Looney Tunes on the Loose! #4: You're Despicable! LbNA #25032 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 26, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Columbia |
| County: | Boone |
| State: | Missouri |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | onemeangreenbean  |
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| Found by: | thefiveBs |
| Last found: | Jan 7, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFaaa |
| Last edited: | Aug 26, 2006 |
***MISSING***
Bummer, this one is gone.
The Looney Tunes are on the loose!
They split, they ran, they jumped the caboose!
They heard about a crazy town,
Where ‘loony’ letterboxers abound.
For Columbia, Missouri they all made haste,
And hid themselves with no time to waste.
They scattered North, South, East, and West
And picked a place that suited them best.
With a playground nearby each of these spots,
There’s fun to be had by both grown-ups and tots.
Bring your own ink and a compass might aid,
An easy hike in and you’ll have it made.
Find all five characters, or only one,
But the more you find, the more the fun!
Pick any order, you get to choose…
Now enough of this rhyme…on to the clues!
DIRECTIONS/CLUES:
After a failed futuristic mission and a parachuting mishap of some misfortune, this wayward toon has taken up residence in north Columbia's Albert Oakland Park. From the intersection of I-70 & Hwy 63 in Columbia, go north on 63 a short distance to the Vandiver Exit. Stay straight on Vandiver until crossing over Paris Rd, then make a quick right onto Oakland Gravel Rd. A few blocks down on the left see the sign for Albert Oakland Park. Make a left onto Edris Dr. just past the sign to enter the back part of the park. Park anywhere in this lot and head down the concrete path with playground and picnic shelter on your left and softball fields on your right. Enter the woods and take the path left to cross the bridge. Check out the par 3 on your right - hopefully you brought your disc golf gear, quickly check your balance, and continue on. After a leisurely, winding stroll, find a large trunked white birch tree just off the path on the right. When I passed by this tree, a long black snake was winding its way up the left fork to find residence in the hole that precariously hangs just over the path. You may still be able to see evidence of this resident by standing on the path and looking through the fork of the tree. A sappling grows up in between the forks and may have a long skin coiled around it.
Quickly pass the tree (if you don't like snakes jog a bit, stay and look around if you do), find yourself in a clearing with a disc golf hole on your right and a manhole on your left. Walk left into the clearing and find a path of white rocks that lead you left and up to a disc golf hole. Make sure there are no approaching flying objects, then move right and find and old fence marked with pink flags. To your left, along the fenceline, stands a 3 trunked cedar tree. At the base of this tree find a hollow log whose top lifts like a lid to reveal an odd inhabitant.
Be very cautious when retrieving this box as it is not in a secluded area. Disc golfers approach frequently from the north (left) and walk straight through this area as it is on the way to the next hole. Be sure the log stays against the tree in order to hide the opening, the box fits down inside the log properly, and the rock is replaced to keep it all together. It would also be a good idea to move from the hiding spot before stamping in. You can cut back across the grass to a nice bench that sits along the concrete path, providing a nice shady spot to stamp in.
Be sure to e-mail me using the "contact the placer" link after your adventure to let me know what you thought!
Bummer, this one is gone.
The Looney Tunes are on the loose!
They split, they ran, they jumped the caboose!
They heard about a crazy town,
Where ‘loony’ letterboxers abound.
For Columbia, Missouri they all made haste,
And hid themselves with no time to waste.
They scattered North, South, East, and West
And picked a place that suited them best.
With a playground nearby each of these spots,
There’s fun to be had by both grown-ups and tots.
Bring your own ink and a compass might aid,
An easy hike in and you’ll have it made.
Find all five characters, or only one,
But the more you find, the more the fun!
Pick any order, you get to choose…
Now enough of this rhyme…on to the clues!
DIRECTIONS/CLUES:
After a failed futuristic mission and a parachuting mishap of some misfortune, this wayward toon has taken up residence in north Columbia's Albert Oakland Park. From the intersection of I-70 & Hwy 63 in Columbia, go north on 63 a short distance to the Vandiver Exit. Stay straight on Vandiver until crossing over Paris Rd, then make a quick right onto Oakland Gravel Rd. A few blocks down on the left see the sign for Albert Oakland Park. Make a left onto Edris Dr. just past the sign to enter the back part of the park. Park anywhere in this lot and head down the concrete path with playground and picnic shelter on your left and softball fields on your right. Enter the woods and take the path left to cross the bridge. Check out the par 3 on your right - hopefully you brought your disc golf gear, quickly check your balance, and continue on. After a leisurely, winding stroll, find a large trunked white birch tree just off the path on the right. When I passed by this tree, a long black snake was winding its way up the left fork to find residence in the hole that precariously hangs just over the path. You may still be able to see evidence of this resident by standing on the path and looking through the fork of the tree. A sappling grows up in between the forks and may have a long skin coiled around it.
Quickly pass the tree (if you don't like snakes jog a bit, stay and look around if you do), find yourself in a clearing with a disc golf hole on your right and a manhole on your left. Walk left into the clearing and find a path of white rocks that lead you left and up to a disc golf hole. Make sure there are no approaching flying objects, then move right and find and old fence marked with pink flags. To your left, along the fenceline, stands a 3 trunked cedar tree. At the base of this tree find a hollow log whose top lifts like a lid to reveal an odd inhabitant.
Be very cautious when retrieving this box as it is not in a secluded area. Disc golfers approach frequently from the north (left) and walk straight through this area as it is on the way to the next hole. Be sure the log stays against the tree in order to hide the opening, the box fits down inside the log properly, and the rock is replaced to keep it all together. It would also be a good idea to move from the hiding spot before stamping in. You can cut back across the grass to a nice bench that sits along the concrete path, providing a nice shady spot to stamp in.
Be sure to e-mail me using the "contact the placer" link after your adventure to let me know what you thought!