UGH!

We had a frustrating LB experience yesterday.  Someone posted on AQ that they would be traveling across the country and they wanted to plant letterboxes as they went.  That sounded fun and I had a stamp idea, so I carved it up and sent it to them.  A few months later I got a message that they had planted my stamp.  The box was also listed on my list of new boxes in the area.  I guess they did that on purpose so I could do maintenance.

The box was planted 30-40 minutes from my house.  So I run up to get it on the first day and can't find it.  I send them an email and get no response.  Another local boxer goes up the same day and does eventually find it.  She emails the planters and they change the clues.  So I go up again to get it and have no problems finding it this time.  I stamped everything and was putting everything back in the pouch and the top rips off!  The planters used a sandwich bag and took the tape up to just under the zipper.

I don't carry extra pouches/boxes.  I have extra logbooks & zip bags, several sig stamps, 4 logbooks, pens, tons of ink, gloves, tongs, clipboard, compass, plastic shopping bags, and PTs.   I don't have room for boxes/pouches.  That means I have to come back again.  If this had been a month ago I would just say, "I'll get to it when I get to it."  But they were forecasting that the rain from Hurricane Isaac was supposed to reach us tonight.  They are calling for 2-4 inches.  So we went back today and replaced the pouch.  I hope I don't have to go back for quite a while.