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Tempus Fugit # 5 (Walker's Farm Cemetery) LbNA #55980

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 7, 2010
Location:
City:Monroe
County:Fairfield
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Skip & TJ
Found by: WFF/MDC Crew
Last found:Sep 21, 2018
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Sep 22, 2015
CLUES: (PLEASE ENJOY THIS LETTERBOX RESPECTFULLY AND DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.)

TEMPUS FUGIT #5 (Walker's Farm Cemetery, est. 1792)

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Follow Rt 111N in Monroe, past Masuk High School on your right. Be looking for a green "Webb Mt. Discovery Zone" sign on your right. At this intersection, take a left onto Hammertown Road. Travel about two miles, through a few stop signs. You will pass a large concrete pillar on your left, and Lisa Drive on your right. Up the curve and the cemetery is on your left. (You might want to travel just a little farther down the road, where you can circle back around a little island with stop signs. This way you can park on the same side of the road as the cemetery.)

This letterbox has two stamps, each concealed in different locations in the cemetery. The first stamp is contained in a small black plastic pouch and is the TOP of the tombstone. It is a winged hourglass, representing the "tempus fugit" (time flies) image carved into many colonial gravestones. When you have found the Top, STAMP IN. The second stamp which is the TEXT of the tombstone is contained in a box along with a pad. No ink has been provided, so bring your own.

TOP: Standing between the posts of the gate, look to the far left corner of the cemetery. See a relatively modern tombstone inscribed "Russell L. Warner." The TOMBSTONE TOP is hidden under the right side of the monument.(PLEASE DON'T STEAL IT!)

TEXT: Standing with this tombstone to your left, look to the right. See a ghostly gray and green rock wall. Notice the small white pine tree. Look carefully at the wall directly behind the pine tree. See a hand-size sharp stone in the wall. The TOMBSTONE TEXT LETTERBOX is behind this stone.

Stamp in. PLEASE replace the box, carefully.