Marymoor LbNA #41316 (ARCHIVED)

Marymoor is a nice park in Redmond. It hosts weekly bike races on Friday nights and is open to pets (In fact, there’s even a dog park if you want to check it out.) Marymoor is also a great place to bring children.

To embark on this “Round the World” trip, begin in Marymoor’s parking lot, near the entrance on the Westlake Sammamish Road. Start in America by finding some large diamonds that unfortunately have very little value (unless you’re a sports fan.)

From the diamonds, continue on to Asia, a little ways to the front and left of America if you’re facing away from them. (By the way, this letterbox is by no means geographically correct.) Experience the ancient healing technique of the East, no shoes required. You may find yourself going in circles a bit here.

Though France is known for its cuisine, it’s time to think British. A short distance to the left of Asia is what Londoners would call the “Tube”, though in America we have a much more familiar name for this underground transportation system.

Pass by the tube until you come to what used to be an ancient Jurassic jungle in Costa Rica (don’t feed the dinosaurs) but now is home to some monkeys that play among its twining branches.

From the Costa Rican rainforest, cross the parking lot and head towards a sign that says “Willowmoor Park” on it. Next to the sign, pay homage to the Native Americans who used to live here before continuing past it, to the right of Old Glory and a small house.

Eventually, you will see a rocky Australian desert with some metal arches rising from it. Past the Australian outback, you will see a path through what could be a lush Savannah plain dotted with short, spindly trees.

Follow this path to Holland, where the journey ends. Near a Dutch symbol there will be a bench with some cedar branches overhanging it. Buried under some bark and nestled into a chest-level crook of a tree to which those overhanging branches belong is the Marymoor box.

Please rehide the box carefully under the bark when you are done so it is not removed from the tree.