The Little Red-Haired Girl in my third grade class was the center of my world. She was always so nice to me and I think she knew I liked her.
I was too embarrassed to tell her my feelings so I decided to make her a Valentine’s Day card after school to let her know how special she was to me!
I addressed the Valentine as: “To Someone I Really Like!” then poured out my admiration for her on paper. I added a few heart-shaped doodles just in case she didn’t get the message and printed my name.
I knew that once she received my Valentine she would give one back to me telling me how much she liked me. She would be my sweetheart!
I forgot the stamp needed for the card and wasn’t sure of her address. I remembered seeing her mother at the Post Office and noticed their mailbox was only a few away from my Grandmother’s.
I walked to the Post Office with my Valentine in hand to give it to the mailman that worked there. He knew everyone in our small town.
When I arrived, he told me that my card couldn’t be mailed without a stamp. I didn’t have one. He could see my disappointment but knew this was special card. He said all he needed was a mailbox number and he could get it to the right person. What Luck! I quickly counted several mailboxes over from my Grandmother’s and wrote the needed number on my card!
I skipped all the way home, passing up chances to play outside with a few of my friends. I guess that funny feeling I had about the Red-Haired Girl wasn’t too yucky. It made me feel good thinking she might give me that Valentine’s Day card I always wanted from her!
On Valentine's Day at school, I didn't get a card from "My Sweetheart". That afternoon and several days after, I checked the mailbox for that special card I knew she would send to me. It never came.
I finally discovered why I never received a Valentine from the Little Red-Haired Girl. She never got mine! I must have placed the wrong mailbox number on the card! Where did it go?
My younger sister and her dorky little friend from down the street were already at the house when I got home from school the next day. She thanked me for the Valentine she received in the mail and told me that “She really liked me too!”
GOOD GRIEF!
I obviously miscounted which Post Office box to place my card in years ago. Maybe this year, with your help, I can find the correct mailbox of my sweetheart so she can get my Valentine and I can get one back!
****** THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES ******
Here are the INSTRUCTIONS for calculating the final coordinates of the Letterbox Hybrid cache:
1. Proceed to the posted coordinates. Take notice of the FIVE digit number on the top part of the building. The FIRST 3 numbers will be A.
2. Next take notice of the FOUR numbers below (just above the entry doors). The LAST 3 numbers will be C.
3. Enter through the doors and take notice straight ahead of you of the three vertical sections of post office boxes on the wall.
4. Start from the highest right corner box of the third section. From there, count left eight boxes, then count down nine boxes. This Box # will be b. Next, multipy this Box # (b) by two to get B. (b x 2) = B
5. Next start from the highest left corner box of the first section. From there, count right four boxes, then count down seven boxes. This Box # will be D.
6. From the information gathered, the final coordinates can be figured as:
For North: A+B=XXX
For West: C-D=YY
N27º58.XXX W081º53.0YY
This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache which contains a logbook for you to sign OR stamp (with YOUR stamp). You can use the stamp contained in the cache for your own logbook or paper. If you do not have your own stamp, hand drawn artwork or stickers are acceptable in the cache log. Of course, you can always just sign the log.
DO NOT TAKE THE STAMP IN THE CACHE WITH YOU! IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!
CONGRATULATIONS CelebrationKim & DirtyD13 for "FTF"! 
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