Town of Motels LbNA #52569
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Add Location| Owner: | wood thrush  |
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| Plant date: | Mar 18, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Breezewood |
| County: | Fulton |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | codysix |
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| Last found: | Nov 1, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 18, 2010 |
Background.The Town of Motels… the Traveler’s Oasis… the three blocks of commercial bottleneck that keep I-70 from intersecting with the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Breezewood, Pa., has been called many things in the last 65 years.
Drivers can not transition between the two interstate highways without negotiating Breezewood’s mile-long strip of motels, truck stops, fast-food restaurants, souvenir shops and gas stations. Breezewood is the granddaddy of all the islands of commerce at highway exits across America.
Breezewood was a typical small Pennsylvania town until 1940, when the turnpike was built and Breezewood was granted an interchange. The Gateway was the first motel built (today it is much expanded as the Gateway Travel Plaza). Growth was slow but steady until the late 1950s, when the interstate highway system brought I-70 up from Baltimore to connect with the turnpike—right down Breezewood’s main drag. There was never a cloverleaf interchange. At that point, the commercialization went into high gear.
Some 6 million vehicles travel these three blocks every year, and the neon lights of Breezewood can be seen 10 miles away on a clear night. Through the years, efforts to directly connect the turnpike with I-70 have been thwarted by the citizens of Breezewood through their congressional representatives. Breezewood will live forever!
To the box.Your own little piece of Breezewood is waiting for you the next time you have the good fortune to travel through town. At the intersection with the Sheetz and Shell (formerly BP) gas stations, turn onto N. Breezewood Road (there is no street sign identifying this road). Go up the hill past the Wendys and Bob Evans on the left and the Holiday Inn Express on the right. You’ll be on the road for less than a mile.
Head past a silver barn and silo on the left and the back of the Gateway Travel Plaza on your right. Go down a hill, watching for a 10 mph curve sign.
At the bottom of the hill is a pullout area on the right. The pullout is just before a small stream, a sharp curve to the left, and the intersection with Tannery Road. Park here.
6.25.10 note: Several early boxers have had trouble spotting the rock formation, so we have refined the clues. Hopefully things are clearer now. Stand at the edge of the road at about the center point of the pullout and take 23 steps at 210 degrees. This will bring you to a small hill with some small pine trees and a lichen-covered rock at your feet. Now survey the scene in front of you. Slightly to the right of center is a clear path to the hilltop. You WILL NOT be taking this path. Notice to the left of this path is a fine young pine tree with a smaller pine to its right.
Walk a few steps up the hill to the fine pine tree, and when you get to it, stop. Now look about five steps further up the hill, to the left, between about 10 and 11 o'clock.
You should see a nice rock formation of brown flat rocks that forms an overhanging ledge. Walk further up the hill to this formation, threading your way through several small pines to get there. On the right side of the formation, under the ledge, behind some strategically placed flat cover rocks and on a rock shelf, is the Town of Motels.
The stamp begs for a rainbow of colors, so bring many inks or markers. When you’re through, make sure the covering rocks are once again strategically placed to hide the box.
Drivers can not transition between the two interstate highways without negotiating Breezewood’s mile-long strip of motels, truck stops, fast-food restaurants, souvenir shops and gas stations. Breezewood is the granddaddy of all the islands of commerce at highway exits across America.
Breezewood was a typical small Pennsylvania town until 1940, when the turnpike was built and Breezewood was granted an interchange. The Gateway was the first motel built (today it is much expanded as the Gateway Travel Plaza). Growth was slow but steady until the late 1950s, when the interstate highway system brought I-70 up from Baltimore to connect with the turnpike—right down Breezewood’s main drag. There was never a cloverleaf interchange. At that point, the commercialization went into high gear.
Some 6 million vehicles travel these three blocks every year, and the neon lights of Breezewood can be seen 10 miles away on a clear night. Through the years, efforts to directly connect the turnpike with I-70 have been thwarted by the citizens of Breezewood through their congressional representatives. Breezewood will live forever!
To the box.Your own little piece of Breezewood is waiting for you the next time you have the good fortune to travel through town. At the intersection with the Sheetz and Shell (formerly BP) gas stations, turn onto N. Breezewood Road (there is no street sign identifying this road). Go up the hill past the Wendys and Bob Evans on the left and the Holiday Inn Express on the right. You’ll be on the road for less than a mile.
Head past a silver barn and silo on the left and the back of the Gateway Travel Plaza on your right. Go down a hill, watching for a 10 mph curve sign.
At the bottom of the hill is a pullout area on the right. The pullout is just before a small stream, a sharp curve to the left, and the intersection with Tannery Road. Park here.
6.25.10 note: Several early boxers have had trouble spotting the rock formation, so we have refined the clues. Hopefully things are clearer now. Stand at the edge of the road at about the center point of the pullout and take 23 steps at 210 degrees. This will bring you to a small hill with some small pine trees and a lichen-covered rock at your feet. Now survey the scene in front of you. Slightly to the right of center is a clear path to the hilltop. You WILL NOT be taking this path. Notice to the left of this path is a fine young pine tree with a smaller pine to its right.
Walk a few steps up the hill to the fine pine tree, and when you get to it, stop. Now look about five steps further up the hill, to the left, between about 10 and 11 o'clock.
You should see a nice rock formation of brown flat rocks that forms an overhanging ledge. Walk further up the hill to this formation, threading your way through several small pines to get there. On the right side of the formation, under the ledge, behind some strategically placed flat cover rocks and on a rock shelf, is the Town of Motels.
The stamp begs for a rainbow of colors, so bring many inks or markers. When you’re through, make sure the covering rocks are once again strategically placed to hide the box.