At the top, you’ll pass through two more sets of doors (one on the landing, and double doors in the hallway on your left) to get to the adult services section. These lead to the stairs to the second floor. When you enter the library foyer, you will see some double doors on the left. This letterbox can be found on the second level of the library. Photo Credit: Letterboxing on the Olympic Discovery Trail by Carissa Bonham It is very similar to the hobby geocaching – but more “old school” since you don’t use a GPS device. You can even log when you’ve found the clues on these same websites. If a letterbox is missing from its spot, you can inform the person who planted it through the site you found the clue. The fun of letterboxing is the mystery, so “letterbox etiquette” encourages that finders be discreet when they find a letterbox, respect the environment while they hunt, and that they put it back exactly as they found it with all contents intact. Often letterboxes and finders create custom hand-carved stamps, but that is not necessary. Once they have found the hidden letterbox, they make an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp in their personal notebook, and leave an imprint of their signature stamp in the box’s logbook. Finders bring their own stamp and personal notebook.
The goal is to find a letterbox (a small weatherproof box containing a logbook and a rubber stamp) through a series of clues available on websites like.
Letterboxing is a worldwide hobby that is like a treasure hunt, generally taking place outdoors and on public property. The Library has two letterboxes in the library building.