Tucson LbNA #: 20376
CluesDifficulty: trail and clues easy.
Walk time: about 10 minutes one way.
Stamp hand-carved.
Version 2.0: this is the second carving and location for this box.
Status: alive and well on February 8, 2009
This letterbox is in a natural area on the west side of Tucson with a nice variety of Sonoran Desert trees, cactus and other plants. From I-10, take exit 257 and drive west on Speedway Blvd. for about 1.8 miles to Falcon Ridge Dr. There is a covered bus stop at this intersection. Park somewhere around this intersection.
Go to the south side of Speedway Blvd. and walk west from the intersection for about 120 steps. Look to your left and you will see a wood sign with a large “P” and “No Vehicles” on it. Go to it, turn right and walk west on the wide dirt trail. Go to the first wood power pole on the right of the trail. It has the numbers 15 over 1 on it. From that pole, go at about 170 degrees (from mag. north) for about 80 steps to a medium size (or slightly larger) Ocotillo with a very small Saguaro Cactus on its left. From this Ocotillo, go at about 186 degrees for about 70 steps to two moderate size Saguaros almost touching each other. The back one has two small arms on its left. Just to the right (west) of these cactus is a Palo Verde Tree. The box is under the west side of this tree under one flat rock covered with some twigs and plant debris. Be alert for snakes.
Please be sure the contents are double ziplocked when you put them back in the box (i.e. the stamp is in a ziploc, the book is in a ziploc, and the two are in the larger ziploc bag) and put all of it INSIDE the box. Please rehide the box well under the one rock and covered with some twigs and plant debris so that it can not be seen from any direction.
This letterbox was placed for the 2nd Annual Tucson Letterboxers Gathering.
Please let me know if the box needs attention or is missing: http://home.att.net/~azroadie/letterboxing.html
Please record your find at www.letterboxing.org/ or at www.atlasquest.com/ .
If you live in Arizona or New Mexico or have an interest in letterboxes in those states, you are invited to join the Letterboxing Southwest Discussion Group. Go here to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LetterboxingSouthwest/ .
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