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FOOTLONG (eleventh bite; relocated 9.28.10)) LbNA #55573

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 7, 2010
Location:
City:Naugatuck
County:New Haven
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Skip & TJ
Found by: happy bunnyheartsbee OTB3
Last found:Apr 22, 2018
Status:FFFaFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Sep 7, 2010
CLUES:

This is a 12-stamp series dedicated to family memories and family businesses. (Both of these need to be cherished and preserved, in my opinion.) We salute our favorite hot dog stands, located all the way from Stratford to Naugatuck, CT.
These are "quickie" boxes: located in high traffic areas, no pads, no ink. Each of the 12 bites from the footlong hot dog is numbered and contained in a pouch made from red and white checkered tablecloth. Please be quick to collect the stamp, and thorough in hiding it again. We hope that you will have the time to enjoy the specialities of each location. For many summers, our family certainly has.

ELEVENTH BITE LETTERBOX
Al's

Located off of Rt8 at Exit 26. When you reach the bottom of the exit, look directly ahead of you, and THERE IS AL'S!
You know that you have arrived at a serious hot dog stand when the dogs are served in buttered and toasted rolls that look like little loaves of bread. And the signs have no time to waste on correct spelling! Do not delay! Park and step right up to the window, and order a "Chili Chedder Dog." You will be given a number. Anxiously wait an amazingly short time for your number to be called. Then go to the condiment table and try Al's Hawaiian Hot Relish. No wonder the dog comes wrapped in aluminum foil! Chili Chedder Dog and large Pink Lemonade. Bill: $6.08

CLUES: Walk on the road around the left side of the restaurant After you pass the covered deck, continue to the right onto the grassy area behind the restaurant. Walk up a small hill, heading right toward the trees. Immediately you will come to a high stone and concrete wall. Now, look along the base of the wall for what is probably the largest of the base stones. You will know that you are in the right spot if you see a "three-toed paw print" made of smooth stones set into the concrete at the upper right corner of this large rock. The pad of the pawprint is a smooth tan stone, the three toes are pointing downward. Look about ten feet directly above the pawprint to a horizontal stone, like a window ledge. Sitting at the right edge of this stone is a chunk of asphalt paving. What is this doing up there? It is hiding the checkered pouch and the Eleventh Bite! (Thank you Duck-Kokopelli for encouraging me to find a safer hiding spot.)