Hills ,Rocks , and Trees , Oh My ! LbNA #2669
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 31, 1969 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Middletown |
| County: | Mystery |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Planted by: | butterfly  |
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| Found by: | SherlockMiles (2) |
| Last found: | Jul 2, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 20, 2016 |
Hills, Rocks and Trees, Oh My!
(Middletown, Connecticut)
Please Note -- the third box has been reported missing due to trees down , so that box was not found . Still a great hike and other boxes . are there as well as mine . .
Today three friends went out and planted three letterboxes on a three mile lollypop hike. We trudged through the snow , slipping and sliding not able to wait for the promise of a meltdown. Please add to the hiding places if the letterboxes are peeking out when the snow melts.
Planted March 9, 2003
By the three : Bluebird, Lobsta Lady and Butterfly.
Rated ; moderate with a few short climbs.
Boxes by Butterfly
Hills , Rocks and Trees, Oh My!
The stamp is a three part stamp with a few letters on the top edge of each stamp. When all boxes are found the picture and word is the name of this hike. Each log book has the completed stamp image for you to see.
Directions: From Middletown or Old Saybrook-take Route 9 to exit # 10. At the end of the ramp turn left [north] on Route 154. At .07 miles turn onto Dripps Road [gravel]. Immediately the road bends and the entrance to this hike is at a gate on the left. Park at the gate or continue up to a small parking space on the right.
Back at the gate, the trail follows a white blaze. At the top of an easy climb, the road/trail levels out and leads East. Watch for a Spur trail on the right leading out to an overlook.Take this short spur trail to a great rock outcrop of feldspar and quartz . Stand there and then face North to notice several cedar trees and a large rock on the East side of the trail. The first letterbox "SPI" is in a home made cave built by Bluebird and Lobsta Lady on the North East side of that large rock by the cedar trees. Add a rock if you wish.!
Return to the main trail and head East again. Notice massive rock outcrops. Now the trail goes down hill beneath a series of parallel ledges. Cross a stream dry only in summer. Travel along stone walls , and this same road once continued to the CT. River. Watch for the double blaze that indicates the loop trail. Continue now to follow in a counter clockwise direction , taking the right way. The forest is awesome here at all seasons. The tulip trees are huge and soon you come to a four sister one, stop and then count 10 steps along the trail and look on the south side of the stone wall. The Letterbox "DER" lives behind a large trap door. Careful not to move or remove stones in the wall.
The trail soon climbs steeply through rock outcrops and mountain laurel, blooming here in May. What is that just ahead?? Another four sister Tulip tree !! With your back to the tree, return back on the trail 8 steps , then turn south and take 8 more steps to a very young tree in 2003! Letterbox "WEED" is hiding in the base of the tree behind a trap door.
Now if you have stamped all the letters from the top side of each stamp, you have the name of your hike. Continue on the white blaze trail and soon reach the beginning of the loop. Keep right and follow the white blazes back to your car.
Have a great hike.
(Middletown, Connecticut)
Please Note -- the third box has been reported missing due to trees down , so that box was not found . Still a great hike and other boxes . are there as well as mine . .
Today three friends went out and planted three letterboxes on a three mile lollypop hike. We trudged through the snow , slipping and sliding not able to wait for the promise of a meltdown. Please add to the hiding places if the letterboxes are peeking out when the snow melts.
Planted March 9, 2003
By the three : Bluebird, Lobsta Lady and Butterfly.
Rated ; moderate with a few short climbs.
Boxes by Butterfly
Hills , Rocks and Trees, Oh My!
The stamp is a three part stamp with a few letters on the top edge of each stamp. When all boxes are found the picture and word is the name of this hike. Each log book has the completed stamp image for you to see.
Directions: From Middletown or Old Saybrook-take Route 9 to exit # 10. At the end of the ramp turn left [north] on Route 154. At .07 miles turn onto Dripps Road [gravel]. Immediately the road bends and the entrance to this hike is at a gate on the left. Park at the gate or continue up to a small parking space on the right.
Back at the gate, the trail follows a white blaze. At the top of an easy climb, the road/trail levels out and leads East. Watch for a Spur trail on the right leading out to an overlook.Take this short spur trail to a great rock outcrop of feldspar and quartz . Stand there and then face North to notice several cedar trees and a large rock on the East side of the trail. The first letterbox "SPI" is in a home made cave built by Bluebird and Lobsta Lady on the North East side of that large rock by the cedar trees. Add a rock if you wish.!
Return to the main trail and head East again. Notice massive rock outcrops. Now the trail goes down hill beneath a series of parallel ledges. Cross a stream dry only in summer. Travel along stone walls , and this same road once continued to the CT. River. Watch for the double blaze that indicates the loop trail. Continue now to follow in a counter clockwise direction , taking the right way. The forest is awesome here at all seasons. The tulip trees are huge and soon you come to a four sister one, stop and then count 10 steps along the trail and look on the south side of the stone wall. The Letterbox "DER" lives behind a large trap door. Careful not to move or remove stones in the wall.
The trail soon climbs steeply through rock outcrops and mountain laurel, blooming here in May. What is that just ahead?? Another four sister Tulip tree !! With your back to the tree, return back on the trail 8 steps , then turn south and take 8 more steps to a very young tree in 2003! Letterbox "WEED" is hiding in the base of the tree behind a trap door.
Now if you have stamped all the letters from the top side of each stamp, you have the name of your hike. Continue on the white blaze trail and soon reach the beginning of the loop. Keep right and follow the white blazes back to your car.
Have a great hike.