Bridge of Boats LbNA #53432
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 9, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Schulylerville |
| County: | Saratoga |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Canal Scouts  |
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| Found by: | dollie horse&broken arrow |
| Last found: | May 31, 2010 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | May 9, 2010 |
"Bridge of Boats"
Directions:
The Bridge of Boats letterbox was hidden on one of the trails near this Hudson Crossing Park located along the Hudson River and Champlain Canal Lock 5 Island in the Towns of Saratoga and Northumberland. Just one mile north of the Village of Schuylerville, the Park may now be reached by water, on foot via the Old Champlain Canal Towpath, or by auto or bicycle via N.Y.S. Route 4.
Clues:
Time: 40 minutes round-trip, easy walk, moderate search
Hudson Crossing Park has a parking area located immediately to your left once you enter this park. After parking your vehicle, be sure to face the lock/canal system, and you will see a bridge to your right that will allow you to walk over the canal. Walk over this bridge, and bare left until you find a sign that gives you a handful of walking options ("Trails, Play Park, Pavilion). Choose the direction toward the Play Park. Walk into the play park and explore the obstacle course awhile. The kids are sure to love this. Bring a picnic lunch as there are several picnic tables overlooking the canal or even under the pavilion for those rainy day options.
At the Play Park, you may have noticed a sign labeled “Hudson River Crossing Park”. The Pavilion is located next to the play park. Familiarize yourself with the map on this sign. Figure out where you are located based on the signs symbols. As you face the sign, walk straight ahead to the wooden boat, and climb up on the boat. Stand at the bow of the boat and look out from it. Turn your head to the port side of the boat (left), and you will see a trail that goes past the yellow slide. Start walking along this trail. If you are walking with young children, it should take you about 5-10 minutes to get to the next major decision point. Along this trail, you will see honey suckle bushes galore, signs of woodpeckers, and some wonderful trees with burrows in them. Enjoy this walk.
You will finally come to a huge V tree (my kids said it looked like a Y-tree too). It’s pretty obvious, and it’s also a point in the trail where you can either continue on further or take a right hand turn. This is where you take a right hand turn to go down this pathway. You are only minutes away from where you need to be so hang tight. Listen for water as you walk down this little path (hint); you will then quickly come up to a grassy open clearance. Here, look to your left for a less-than-obvious pathway that will immediately take you to the water’s edge (sandy spot). When you are at the water’s edge, you will be able to see a green bridge on your ride side; and if you look left you will see a canal abutment that stands alone in the canal. Depending on the time of year, and weather, it might get a little wet and mucky at this point. Your final portion of the walk is to walk in the direction of this abutment (not in the water) by walking along the water’s edge on a small path. The location of the letterbox is getting so close. You will quickly come to the next sandy spot along the water’s edge. At this point you see another canal abutment, but this one is on the shore line of where you are walking (it's close to the abutment that is in the middle of the canal). A small barrier exists between you and this rocked-wall abutment (rocks, bushes, and muck). Don’t try to walk past this point this would be too far. The letterbox is hidden under a rock around this area. Again, if can touch the rock wall, you are too FAR! Where is this rock, and what is the size of the rock? You can see it from the sandy spot; it's not the size of a boulder, yet it’s isn’t small either. Hint: it would make a good seat (flat); and it's NOT in the water.
The Bridge of Boats is buried under this rock. Enjoy! Please feel free to leave a little note. Enjoy the rest of your adventure, and don’t forget to return this back as you found it, and make sure it’s still secured, and not too obvious to the non-letterboxing explorer.
This was a Mother’s Day adventure!
Directions:
The Bridge of Boats letterbox was hidden on one of the trails near this Hudson Crossing Park located along the Hudson River and Champlain Canal Lock 5 Island in the Towns of Saratoga and Northumberland. Just one mile north of the Village of Schuylerville, the Park may now be reached by water, on foot via the Old Champlain Canal Towpath, or by auto or bicycle via N.Y.S. Route 4.
Clues:
Time: 40 minutes round-trip, easy walk, moderate search
Hudson Crossing Park has a parking area located immediately to your left once you enter this park. After parking your vehicle, be sure to face the lock/canal system, and you will see a bridge to your right that will allow you to walk over the canal. Walk over this bridge, and bare left until you find a sign that gives you a handful of walking options ("Trails, Play Park, Pavilion). Choose the direction toward the Play Park. Walk into the play park and explore the obstacle course awhile. The kids are sure to love this. Bring a picnic lunch as there are several picnic tables overlooking the canal or even under the pavilion for those rainy day options.
At the Play Park, you may have noticed a sign labeled “Hudson River Crossing Park”. The Pavilion is located next to the play park. Familiarize yourself with the map on this sign. Figure out where you are located based on the signs symbols. As you face the sign, walk straight ahead to the wooden boat, and climb up on the boat. Stand at the bow of the boat and look out from it. Turn your head to the port side of the boat (left), and you will see a trail that goes past the yellow slide. Start walking along this trail. If you are walking with young children, it should take you about 5-10 minutes to get to the next major decision point. Along this trail, you will see honey suckle bushes galore, signs of woodpeckers, and some wonderful trees with burrows in them. Enjoy this walk.
You will finally come to a huge V tree (my kids said it looked like a Y-tree too). It’s pretty obvious, and it’s also a point in the trail where you can either continue on further or take a right hand turn. This is where you take a right hand turn to go down this pathway. You are only minutes away from where you need to be so hang tight. Listen for water as you walk down this little path (hint); you will then quickly come up to a grassy open clearance. Here, look to your left for a less-than-obvious pathway that will immediately take you to the water’s edge (sandy spot). When you are at the water’s edge, you will be able to see a green bridge on your ride side; and if you look left you will see a canal abutment that stands alone in the canal. Depending on the time of year, and weather, it might get a little wet and mucky at this point. Your final portion of the walk is to walk in the direction of this abutment (not in the water) by walking along the water’s edge on a small path. The location of the letterbox is getting so close. You will quickly come to the next sandy spot along the water’s edge. At this point you see another canal abutment, but this one is on the shore line of where you are walking (it's close to the abutment that is in the middle of the canal). A small barrier exists between you and this rocked-wall abutment (rocks, bushes, and muck). Don’t try to walk past this point this would be too far. The letterbox is hidden under a rock around this area. Again, if can touch the rock wall, you are too FAR! Where is this rock, and what is the size of the rock? You can see it from the sandy spot; it's not the size of a boulder, yet it’s isn’t small either. Hint: it would make a good seat (flat); and it's NOT in the water.
The Bridge of Boats is buried under this rock. Enjoy! Please feel free to leave a little note. Enjoy the rest of your adventure, and don’t forget to return this back as you found it, and make sure it’s still secured, and not too obvious to the non-letterboxing explorer.
This was a Mother’s Day adventure!