Happy Birthday LbNA #10264 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | 'DDD'  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 23, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hollis |
| County: | Hillsborough |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | cjbexplorer |
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| Last found: | Jun 23, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Nov 6, 2015 |
THIS BOX HAS BEEN PULLED AS OF 5/12/10 - THEY ARE LOGGING IN THE AREA.
Stamp: A NEW hand carved stamp replaces the old one
Trail Difficulty: Easy
Clue Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 30 minutes round trip
HISTORY - 1st placed on 8/21/05
This box was originally planted on an island in the Nashua River to celebrate my 51st birthday. Since only 1 boxer was ambitious enough to actually go and get it (sorry about the stamp by the way, all that effort deserved more than a store bought stamp)- I’ve decided that, just as I keep moving and changing, this box will keep moving, finding another favorite spot each season. This year it’s in a newly discovered area. When I realized it encompassed several of my favorite pastimes (golf, paddling the Nashua, and hiking) I knew I’d found this year’s hiding spot. And the plus for all of you is that it takes no more than the normal effort to find it. (Update 2006 - it's staying put for the time being.)
TO FIND THIS BOX.... FIRST GO TO http://www.hollis.nh.us/trails/Maps/rrat020406_240dpi.pdf TO PRINT OUT A TRAIL MAP OF THE AREA. (This will be a great help if you plan on further exploring the area. It takes about 2-2 1/2 hours to complete the loop on the south side of Rideout Road. There are many snowmobile trails -not shown on the map- branching off from the main trails.)
Take exit 5W off the Everett Turnpike (Route 3). Head towards Hollis, NH and Pepperell, MA on Route 111. After approximately 3.9 miles and 5 sets of lights (counting the one as you come off the highway) you'll take a right on Depot Road. (You'll have just crossed the Nashua River on Runnells Bridge.) Go about .6 miles and take a right on to Rideout Road. Go .4 miles more and see the wooden signs on either side of the road for the Flint Brook Project, Hollis Conservation Commission. Park in the pulloffs on either side of the road then . . .
Sing to the tune of Happy Birthday
Take the trail that heads south
To the fork in the trail
Take the right fork, to the river
Reach the bank and you’re there!
OK that’s enough of that. It should only take 10-15 minutes to get to the river. The golf course across the way is the Overlook, the brook is Flint Brook, and the river is the Nashua. If you were on the river and paddled up around that bend to the right, you’d be able to see the island where this box was originally planted.
Anyway, while gazing out at the river, look to your left. You’ll see a large oak with a scar at the bottom, leaning over the river a bit and surrounded by a few young pine trees. Starting at that tree, walk back up the path you arrived on for 142 steps (give or take a few) and you’ll see a large and very knobby oak tree on your right. Notice the pine tree to its left that splits into two and then twists around itself further up, cool huh? Now walk 10 more steps up the path and look to your right. Off in the woods you’ll see a large pine doing the hippy, hippy, bump. Look around the back side of the pine, under bark and leaves. Oh joy!
On the return trip, you might want to explore a little further down the trail you didn’t take when you went right at the fork for more river views. Very interesting, lots of pib old pine trees and some nice views of the river.
Stamp: A NEW hand carved stamp replaces the old one
Trail Difficulty: Easy
Clue Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 30 minutes round trip
HISTORY - 1st placed on 8/21/05
This box was originally planted on an island in the Nashua River to celebrate my 51st birthday. Since only 1 boxer was ambitious enough to actually go and get it (sorry about the stamp by the way, all that effort deserved more than a store bought stamp)- I’ve decided that, just as I keep moving and changing, this box will keep moving, finding another favorite spot each season. This year it’s in a newly discovered area. When I realized it encompassed several of my favorite pastimes (golf, paddling the Nashua, and hiking) I knew I’d found this year’s hiding spot. And the plus for all of you is that it takes no more than the normal effort to find it. (Update 2006 - it's staying put for the time being.)
TO FIND THIS BOX.... FIRST GO TO http://www.hollis.nh.us/trails/Maps/rrat020406_240dpi.pdf TO PRINT OUT A TRAIL MAP OF THE AREA. (This will be a great help if you plan on further exploring the area. It takes about 2-2 1/2 hours to complete the loop on the south side of Rideout Road. There are many snowmobile trails -not shown on the map- branching off from the main trails.)
Take exit 5W off the Everett Turnpike (Route 3). Head towards Hollis, NH and Pepperell, MA on Route 111. After approximately 3.9 miles and 5 sets of lights (counting the one as you come off the highway) you'll take a right on Depot Road. (You'll have just crossed the Nashua River on Runnells Bridge.) Go about .6 miles and take a right on to Rideout Road. Go .4 miles more and see the wooden signs on either side of the road for the Flint Brook Project, Hollis Conservation Commission. Park in the pulloffs on either side of the road then . . .
Sing to the tune of Happy Birthday
Take the trail that heads south
To the fork in the trail
Take the right fork, to the river
Reach the bank and you’re there!
OK that’s enough of that. It should only take 10-15 minutes to get to the river. The golf course across the way is the Overlook, the brook is Flint Brook, and the river is the Nashua. If you were on the river and paddled up around that bend to the right, you’d be able to see the island where this box was originally planted.
Anyway, while gazing out at the river, look to your left. You’ll see a large oak with a scar at the bottom, leaning over the river a bit and surrounded by a few young pine trees. Starting at that tree, walk back up the path you arrived on for 142 steps (give or take a few) and you’ll see a large and very knobby oak tree on your right. Notice the pine tree to its left that splits into two and then twists around itself further up, cool huh? Now walk 10 more steps up the path and look to your right. Off in the woods you’ll see a large pine doing the hippy, hippy, bump. Look around the back side of the pine, under bark and leaves. Oh joy!
On the return trip, you might want to explore a little further down the trail you didn’t take when you went right at the fork for more river views. Very interesting, lots of pib old pine trees and some nice views of the river.