Letterboxing with Mark & Sue: A Whale of a Schmoopie Day!

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)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

A Whale of a Schmoopie Day!

Closeup of one of the whales on CT's Whale Trail

The Schmoopies headed out to the Whale Trail in southern CT to spot a few of those wonderful painted fiberglass whales located from East Lyme right into Rhode Island. And what would a day with the Schmoops be without a few letterboxes? Really enjoyed Butterfly's birthday tribute to Lady & the Whippet, in Niantic, entitled Friends are Uplifting. It seems like yesterday when we first met Lady & the Whippet at the Winter Boxing Drives and said we had the perfect letterboxing partner for her - Butterfly! Well they hooked up, and have been great boxing friends ever since. This birthday tribute series is a great example of their friendship for each other.

posted by Mark and Sue at Sunday, October 16, 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.