Letterboxing is a treasure hunt style activity that is played all over North America, and in some foreign countries. It is similar to geocaching, but instead of using coordinates, letterboxers use clues that are posted online, on one or both letterboxing websites. And instead of trading trinkets, letterboxers trade rubber stamp images. Most letterboxers carve their own stamps, including me. Everyone has their own favorite technique. Setting out and finding the letterbox is the most fun of all! Unless, of course the box is missing. Either way, you have to log your find on the website. You can either say that you couldn't find it, or that you found it. My logbook is full of stamps from places in my town I'd never have seen if it weren't for letterboxes! There are even small letterboxes that travel from box to box that are called hitchhikers. When you find 2 sets of stamps and logbooks, one is a hitchhiker and you have the option to take it to the next box that you find. Here's a link to the letterboxing website that I normally use: atlasquest.com
You can use letterboxing.org , but I've found that Atlasquest is more recent, and has letterboxes that are more recently listed and found, so they're less likely to be missing! Atlasquest also has helpful tutorials for beginners, and discussion forms, where you can ask for advice, or just talk about your favorite hobbies with other letterboxers. You can use the search tool below to find letterboxes in your area. Or just go to atlasquest.com
Below: the parts of a letterbox, and below that, my Signature stamp + logbook.
My trailname on AQ is Asteroid_Cat.
Get outside and get letterboxing today!
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