Last spring I found a letterbox by accident because I like looking under logs…? Lmfao.
So I looked into it and it’s this cute little hobby where you make a “signature stamp” and follow clues around with a book to get to a letterbox. The letterbox has a stamp in it and you stamp your book and then stamp the book in the box. You can also bring extra paper and stamp those so you can use it to make cards!
You can plant boxes as well and post on the Letterboxing sites with the general location and clues. Letterboxing site: https://www.atlasquest.com/
This site is OLD.
It explains the hobby and how to get started, etc.
I’m pretty sure like 99% of you don’t live in Minnesota so I’m just gonna share a few stamps I made for letterboxes and the log books. I won’t show anyone else’s boxes so I don’t think I’m doing anything unless I were to post on Instagram and like, tag it, you know?
Great Stamps! I did a little letterboxing years ago while visiting with some girlfriends in one of their home states. I had intended to keep up, but never did. Maybe I’ll give it another try.
Well this is awesome! I’m definitely going to give it a try and try to drag my son along. Also, wouldn’t letterboxing make a duper fun swap! We could create stamps and logbooks to exchange with our partners and send them in boxes appropriate to hide.
I used to do a bunch of letterboxing a loooong time ago, and I think back upon it every now and then, and wonder if I should start planting boxes around here.
I was sad when it kind of got overshadowed by geocaching, but maybe it’s time for a resurgence!
I long time ago I wanted to try letterboxing but I couldn’t find any boxes close to where I lived. Later I had some friends who did Geocaching with their kids but that just wasn’t for me. I like to not rely on electronics when I’m out in the nature.
Maybe I can convince my SO to give it a try if we have some nice weather this weekend.
So cool! I didn’t know this was still a thing! I was just (re)watching BBC’s Edwardian Farm series and there’s an episode where they talk about ‘rambling’ and ‘letterboxing’… but in the Edwardian era, they’d leave an actual stamped and addressed letter/postcard in the box, and the next person who came along would take it out and mail it, leaving their own for the next person. And you’d get a little reminder of your holiday/adventure.
Based on your post, I became totally ENTHRALLED with letterboxing and went down to virtual rabbit hole of reading letterboxing posts and tutorials . Thanks for posting about this.
I do letterbox hybrids through geocaching. The ones I have hidden are “true” letterboxes in that you have to follow a set of clues. Some of the letterbox hybrid geocaches are at coordinates given and don’t have a fun stamp. Or no stamp.
Lol, I guess I’m a snob about the geocaching letterbox hybrids.
. Thanks for posting about this.