bridge, start up the path and count the
lamp posts on your right. Between the 3rd and 4th lamp post, look in the
foliage to the right for the two large fallen logs. One has a hole facing
upward toward the sun. Move the bark around in this hole to uncover a little
Sunshine (Band!).
This seems to be a heavily trafficked area, so be careful in acquiring, but
even more careful in rehiding this box! You need to
bring your own ink, but the stamp is intricate enough that you'll probably
want to bring different colored markers to make it look good!
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Little Cabin
In Indian Falls (record your
find)
Placed
on 1/9/05 in Indian Falls, New
York (Genesee
County)
This box isn’t far from the Flying J, but the
location it represents is a small restaurant in Indian Falls.
The Log Cabin Restaurant is just as nice and clean as the Flying J, but just
not quite as appetizing, in our opinion (stop in for a bite and prove
we’re wrong, please!) It is, however, an actual log cabin, which we
love, and it DOES have a little hidden waterfall just behind it, which is
even nicer.
From the Flying J, head across the street to the truck parking for Subway. Head
all the way to the back of the lot behind Subway itself,
staying to the left where all the giant rocks line the lot. Go to the
last one, where you’ll see a sign that says “No Dumping”.
Underneath the edge of the large rock is a smaller one. Lift it up for Little
Cabin In Indian Falls.
If you really want to see the
restaurant itself, head north on Route 77 to Indian Falls.
You’ll eventually drive down a hill that crosses over a small bridge.
DO NOT cross over, but turn left and pull into the parking lot of the Log Cabin.
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Replaced on 7/15/2004 in Lockport, NY (Niagara County)
This box was moved from Outwater Park after vandals destroyed the
container. Luckily, we were able to recover the stamp and have moved it to a
more appropriate location:
To get to Lockport:
From the NYS Thruway, take the Airport exit (Route 78/Transit Road) all the
way into Lockport.
If you're already in the Western New York
area and know the back roads, you can take take the
990 to Millersport, which dead ends into Transit, too.
Once in Lockport,
follow the signs to the two canal locks right in the middle of town. Park
nearby and take the stairs down to the locks on the SOUTH side (NOT the side
the towpath is on!). Head EAST down more stairs and along the canal, keeping
the cement wall on your right. The wall eventually curves away from the
sidewalk and heads uphill, becoming a old stone
wall. A hole in the wall that looks like someone has tried to partially
refill it with cement is here. Just below this hole to the bottom left is a microbox (Altoids tin)
containing a smaller version of the old Flight of Five that made Lockport famous. You’ll have to move two flat rocks about
half your palm size to see it.
Please be sure to be EXTRA discreet in acquiring and replacing this box. This
is right in town and LOTS of people hang around, so watch for tourists on the
bridge and on the opposite side of the canal…you are visible from quite
a few locations!
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Replaced on 7/11/2007 in Lockport,
NY (Niagara County)
This box was moved from downtown Buffalo after it was muggled. The stamp has
been recarved, but is the same image:
Locate the place in Lockport
where heavenly bodies meet male deer (this should not far from Lockport failed attempt
at Walden Galleria status!). They have a place out front with a metal fence
around it to enjoy what you’ve purchased inside. From the front door
facing this area, you’ll notice several large rocks on the other side
of the fence. No need to jump the rail…just have a seat near the rock
in the very middle. Look under the rock close to where it nearly touches the
railing (some light foliage and a small rock covers this).
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The Mystery
of A’Tuin (record your
find)
Placed
on 12/22/04 in New York
This box is officially retired!
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Placed on
11/28/2004 in Addison, TX
(Dallas County)
This
box is officially retired!
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The Letterbook (record your
find)
Placed on 9/23/04 in Medina,
NY (Orleans County)
Letterboxes
you've seen
But take a
look
At our new
letterbox
The Letterbook.
First go to Medina
To the middle
of town
Near Main and Center
Have a look
around.
See all the
sights,
But the place
you'll stop
Is a lovely
little store
That's called
The Book Shoppe.
Inside will
be books
But the ones
you should see
Are on the
second shelf
Of
"History"
On that shelf
In that
bookcase
Is a
Southwestern book
That seems
out of place
Once you open
it
Inside you'll
find
A logbook and
stamp
But no ink,
so bring thine (poetic license)
As always, be
sure
To be nice and
neat
Even thought
the owner knows
You should
still be discreet.
Once you're
done,
Don't rush
off to go
Stay and look
around
And have a
cup of joe!
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Sprilander HH Hostel (record
your find)
Placed on 9/19/04 in Medina,
NY (Orleans County)
The Sprilander HH Hostel is an equal
opportunity hostel and letterbox with its own personal stamp. We accept all
types of HHs, including postal, but make sure we
know if you want it to STAY postal or to be put in the hostel for mainstream
letterboxing. The hostel is meant to help move hitchhikers around, so take
one with you, log it out of the box and replant it in another letterbox
somewhere!
Find your way into the heart of city of Medina,
where Main (Route 63) crosses over Center Street.
Once there, turn left (west) onto Center
Street. Keep going past several streets on
Center until you find a street name that suggests sand, waves and sunshine.
Turn right and park at the dead end as far left and down as you can without
getting on the grass. Right in front of your bumper in the underbrush hides
the Sprilander. (NOTE: Since the underbrush loses
its leaves during the late fall and winter months, try parking to the RIGHT
and looking under the evergreen right next to your car on the right if there
isn’t enough foliage to hide the box on your left)
This is a pretty quiet little area and definitely residential, so
try not to look TOO shifty while stamping and do NOT freely wander the grassy
areas around you. No matter how much they look like park lands, they're
actually people's lawns! The park bench is available for your use,
however…enjoy!
While you're in town, why not check for the Boogie Fever, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie,
or the Letterbook?
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Placed on
5/21/2005 in Clarence Hollow, NY (Erie
County)
This box was originally part of the huge Royalton Ravine series
and was called To Your Health. The stamp is still the same, but the location
is new and quite worth the re-find! Incidentally, the reason we chose the
location is because the historic museum here is actually the old home of
Wilson Greatbatch, the inventor of the first
implantable pacemaker! If you’d like to make a nice weekend of it, the Asa Ransom House
is a stone’s throw past this box and it’s the best bed &
breakfast in town, not to mention an award-winning restaurant.
Head down Route 5 from Williamsville and take it all the way
until you get to the Clarence
Historical Museum at 10465 Main Street (the entrance
is on the right, just past the soccer fields and before the Asa Ransom House).
Pull into the parking lot and park at the far end near the picnic tables and
lake. Head down to the lake and go around to the side with the bridge. Before
you cross the bridge, look to your left and you’ll see a faint path
heading along the creek into the woods. At the start of this path, head 10
steps in and look down to the left. A fallen tree leans up against a tree
near your path. You’ll have to leave the path and climb down a little
to lift some deadwood for this box.
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