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Hiding Behind the Dunes - MISSING LbNA #19457 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Scout
Plant date:Nov 24, 2005
Location:
City:Ocracoke
County:Hyde
State:North Carolina
Boxes:1
Found by: Fins to the Left
Last found:Jul 1, 2007
Status:FFFFaFFF
Last edited:Nov 24, 2005
On Ocracoke Island go to Hammock Hills Nature Trail across from the campground. This is a 3/4 mile loop and you can find "An Excellent Hiding Spot" after you find this letterbox!

THIS LETTERBOX IS MISSING - WE CHECKED 8/06 AND IT WAS GONE.

Information:
Hammock Hill Nature Trail is an example of a medano – a hill of shifting sand that lacks vegetation. This.75-mile loop trail on Ocracoke Island offers the best cross-section view of barrier island ecology. The trail begins within view of the dunes, and plunges into the maritime forest. Here you can see how plants are shaped by long term exposure to the sometimes punishing elements. The trail cuts through the forest to the marshland. From the observation platform you can see where the marsh meets the sound. Be aware of fast-moving but nonpoisonous black racer snakes.

Clues:

- Start on the trail by the brown "Hammock Hills Nature Trail" sign.
- At the fork in the boardwalk make a right.
- Walk on pine needles for a bit.
- Walk over another short boardwalk.
- Go up a dune.
- When you come to the sign "Hiding Behind the Dunes" STOP.
- Take 10 more steps along the trail. STOP.
- From here take 25 steps off the trail to the NW. STOP.
- From here take 13 steps to the North to a multi-armed tree. Under the debris on the back side of this tree is a multi-armed creature.

Please reseal all the bags and the box really well as the weather here is quite harsh and the letterbox won't last without this special TLC.