Who's Hoo... LbNA #26159 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Kristal & Ron  |
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| Plant date: | Oct 4, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | San Diego/Clairemont |
| County: | San Diego |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 6 |
| Found by: | Kelsung |
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| Last found: | Feb 14, 2015 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 4, 2006 |
*** Report as of 6/4/08 -- only Hoo's Your Daddy? is still in place, but the logbook is full. We live in Texas now, so are unable to remedy this, sorry!! ***
Distance: Mostly drive-bys, none over ½ mile RT
Clues: Easy ONLY if you pre-print the map you can find at http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/teclte.shtml
Stamps: Hand-carved
“Tecolote”, the Native American word for “owl”, is also the name of a nice little city park in the center of San Diego. Tecolote Canyon Natural Park can be accessed easily from many local freeways. It is found north of I-8, east of I-5, south of the 52, and west of the 805 and 163. These boxes are placed near some of the many trailheads. If you would like a longer excursion, there are 6.5 miles of trails available for hiking or biking.
** Confirmed Missing ** HOO’S ON FIRST? At what appears to be the eastern end of Tecolote Rd., find the Tecolote Park and Recreation Center and stop there. Walk west along the 1st base side of Field 4 and then up the wooden staircase to the top. On your right is a chain-link fence. The box is against the west side of the fence, under the vegetation, about a foot this side of the Park Regulations sign.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S THERE?! Also at the apparent end of Tecolote Rd, find the reddish-brown TCNP sign and walk or drive up the road to the left of it. At the end of this long parking lot is a Nature Center. Enter the trail left of the welcome kiosk and walk a short distance to an Indian Village on your right. Continue to the end of the fence that surrounds it where the box is hiding under a large rock.
** Confirmed Missing ** BOO-HOO! (As of 2/28/07, a new and improved location, many thanks to TLC!...) Find the Linda Vista Community Park and stop in the small lot on the NW corner of Genesee and Osler. Behind the ball field are 4 concrete picnic tables. Go past them to the far northern tip of the park where the grass stops. There is a break in the cement border where the park grass ends. Follow the rocky path that continues north along the edge of the canyon for about 35 paces. You will come to a fork on the left and a triangle of three bushes. Follow the fork clockwise around the bushes. Look for a suspicious pile of rocks under the north-facing side of the 2nd bush.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S LINE IS IT, ANYWAY? The park’s golf course is at the bottom of the canyon, off of Mt. Acadia Blvd. Across the road from its entrance is a small pullout (big enough for about 3 cars) at a signed trailhead. From the trailhead, walk down under the large trees and take a left at the first fork. A short distance after you pass a man-hole cover, the trail will open up into a barren clearing. There is another trail going steeply uphill on the right. The box is on the left side of this trail, about 5 feet up, under a rock cairn on the NE side of the bush.
** Confirmed Missing ** HOO’S CRYING NOW? Find Mt. Etna Park on the Drive with the same name. Go around the ball fields to the white TCNP sign on the SE side of the park. Take the trail down into the canyon to a T-junction. Go right a few feet to a man-hole cover, behind which are a few medium-sized rocks. The box is in a crack between the rocks, right in the middle of the pile.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S YOUR DADDY? Find the North Clairemont Community Park on Bannock Ave. and park near the Clairmont Friendship Senior Center. Take the sidewalk, around the tennis and basketball courts, to the south side of the park where you’ll find the white TCNP sign. Go down the trail behind the sign for about 45 baby steps (you’ll be bracing yourself because of loose footing on a very steep slope) until you’re standing on a flat rock in the middle of the trail that’s about 2 feet wide. The box is 10 feet due E, in a rock cairn on the N side of the smaller bush.
***** We invite you to carve your own owls and hide them here. Let’s make this park a “Who’s Hoo” of American Letterboxers! *****
Distance: Mostly drive-bys, none over ½ mile RT
Clues: Easy ONLY if you pre-print the map you can find at http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/teclte.shtml
Stamps: Hand-carved
“Tecolote”, the Native American word for “owl”, is also the name of a nice little city park in the center of San Diego. Tecolote Canyon Natural Park can be accessed easily from many local freeways. It is found north of I-8, east of I-5, south of the 52, and west of the 805 and 163. These boxes are placed near some of the many trailheads. If you would like a longer excursion, there are 6.5 miles of trails available for hiking or biking.
** Confirmed Missing ** HOO’S ON FIRST? At what appears to be the eastern end of Tecolote Rd., find the Tecolote Park and Recreation Center and stop there. Walk west along the 1st base side of Field 4 and then up the wooden staircase to the top. On your right is a chain-link fence. The box is against the west side of the fence, under the vegetation, about a foot this side of the Park Regulations sign.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S THERE?! Also at the apparent end of Tecolote Rd, find the reddish-brown TCNP sign and walk or drive up the road to the left of it. At the end of this long parking lot is a Nature Center. Enter the trail left of the welcome kiosk and walk a short distance to an Indian Village on your right. Continue to the end of the fence that surrounds it where the box is hiding under a large rock.
** Confirmed Missing ** BOO-HOO! (As of 2/28/07, a new and improved location, many thanks to TLC!...) Find the Linda Vista Community Park and stop in the small lot on the NW corner of Genesee and Osler. Behind the ball field are 4 concrete picnic tables. Go past them to the far northern tip of the park where the grass stops. There is a break in the cement border where the park grass ends. Follow the rocky path that continues north along the edge of the canyon for about 35 paces. You will come to a fork on the left and a triangle of three bushes. Follow the fork clockwise around the bushes. Look for a suspicious pile of rocks under the north-facing side of the 2nd bush.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S LINE IS IT, ANYWAY? The park’s golf course is at the bottom of the canyon, off of Mt. Acadia Blvd. Across the road from its entrance is a small pullout (big enough for about 3 cars) at a signed trailhead. From the trailhead, walk down under the large trees and take a left at the first fork. A short distance after you pass a man-hole cover, the trail will open up into a barren clearing. There is another trail going steeply uphill on the right. The box is on the left side of this trail, about 5 feet up, under a rock cairn on the NE side of the bush.
** Confirmed Missing ** HOO’S CRYING NOW? Find Mt. Etna Park on the Drive with the same name. Go around the ball fields to the white TCNP sign on the SE side of the park. Take the trail down into the canyon to a T-junction. Go right a few feet to a man-hole cover, behind which are a few medium-sized rocks. The box is in a crack between the rocks, right in the middle of the pile.
** Alive as of April 2008 ** HOO’S YOUR DADDY? Find the North Clairemont Community Park on Bannock Ave. and park near the Clairmont Friendship Senior Center. Take the sidewalk, around the tennis and basketball courts, to the south side of the park where you’ll find the white TCNP sign. Go down the trail behind the sign for about 45 baby steps (you’ll be bracing yourself because of loose footing on a very steep slope) until you’re standing on a flat rock in the middle of the trail that’s about 2 feet wide. The box is 10 feet due E, in a rock cairn on the N side of the smaller bush.
***** We invite you to carve your own owls and hide them here. Let’s make this park a “Who’s Hoo” of American Letterboxers! *****