An American Tale LbNA #69393
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 17, 2015 |
| Location: | |
| City: | West Bend |
| County: | Washington |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | Nainsi (4) |
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| Last found: | Oct 26, 2016 |
| Status: | FFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 11, 2015 |
These letterboxes were planted by Wisconsin Hiker for the Fall Folk Festival in October 2015. They've been left in place at CALN NARWAL as permanent plants. If you are following the fall fest clues, you can pick this up following Israel. Otherwise, from the lodge, go to the solar panels near the parking lot. Follow the solar panels towards the trails and head uphill along the tree line. Continue along the trail until you reach a “T”. Turn left and then choose left again at the nearby “Y”. You’ll pass a birch clump on the left as you travel and then just a bit further along you will arrive at a 5-trunk grouping on the left. Continue further on the trail. Pass under power and continue along until you reach a 4-way intersection. Go left and then continue along the main trail. It will curve to the right. Continue on the trail until you reach a map post.
The little mouse
This is a tale of modern Yiddishkeit. If you haven’t seen the movie, it is a modern day retelling of the
plight of Jews in Russia. Fievel, a young mouse, and his family get chased out of Russia by Cossacks and
eventually find their way to America. Similarly, my family was chased from Russia and immigrated to the
US.
Continue on the main trail to the east. You’ll pass a sandy slope on the left. Walk on until you are standing between a log pile on both the left and the right. The little mouse is hiding on the right, under a mossy section that is 4’-5’ in front of a standing pine.
Shtetl
It all began in a shtetl, one of many small towns with a large Jewish population. Perhaps in retrospect it
wasn’t the best place to start, but these towns were once all my relatives knew. It is here that this
American Tale begins. To take a last tour of the homeland, continue along until the trail forms a wood chip “Y” with a map post. The shtetl is located behind a log that is behind the post.
A vision
After leaving Europe, Atom’s grandparents suffered a long ocean voyage before finding their way to their
future adopted homeland. We’d assume after an extended voyage, a view of land would be a welcomed sight.
To get a glimpse of their vision, take the trail that heads south from the post. Pass under power and when
you reach a 4-way, head left. When the trail begins to turn right, stop so you are in line with a power pole.
Take a bearing of 60° and walk in ~25 steps to a long bare fallen tree. The welcome sight for the
immigrants is hidden under a piece of draped bark on the adjacent log.
A new future
Like many immigrants, Atom’s grandparents found support from family who had already immigrated to New York to begin a new life. Atom’s, like many, settled into the garment trade, working as tailors and in laundries. They settled into a new future in America but also continued to cultivate customs from their folk culture.
To visit the tailor, return to the trail and continue on until you reach a “T”. Head left and then watch for a
broken “Y” on the left and then a large shaggy tree on the right. From this tree, take 25 more steps along
the trail. Stop at a half fallen tree on the right with two large tall trees on the left. The tailor is working
behind the furthest tree, under some logs.
You can either continue you’re voyage to other countries, or to get home, continue on. Pass another power pole on the left and then stay left at a “Y”. Pass by several houses on the left. When you reach a restroom building on your journey you can take a break if needed. Then choose the dirt/wood chip trail, not the paved path. Take a left at the next “Y” intersection. Then take a right at the 4-way and a left
at a “T”. At the next intersection, take a left at this 4-way and then veer right at a “Y”. Take another right when you reach a “Y” with a bench. Then take another right and then a left at a sign and then an immediate right to return to the lodge.
The little mouse
This is a tale of modern Yiddishkeit. If you haven’t seen the movie, it is a modern day retelling of the
plight of Jews in Russia. Fievel, a young mouse, and his family get chased out of Russia by Cossacks and
eventually find their way to America. Similarly, my family was chased from Russia and immigrated to the
US.
Continue on the main trail to the east. You’ll pass a sandy slope on the left. Walk on until you are standing between a log pile on both the left and the right. The little mouse is hiding on the right, under a mossy section that is 4’-5’ in front of a standing pine.
Shtetl
It all began in a shtetl, one of many small towns with a large Jewish population. Perhaps in retrospect it
wasn’t the best place to start, but these towns were once all my relatives knew. It is here that this
American Tale begins. To take a last tour of the homeland, continue along until the trail forms a wood chip “Y” with a map post. The shtetl is located behind a log that is behind the post.
A vision
After leaving Europe, Atom’s grandparents suffered a long ocean voyage before finding their way to their
future adopted homeland. We’d assume after an extended voyage, a view of land would be a welcomed sight.
To get a glimpse of their vision, take the trail that heads south from the post. Pass under power and when
you reach a 4-way, head left. When the trail begins to turn right, stop so you are in line with a power pole.
Take a bearing of 60° and walk in ~25 steps to a long bare fallen tree. The welcome sight for the
immigrants is hidden under a piece of draped bark on the adjacent log.
A new future
Like many immigrants, Atom’s grandparents found support from family who had already immigrated to New York to begin a new life. Atom’s, like many, settled into the garment trade, working as tailors and in laundries. They settled into a new future in America but also continued to cultivate customs from their folk culture.
To visit the tailor, return to the trail and continue on until you reach a “T”. Head left and then watch for a
broken “Y” on the left and then a large shaggy tree on the right. From this tree, take 25 more steps along
the trail. Stop at a half fallen tree on the right with two large tall trees on the left. The tailor is working
behind the furthest tree, under some logs.
You can either continue you’re voyage to other countries, or to get home, continue on. Pass another power pole on the left and then stay left at a “Y”. Pass by several houses on the left. When you reach a restroom building on your journey you can take a break if needed. Then choose the dirt/wood chip trail, not the paved path. Take a left at the next “Y” intersection. Then take a right at the 4-way and a left
at a “T”. At the next intersection, take a left at this 4-way and then veer right at a “Y”. Take another right when you reach a “Y” with a bench. Then take another right and then a left at a sign and then an immediate right to return to the lodge.