Loop Trail Letterboxes LbNA #36072 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Mystery |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Planted by: | chthiker  |
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| Found by: | ??? |
| Last found: | Dec 8, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 10, 2007 |
Loop Trail Letterboxes
Somewhere there’s a sweet little trail that wanders under oak and hickory and along a bank gravel pit down to a river and back.
Go to the arbor on the northeast side of the grassy area. To the left of the arbor find the bluebird house. Directly below it find Acorn which has fallen very close to the old oak tree.
Pass under the arbor. Ahead of you is a small cairn at a T in the trail. Go north (left) at the T and proceed down a slight hill to a stone wall flanked by an oak and a hickory. Do not take the side trail going to the power lines. The New England Fall Letterbox hides on the east(right)side of the hickory carefully protected by a lichen covered rock.
Continue on the trail in a northerly direction and at the Y go west (left). You'll almost immediately be going down a steep, small hill. You might need to hug the maple for balance on the last stretch. It offers a little foothold to help you down. At the T at the bottom of the hill, go south(left)and wind your way through the Autumn Olive that arches over the trail. Once through the olive, go down and up a little gully. As you walk up out of the gully, you will see two almost kissing rocks. An Oak Leaf has blown there.
After re-hiding the box, you will be hiking alongside a former bank gravel pit. The K Tree will soon be before you. Step through the K and notice three black birch girlfriends dancing along the edge of the embankment, their long sinewy legs stretching out. Search under the legs of the third girlfriend for the K Tree Letterbox.
After carefully re-hiding the box, step over the fallen tree and at the cairn turn left and proceed in a southerly direction uphill. As the trail levels out a bit, you will see a three-sister oak off the trail to your right. Someone chained their feet. The Last Butterfly of Summer hides there cradled in their lap.
Return to the trail and continue in the direction you were going. Some structures should be in view. Very soon you will enter the remains of an old logging road. Turn left on the road and continue a short distance until it returns you to the grassy area and your car.
Note: There is only one log book. Ink is provided. No pens.
Somewhere there’s a sweet little trail that wanders under oak and hickory and along a bank gravel pit down to a river and back.
Go to the arbor on the northeast side of the grassy area. To the left of the arbor find the bluebird house. Directly below it find Acorn which has fallen very close to the old oak tree.
Pass under the arbor. Ahead of you is a small cairn at a T in the trail. Go north (left) at the T and proceed down a slight hill to a stone wall flanked by an oak and a hickory. Do not take the side trail going to the power lines. The New England Fall Letterbox hides on the east(right)side of the hickory carefully protected by a lichen covered rock.
Continue on the trail in a northerly direction and at the Y go west (left). You'll almost immediately be going down a steep, small hill. You might need to hug the maple for balance on the last stretch. It offers a little foothold to help you down. At the T at the bottom of the hill, go south(left)and wind your way through the Autumn Olive that arches over the trail. Once through the olive, go down and up a little gully. As you walk up out of the gully, you will see two almost kissing rocks. An Oak Leaf has blown there.
After re-hiding the box, you will be hiking alongside a former bank gravel pit. The K Tree will soon be before you. Step through the K and notice three black birch girlfriends dancing along the edge of the embankment, their long sinewy legs stretching out. Search under the legs of the third girlfriend for the K Tree Letterbox.
After carefully re-hiding the box, step over the fallen tree and at the cairn turn left and proceed in a southerly direction uphill. As the trail levels out a bit, you will see a three-sister oak off the trail to your right. Someone chained their feet. The Last Butterfly of Summer hides there cradled in their lap.
Return to the trail and continue in the direction you were going. Some structures should be in view. Very soon you will enter the remains of an old logging road. Turn left on the road and continue a short distance until it returns you to the grassy area and your car.
Note: There is only one log book. Ink is provided. No pens.