Real Seal LbNA #3601 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | California Bear  |
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| Plant date: | Jun 16, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Orange |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ??? |
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| Last found: | Jul 29, 2004 |
| Status: | FFFFaa |
| Last edited: | Jun 16, 2002 |
This box has been retired
The park that this box was in has seen a lot of changes not the least of which is having some of the trees cut down including the one that this box was hiding under.
Planted by: Zeek & Kate: zeek34@p...
Caretaker: California Bear (californiabear@comcast.net)
Placed 16 June 2002
Approx. 2/3 mile, mild elevation
Time: (15 minutes) once at park
At the north end of the Orange County coast is a small beach town, formerly known as Bay City. It is just north of a Landing that shares a name with the city the Mouse made famous. There you will find a small park hidden behind the only houses that are not on the beach side of the Highway.
The park is at the end of a very short street that is named after the only town in California not on the mainland. To find the street, take PCH to the north end of town and turn on to the street whose name means "Sea View" (don't take the Fifth). Then make an immediate left and go to the street named for the famous island you can see on clear days. Go up that street to the second left. The park is at the end of the street and is almost always deserted.
Park in the lot and walk to a bunch of Yucca palms at the far end of the lot. Turn around and go up the embankment and then left (southeast) on the dirt path that will lead you through the Gum Grove.
Go past the first fork in the path until you reach a lower clearing, stay on the path to the right and walk past the blue tree house. Continue to, and then walk down, the wooden steps with a tree growing out of them and take the path to your immediate right. While on that top path, resist the temptation to go for a ride down the yellow pool slide and instead look for a rope swing just a bit ahead (give into the temptation to ride it; there's no one around anyway).
Standing at the swing and facing the direction you were headed, take the middle of the four paths to the bottom of the hill. There you will find a picnic table near a semi-circle of Gum trees. Face the nearby houses and walk 7 paces from the table.
At the base of the left-most double-trunk tree, you'll find the Real Seal covered with bark and detritus. There will probably be no one around but be discreet anyway.
After you find it, hop in your car, grab a cold drink at O'Malley's or one of the other three Irish bars in town and catch a cool breeze.
Easier directions: You'll find the park on Thomas Bros. map, page 826, F-3 of 2001 edition. Once you get to the park, follow the gravel path from the parking lot along the fence until you reach the picnic table (same distance, no elevation).
The park that this box was in has seen a lot of changes not the least of which is having some of the trees cut down including the one that this box was hiding under.
Planted by: Zeek & Kate: zeek34@p...
Caretaker: California Bear (californiabear@comcast.net)
Placed 16 June 2002
Approx. 2/3 mile, mild elevation
Time: (15 minutes) once at park
At the north end of the Orange County coast is a small beach town, formerly known as Bay City. It is just north of a Landing that shares a name with the city the Mouse made famous. There you will find a small park hidden behind the only houses that are not on the beach side of the Highway.
The park is at the end of a very short street that is named after the only town in California not on the mainland. To find the street, take PCH to the north end of town and turn on to the street whose name means "Sea View" (don't take the Fifth). Then make an immediate left and go to the street named for the famous island you can see on clear days. Go up that street to the second left. The park is at the end of the street and is almost always deserted.
Park in the lot and walk to a bunch of Yucca palms at the far end of the lot. Turn around and go up the embankment and then left (southeast) on the dirt path that will lead you through the Gum Grove.
Go past the first fork in the path until you reach a lower clearing, stay on the path to the right and walk past the blue tree house. Continue to, and then walk down, the wooden steps with a tree growing out of them and take the path to your immediate right. While on that top path, resist the temptation to go for a ride down the yellow pool slide and instead look for a rope swing just a bit ahead (give into the temptation to ride it; there's no one around anyway).
Standing at the swing and facing the direction you were headed, take the middle of the four paths to the bottom of the hill. There you will find a picnic table near a semi-circle of Gum trees. Face the nearby houses and walk 7 paces from the table.
At the base of the left-most double-trunk tree, you'll find the Real Seal covered with bark and detritus. There will probably be no one around but be discreet anyway.
After you find it, hop in your car, grab a cold drink at O'Malley's or one of the other three Irish bars in town and catch a cool breeze.
Easier directions: You'll find the park on Thomas Bros. map, page 826, F-3 of 2001 edition. Once you get to the park, follow the gravel path from the parking lot along the fence until you reach the picnic table (same distance, no elevation).