Plans and More Plans . . .

We haven't been posting much because we've been planning - making final plans for our upcoming Dartmoor trip; preliminary plans for our June 2008 Letterboxing Cruise and initial plans for our November 2008 Bed & Boxing weekend in Jackson, NH.

Dartmoor is just a week and a half away and already I've had trouble sleeping nights! We have 7 full days planned for the Moor Tor-ists; our band of 16 letterboxers who are anxiously awaiting the trip as well.

7 of us are returning members from our original Bakers Dozen trip and 9 are newbies to to our trip with 7 being new to Dartmoor as well. This trip presented some challenge as 5 of our group are arriving from several days to a week before the core group of 11 travel on Friday, September 14. One of the highlights planned for this trip besides 3 to 4 days on the moor is a day trip to Lands End and Penzance, where we hope to leave a new series that we've all been carving called "Pirates of Penzance." We'll publish clues here on this website when we get home.

Silent Doug, one of the Dartmoor newbies coming with us along with Clueless, is bringing his laptop with him on the trip. I may be forced to post a line or two while we're away if I can sneak off behind Sue's back! If I do post, it will be just a few brief lines without pictures and the usual doodads with which we usually spruce our stories. If all else fails and we don't post during our trip, rest assured that there will be another day-by-day diary similar to our last trip. I'm taking our diary from last trip to add this year's trip's notes for that very reason.

The letterboxing cruise plans are progressing. As of this writing, we have 46 members in our party. If there are some of you that haven't signed up and are still interested, email us. We can book rooms for the cruise until January 15, 2008. The Atlas Quest event listing is located here.

There is still time if you are so inclined. How can you miss - boxing at sea and on the beautiful island of Bermuda with time for yourselves as well! We plan to hunt and leave some boxes on this pink sand island. And, like all cruises, half the fun is getting there!

Our newest Pinecone Adventure, Bed & Boxing, will take place in November of 2008. I spent Thursday evening on a conference call for about an hour making plans with the 3 inn owners as we brainstormed and filled in some needed blanks. There will be more on that after we return from Dartmoor. Signs ups are available. You will need to pay a 50% deposit by July 1, 2008. Again, more on that after we return from Dartmoor.

We have negotiated special pricing for our group for the two nights at one of 3 inns. Also planned, at an additional charge, is a private special Kick Off buffet dinner to take place the Friday night of our arrival. An organized pub dinner on Satuday night is also in the works. Both of these meals will be an additional price to the weekend stay package but will be priced affordably. If all goes well, we hope to make this an annual event with new boxes being added every year for our group.

Needless to say, while we our presence on this blog has been limited as of late, things are going crazy and much is happening in the background.