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Top O' The Pickle LbNA #2392 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:TJ_Mich
Plant date:Aug 16, 2002
Location:
City:Naubinway
County:Mackinac
State:Michigan
Boxes:1
Found by: Krash
Last found:May 16, 2015
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFaaaFFFr
Last edited:Jun 15, 2021
Regrettably, we must mark this one as Retired as we could not locate it. I believe I still found the same fallen tree and possibly the box is now buried under years of sand and debris, if anyone wants to attempt an excavation! (The path from the newer highway rest area is now very overgrown, as to be impassable. The box location was actually almost all the way down to the old wayside with no facilities, which also has nice beach access.)


Note: This box was created and planted by Esperanza in 2002, and adopted by TJ_Mich in 2004 so the clues could remain active on the website. Special thanks to 2 Small Gardners for replacing the log book in 2007!

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Highway US 2, east of Naubinway
Mackinac County, Michigan
Planted by Esperanza
August 16, 2002
Easy, 15-20 minute stop

Directions:
The box is planted in a roadside park on the south side of Highway U. S. 2, approx. 41 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge. There are several rest areas along this stretch of highway; the box is in the last rest area before you reach Naubinway (or the rest area past Little Hog Island). This section of highway along Lake Michigan is gorgeous, and many people have discovered the joy of keeping the swimming suits and towels packed close to the top of the luggage for a dip along these beautiful beaches! This rest area marks the northernmost point of Lake Michigan, which resembles a pickle (or squash) with leaves, as described in the classic children's book about the Great Lakes, Paddle to the Sea by Holling Clancy Holling.

Clues:
Take the trail at the west end of the parking lot. It isn't marked, but does have a path of wood chips. The trail will follow along the lakeshore heading west with a bank of tree-covered sand on the left. There are many fallen logs on the right hand side of the trail. As the trail begins up a rise and opens out to the beach look to your right for a log completely fallen over 4 paces to the right of the path. One side of the log has a "tent" of brush next to it; look for the box. Stamp in and enjoy the beach! If you ascend up the trail to just beach on the left with a grove of pine trees you've gone too far. Note: the stamp surface is a bit uneven; you'll have the best result if you rock the stamp side-to-side a bit as you stamp.