St. Patrick's Day! LbNA #13761 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 16, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Mystery |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | osugeography N5CL  |
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| Found by: | ??? |
| Last found: | Mar 17, 2007 |
| Status: | FFaFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 16, 2005 |
BACK IN PLACE...
As of about the 15th of February, 2007, this letterbox has been checked and cleaned, and put bcak in place.
The precise location has been changed by about fifty feet (as noted below) to avoid casual muggle detection.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! My St. Patrick's Day Letterbox was originally placed 3/16/2005, in the dusk. The crew of the Letterboxing Richters and Happy Days found it on the 18th!
Remember, be safe! Park and walk in a safe area. Beware of creepy-crawlies, and don't forget to watch for ticks--I picked up one last week at a country-side geo-cache. Somehow it grew quite attached to me...
Here goes: St. Patrick's Day! Where better to celebrate St. Paddy's in Oklahoma than a bustling Irish-named community of 20,000? Well, today there is no "bustle" left, only the rustle of dry leaves in the ghostly shadows... but maybe I am overdramatic--there are still over a hundred people living there now, the friendly remnants of an oil field boom-town of the early 20th century.
FIRST, you must find an Oklahoma town named for an object associated with St. Patrick. No, not snakes. In fact, this town once had a museum (the Museum of Noah's Flood) with that particular object named in its title. TODAY, there is not a sign on the building that notes it as a museum, but the building is mostly green, and on the highway running through this town.
SECOND, since you want the "gift of gab", or at least the ability to practice "wheedling flattery", you should go north from the building to the local Blarney Stone. Yes, the Blarney Stone. It is painted nearly the same color as the forementioned building. Be careful parking near the Blarney Stone--don't park on the highway, but carefully on a cross-street just south of the stone.
THIRD: You don't have to lay down and lean over backwards to kiss this Blarney Stone, but you do have to watch out for snakes (St. Patrick banished the snakes only from Ireland, and not Oklahoma, alas...) Or ticks, etc. In February of 2007, the area around the stone has been neatly cleared of brush, and the grass mowed. Kiss the Stone on its west side. From the north side of the stone, take out your compass and establish a bearing line of 60 degrees magnetic north. Take approximately 20 paces (you will move into brushy cover) until you come to the fallen trunk of a tree. On the eastern-most end, look under the bark, and you will find the letterbox. When you replace the box, be sure and gently shake off the leprechauns before carefully sealing the lid on the box, and conceal it again, as it was hidden.
NOTE The letterbox now contains for the first finder, an Irish copper penny (pence). Although there are high weeds and hidden gullies (BE CAREFUL!) it is still visible from the highway. If you can't find the Blarney Stone, look for a large one painted green--actually there is another at its base, painted green also. If you still can't find it, ask a resident where it is, but be careful not to give away the location secret.
Always be careful when letterboxing.
The luck of the Irish be with ye...
Marvin
osugeography/N5CL
As of about the 15th of February, 2007, this letterbox has been checked and cleaned, and put bcak in place.
The precise location has been changed by about fifty feet (as noted below) to avoid casual muggle detection.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! My St. Patrick's Day Letterbox was originally placed 3/16/2005, in the dusk. The crew of the Letterboxing Richters and Happy Days found it on the 18th!
Remember, be safe! Park and walk in a safe area. Beware of creepy-crawlies, and don't forget to watch for ticks--I picked up one last week at a country-side geo-cache. Somehow it grew quite attached to me...
Here goes: St. Patrick's Day! Where better to celebrate St. Paddy's in Oklahoma than a bustling Irish-named community of 20,000? Well, today there is no "bustle" left, only the rustle of dry leaves in the ghostly shadows... but maybe I am overdramatic--there are still over a hundred people living there now, the friendly remnants of an oil field boom-town of the early 20th century.
FIRST, you must find an Oklahoma town named for an object associated with St. Patrick. No, not snakes. In fact, this town once had a museum (the Museum of Noah's Flood) with that particular object named in its title. TODAY, there is not a sign on the building that notes it as a museum, but the building is mostly green, and on the highway running through this town.
SECOND, since you want the "gift of gab", or at least the ability to practice "wheedling flattery", you should go north from the building to the local Blarney Stone. Yes, the Blarney Stone. It is painted nearly the same color as the forementioned building. Be careful parking near the Blarney Stone--don't park on the highway, but carefully on a cross-street just south of the stone.
THIRD: You don't have to lay down and lean over backwards to kiss this Blarney Stone, but you do have to watch out for snakes (St. Patrick banished the snakes only from Ireland, and not Oklahoma, alas...) Or ticks, etc. In February of 2007, the area around the stone has been neatly cleared of brush, and the grass mowed. Kiss the Stone on its west side. From the north side of the stone, take out your compass and establish a bearing line of 60 degrees magnetic north. Take approximately 20 paces (you will move into brushy cover) until you come to the fallen trunk of a tree. On the eastern-most end, look under the bark, and you will find the letterbox. When you replace the box, be sure and gently shake off the leprechauns before carefully sealing the lid on the box, and conceal it again, as it was hidden.
NOTE The letterbox now contains for the first finder, an Irish copper penny (pence). Although there are high weeds and hidden gullies (BE CAREFUL!) it is still visible from the highway. If you can't find the Blarney Stone, look for a large one painted green--actually there is another at its base, painted green also. If you still can't find it, ask a resident where it is, but be careful not to give away the location secret.
Always be careful when letterboxing.
The luck of the Irish be with ye...
Marvin
osugeography/N5CL