A day on Buck Mt

Had a great hike today with Border Collie up Buck Mt. He hid a series of two boxes along the way up to the summit. The views from the top made the hike worth the work up the mountain. The day was a little warm, but very clear. We could see some of the high peaks and some nice views of Lake George.

We looked for the Leaf Letterbox, but didn’t have much luck. I am not certain that we found the right spot, but I am 60 percent sure that the box may be gone. The top got very crowded when we were looking for the box so after trying for another 20 min we bagged it. I have to come up again to get a geocache so I will look then.

All and all we have a great day!

Been Out of town

I have been attending a continuing education class at the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde park NY. What a beautiful area. I have until about Noon to myself so I have been exploring the Norrie State Park a little north of here and found a geocache and two nice letterboxes. Saw deer, rabbits pilieted wood peckers and no people!. Nice.



I even went behind our quality Inn and found a nature trail there where I found three more geocaches. (The where and who's I will list when I get home if anyone cares). That trail system seemed big and I bet that there were a few letterboxes on it. It was quiet and a lot of places to hide stuff. I don't know where the trail head is, but I believe it is referred to as the Hyde Park Nature Trail. When I reached the trail from a private access trail it was well marked, and looked like there were loops, but without a map it was hard to tell.



I also went over into New Paltz to a trail called the Rail Trail. There is a serious called the Riverdale Series, that the carving was great, but the trail is straight and the boxes were right near the trail, so it was a little hard for me to look for them even at 6 am as there were a good amount of people out taking their morning contitutionals. It was hard for me not to look suspecious and I didn't want to alarm some of the ladies that were walking on the trail by themselves. The boxes are easy to find. If I really wanted to get these boxes I would have come out with another person to act as a lookout. I only found 4 out of 13...I stopped at the fifth.



That's it from my baking adventure.

Prospect Mountain Fire Tower Letterbox

Well I got up at the crack of Dawn and placed this letterbox up on Prospect Mountain. I went up the backside and checked on my Lost Farm Letterbox and it was in good shape. Had a great hike and I think the new box is in a pretty good location. I also am using a lock and lock type container. I hope that it takes the elements better than the newer Rubbermaid containers.

Boxing and Graveyards

I was able to go after a letterbox on Friday. The Sunset on the Bog Lb by Scout and found it, but the stamp was missing. I contacted scout and him/her will carve one and send it to me to replace the missing stamp. I don’t mind going to this site as it is close to work and you have a lot of wildlife to see. I just noticed that there is a Hybrid geocache within 300 feet of the Lb so I’ll get that when I replace the stamp.

I also went after a couple of boxes in the Victory graveyard and I found the location of one of them, but I did not feel right stamping in that sacred ground. I have a great grand father in the Prospect Graveyard across the street. It just didn’t seem right. I am not going to even attempt graveyard boxes. Not right.

My Inman Pond Letterbox

When I visited my Inman Pond Letterbox I was a little sad to see that it only have one visit since July 2006. The location is wonderful and offers a good opportunity to see wildlife. This really is a perfect little hike with a nice pond at the end of the trail that will provide mom and dad with a way to keep the little one interested.

Porspect Mt

I have a new stamp carved and I am waiting for my artist drawing pad to arrive from Misterart so I can go a hide this box.

At LbNA I opened up a slot for this box, even though I didn't hide it yet as I missed hiding one on this mountain 2 years ago when hungery joe arrived. But that box was lost so now I can hide the new stamp I just carved in this location. I guess I am sort of saying dibs. If someone else hides one in the mean time I will still hide this stamp as I will link it to my Lost Farm letterbox that is about 3/4 of a mile away.

Spring 2007 Looking good

I have checked on three of my six hidden letterboxes. The Fort George Park, Col Williams Monument and Inman Pond are still in good shape and are waiting for boxers to find.

The Inman box was a little damp. I don't like the new Rubbermaid containers with the red lids. They don't seem to seal as tight as we would like. I am going to switch the two red lidded hides I have out there with Lock-n-locks as most boxers I have seen seem to like these the best and I would like to try them out.

I'm Back

I lost my letterboxing and geocaching blog over the winter. I was editing it and for some reason I deleted it. Dumb!, but shit happens right?

I have been very busy this week. I have carved three new stamps and found four geocaches so I have had a little fun.

I have also found some intesting new hiking areas that I will talk about in future posts.

So for a little while I will work at rebuilding my new blog that will hopefully be read by someone.

I will work hard at not deleting this one. ....I hope