Letterboxing with Mark & Sue: The First Mystery Box Planted!

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)

Monday, August 21, 2006

The First Mystery Box Planted!

Looks like Scout from NY is the first letterboxer to plant a clue as part of the upcoming National Mystery Box Planting day! Her new box, Virginia's Engineering Wonder, was planted somewhere in VA this weekend.

Please be sure to include the tag line (like Scout did,) "part of the National Mystery Letterbox Planting Day" in your clues so the letterboxing world will know that you support the planting of more cerebral, mystery boxes!

Also, please be sure to place your vote for the actual day that you would like to declare the Plant a Mystery box day in our poll below. Looks like we have 2 dates running neck-in-neck and we may need a run-off vote!

UPDATE: I made a big mistake!

I had forgotten that Peace Balance of NY had emailed me his contribution almost a week before the above box was planted. Sorry, PB! Here's his mystery box - QKA LB. Good luck solving this one!

posted by Mark and Sue at Monday, August 21, 2006

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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.