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The One That Got Away LbNA #4602 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 29, 2003
Location:
City:Lebanon
County:Grafton
State:New Hampshire
Boxes:1
Planted by:Chapuline
Found by: MountainGal
Last found:Jun 14, 2009
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jun 29, 2003
NOTE: DIRECTIONS TO THIS BOX ARE ALSO INCUDED IN THE 7 BOXES ON THE OPTIMISTS LOOP

This box is on the Northern Rail Trail, a 23 mile recreational trail from Lebanon to Grafton, N.H., which is constructed along the former railroad bed of the Boston & Maine Northern Line. Daniel Webster gave the keynote address in downtown Lebanon in 1847, celebrating the inaugauration of this railroad which connected Boston with White River, Jct. Vt. The fare was $4. However, passenger service ended in 1965, with a few freight trains operating into the early 1970s. Today, through the efforts of a local snowmobile club, the old rail bed has been turned into a scenic trail for use in both summer and winter. This flat, smooth trail along the Mascoma River is popular with hikers and bicyclists. No motorized vehicles are allowed during summer.

Driving directions:

Take I-89 to Exit 17 and head east toward Enfield. Take your first left onto Riverside Drive. You’ll pass the Riverside Restaurant and in about a mile you’ll come to the parking lot for the Northern Rail Trail. If you get to the covered bridge, you’ve gone too far.

Clues:
Walk along the trail (go right as you face the trail map), enjoying the wildflowers and quietness, interrupted only by the song of birds and gushing river. Count the bridges as you walk. The distance between the first bridge and the second bridge is probably about a mile, but the third and fourth ones are close together. You’ll no doubt see sportsmen in waders fly fishing, but one got away and is waiting for you to find it. Before crossing the fourth bridge look to your left and follow the aging log to a pile of granite slabs on your right. Nestled under leaves among these granite giants is the One That Got Away letterbox.

Chapuline lives part time in Lebanon, N.H. and Oaxaca, Mexico. She’d love to hear from you by email: geriande@yahoo.com She also planted other letterboxes on this trail: The Footloose Caboose, Two-Fer, and Lake Mascoma.