Letterboxing with Mark & Sue: Hartford County

Mark & Sue Pepe hail from Kensington, CT USA.

After finding our initial box in June 2002, we have since found letterboxes in 18 states and placed them in 13 states; 4 countries: Aruba, Bermuda, The Netherlands, Great Britain; and on a cruise ship! Thanks for stopping by our website and we appreciate your continued support.

"Have fun and just get out there & box!!!"

Email us: mjpepe1@comcast.net (Mark) or suepepe1@comcast.net (Sue)

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Hartford County

In an effort to make Hartford County THE mecca for CT letterboxers, a group of this county's best planters have just completed a huge planting frenzy. Check out the "What's New" list on the Letterboxing.org site for further details!

We'd like to highlight several, in no particular order:

MayEve's Mark Twain's Letterbox

Christi's No! Series

Rubaduc's What's Up Duck? [The best 'Duc in the world!]

Music Woman's My Favorite Winter Things

Bell Lady's Countryside Park

Flutterby & Fatcat's Dragon

Butterfly's Blowing in The Wind

Tom & Suz's Treasure Island

There are plenty more new ones out there - why don't you plan a weekend here in Hartford County - the new Mecca of the Letterboxing Capital of the World! ;-)

posted by Mark and Sue at Tuesday, November 23, 2004

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What is Letterboxing?
Letterboxing enthusiasts hide and hunt weatherproof containers in remote or scenic places. Each container holds a logbook, a rubber stamp and stamp pad. The planter of the letterbox distributes clues to it's location via the internet, Word of Mouth, on websites or via other means. Clues can be easy to difficult. Finding a letterbox may require a combination of skills such as mapreading, orienteering, and puzzle-solving.

Letterboxers carry their own logbook and personal stamp when hunting for hidden boxes. Upon finding a letterbox, they will imprint their own logbook using the found stamp, and leave their own stamping or personalization in the letterbox's logbook. Some artistic letterboxers carve and even design their own stamps and logbooks. Letterboxes are hidden in various locations throughout the world.

Letterboxing has its beginnings in Dartmoor National Park in England, where the first letterbox at Cranmere Pool was placed in 1854 by a Dartmoor guide named James Perrott, who left his calling card in a container there while guiding tourists through Dartmoor.