Dartmoor Geocoin

Speaking of Dartmoor, check out my link to The Geocoin Store. Under their Bargain Bin section, they still have Dartmoor geocoins for $5.00. Even if you don't collect geocoins, it still might be something neat to have. . .

Houston Retirees

Working my way through pulling some of my Houston boxes to retire them. Mostly the microboxes. The logbooks just fill up too quick, and I don't want to have to rely on someone to replace for me. Besides, they've been out long enough for most local people to get them by now.

Today I pulled 'Gutenberg' and 'Black Horse'. Hope you had a chance to get them. 'Gutenberg' was especially hard to pull as I really love the Museum of Printing History. My background is in printing, so I can really relate to everything in the building. (If you're ever interested in the old metal type, they have a printing club that meets there and you can hook up with one of the older guys to show you the presses and even set your own type.)

'Black Horse' was a letterbox/geocache hybrid. Same box for both. Frankly, it saw many more geocachers than letterboxers. But it's always fun to see new people stamp in, so I enjoyed seeing some sig stamps I hadn't seen before.

Next up to pull is the Trivial Pursuit series in Memorial Park.

Missing Anything?

Since this blog was completely started over and I lost/left behind over 2 years of postings, just wanted to ask my Texas people (if you're still reading this) if there is something missing from the original blog that I need to add or address. . .?

There will still be some of my boxes left to find around Houston, as well as the 2 Texas Tour Buses I started. (How do you like Team New Hampshire picking up my idea on those and starting one up there?!) If/when any of my remaining boxes go missing, they will be retired and not replaced.

You can post to the comments section if you have suggestions or feedback.

Only 2 more weeks with my computer before it's packed up in a container and shipped across the Atlantic along with everything else we own. (Yikes! Hope a big hurricane doesn't decide to tear across there in July!)

Gertrude Wellie Challenge Update

For those of you in Houston who saw my Gertrude Wellie Letterbox Challenge here on my blog, I just wanted to give you an update. At least 3 of the boxes have gone missing, so I have decided to go ahead and pull the whole series. As each box contains the clue to the next one, it really took the wind out of the sail to have to forward email clues because a box was missing. It only makes sense to retire them as I won't be here to update or replace.

Anyway, thanks for participating. Hope you enjoyed it. Box 1, Box 8, and the prize/bonus box are still out there as of this date.

I'm still deciding on what to do with the stamps. At this point, I think a final box with the leftover stamps may be appropriate. Keep checking back on this blog. Once I place it, I'll put the clue here as a WOM and the box listed on AQ for you list as a find.

Dartmoor 100 Club Update

A post from last week regarding the new administrators for the Dartmoor Letterbox Club. . . .

END OF AN ERA. Godfrey Swinscow, founder of the ���100 Club��� has decided to retire! but will continue to try and maintain the ���Club Collection��� of stamps by relying on members providing him with copies. The Club started in 1979 when there were only 100 boxes on Dartmoor, and there are now almost 14.000 members. Godfrey would like to thank all those who have helped him over the years. Special thanks to Stephanie and Roger Paul who have kindly agreed to take over from him on the 1st July 2007. They will be responsible for enrolling new members and supplying 100 ��� 5000 badges and membership cards. Details and Rules of the Club remain the same as in the Catalogue of Dartmoor Letterboxes published by Tony Moore, except for the change of name and address to send your details for application of membership, which should now go to:- Stephanie and Roger Paul, Lower Burrows, Shilstone Lane, Throwleigh, Okehampton. EX20 2HX. Tel. No. ��� 01647 231080. Please make any cheques payable for badges to S.Paul.

More Creative Stamps

This was another awesome stamp at the gathering. I missed getting a photo of the logbook, but it was bigger than the stamp!

Creative Stamps

This was one of my most favorite stamps from the gathering. How neat and creative is this?!