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The Body - REMOVED? LbNA #40573 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Martini Man
Plant date:May 30, 2008
Location:
City:Afton
County:Washington
State:Minnesota
Boxes:1
Found by: Leapin' Lizards
Last found:Jun 1, 2008
Status:FFF
Last edited:May 30, 2008
Time: 1 - 1.5 hours.
Distance: approx. 3 miles

NOTE: We’ve received a report from a letterboxer that our box couldn’t be found. We had heard that there was a ranger at this park that was removing letterboxes, so suspect it may in fact be gone. Although we did have our contact information in the box, we did not receive an email message, so we don’t know for sure.

It’s unfortunate that this park did not want to encourage visitors to not only come to hike, but also learn a little bit about Minnesota’s history via the letterboxes. There are several other parks that DO embrace letterboxing in other states such as Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Connecticut. When a ranger found one of my boxes in a WI county park, he didn’t know what it was. So he took it back to his office, looked at the letterboxing website, took a photo of the box in his office, then sent me a copy of the photo and a nice note. He said that it sounded like an interesting hobby and he was glad people were coming to the park to enjoy a healthy pursuit such as this. He also said he would put the box back where it was supposed to be according to the clues, and in fact he did just that. It’s too bad that some rangers aren’t as equally receptive to this hobby!


Be aware that the state park system was currently charging $5 for a day visit as of 2008.

Jesse “The Body” Ventura was, and still is, one of those anomalies that crops up in American politics every so often. Love him or hate him, it is a very healthy thing for the Republican and Democratic colossi of the American political landscape to get a rude awakening when such a maverick shoots up out of the blue.

Here’s a biography from Wikipedia:

Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos), also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Governing Body", is an American politician, retired professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. He is also a 1-time AWA Tag Team Champion.

In the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998 as an Independent and member of the Reform Party, he was elected the 38th Governor of Minnesota and served from January 4, 1999 to January 6, 2003 without seeking a second term.

Jesse is essentially a Libertarian with conservative economic and foreign policy stances contrasted with his very liberal social viewpoints

To find “The Body”, park in the last lot and enter the paved trail near the signboard. Head down hill at the Handicap sign. Stay on the main trail past rest rooms and then past a shelter. At the shelter, head left (Southwest). Continue straight at next intersection. Down the road you go! Curve around to the right and pass the ski area on the left. Cross the creek and at the map take a left uphill. After a long gentle ascent you’ll arrive at an intersection. Take a sharp hairpin turn to the left into the prairie. Pass on bench on your right and catch glimpses of the river on your left. From the bench, continue on, counting posts. Stop at the 2nd post and take a bearing of 180 degrees. Walk in to the large oak tree, approximately 50 steps. “The Body” lies in the broken limb next to the tree, under some bark. Please rehide well.

Return to the main path and Continue on the loop to the “T”. Take a right. At the next intersection (5-way), take the path near the bench (120 degrees heading down hill, with a black zigzag). Take a right (east). At the next “T” take a right, cross the bridge, then take a left. Pass a map on the left and then at the next intersection take a right. Follow signs back to parking lot.

As we do not live in the area, we would appreciate any news about the box you can give us.