Letterboxing with Mark & Sue: The Gathering of the Decade!

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)

Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Gathering of the Decade!

Der Mad Stamper has announced tentative plans for a gathering to be held just outside of Portland, OR called "We Live & Breathe Letterboxing - A Decade of Obsession" This title is a play on words of the title of the original article in the Smithsonian Magazine that started the obsession in letterboxing in the US called "They Live & Breathe Letterboxing."

The tentative weekend gather is set for September 19 to 21, 2008 and promises to be "a weekend jam-packed full of letterboxing madness and mayhem to help celebrate the ten year anniversary of our beloved hobby."

Der Mad Stamper and Friends have set up a website on which the plans will be unfolding in the coming months. The organizers will take care of all of the plans - food, cabins, entertainment and amazing letterboxes! Costs and more info to follow. This is surely an event you will not want to miss. Knowing Mitch, you can expect wonderful and crazy things.

Go ahead - pencil it in on your calendar! We'll see you there!

posted by Mark and Sue at Thursday, July 12, 2007

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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.