Letterboxing with Mark & Sue: Boxing Bands Hit the Road Again!

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)

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Boxing Bands Hit the Road Again!

I sometimes think that our boxing bands get more travel time and put on more mileage than we do! We received some emails from letterboxers hosting gatherings in October asking if we would mind sending our wristbands to their gathering. They never asked us but our bands are on the way!!!

Look for our green and a few of the pink bands left from the Flamingo Caper at the following gatherings:

October 15 (Saturday) - 3rd Annual Boxtoberfest Gathering
Challenge Grove Park, Cherry Hill, NJ
Host: letterboxingbee

October 22 (Saturday) - Tarheel Treasure Hunt
McDowell Nature Preserve, Charlotte, NC
Hosts: 3Ms

If you would like our bands to make an appearance at your gathering (and not us!), please email us at mjpepe1@comcast.net. Thanks!

posted by Mark and Sue at Saturday, October 08, 2005

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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.