Wolf's Paradise LbNA #70194
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Add Location| Owner: | Blue Flaminga  |
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| Plant date: | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Ramah/Candy Kitchen |
| County: | McKinley |
| State: | New Mexico |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | rookie traveler |
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| Found by: | lionsmane |
| Last found: | Oct 16, 2017 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Jun 22, 2016 |
This is an impromptu stamp put together with handy supplies and placed after a visit to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. Hunting the stamp is much more about the location than the stamp, which is a token from the WSWS gift shop (you may or may not need ink). I placed this stamp with my niece, “Flower Child” for my nephew, “Bad Boy”, who is a fellow letterboxing fan.
The Wolf Sanctuary is a nifty place located in Candy Kitchen, NM which, from what I can tell consists of the Sanctuary, a store/cafe across the road, and a collection of mailboxes (which is the only indication that people live there). The Sanctuary was built primarily to house wolves and wolf dogs who are victims of the exotic animal pet industry or are otherwise abused or abandoned. The Sanctuary also provides homes for other species of wild dogs. Tours are available. Check the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Website for times and travel directions.
Stamp Directions:
Follow the website directions until you reach the second Wolf Sanctuary marker as you are headed south. You will travel through the Ramah Chapter of the Navajo Reservation before you get to the marker, unless, of course, you are traveling from another direction. The marker is located at the junction for Candy Kitchen Road at a spot where a dirt road connects with the main paved road. There will be three signs in a row at the entrance of the dirt road. Turn into the dirt road and immediately turn in to the “parking lot” behind the signs.
There is a sign for “Candy Kitchen Self Storage” attached to a chain link fence that surrounds the lot. The sign is held in place partly by a collection of rocks at the base of a metal post (you are looking at the sign from the back, inside the parking lot). The letterbox is there, hidden between two of the rocks in a groove that once held the post.
Please try to be discreet. The road is busier than you might think.
Tips:
1) The stamp itself is not hidden in a fee zone, but you do have to pay admission to get a tour of the sanctuary. Highest rates are for adults (13+): $10. Please consider leaving a tip. The tour guides are unpaid volunteers.
2) Gas up when you get the opportunity if you are driving any distance. It is an isolated area and there are no gas stations in Candy Kitchen.
3) I recommend taking a picnic lunch, buying cold drinks from the store across from the sanctuary, and taking advantage of the tables outside the store. It is a beautiful spot for lunch. (If you are a customer, you can also use the restrooms inside.)
4) Wear good walking shoes, and, if you are visiting during the monsoon season or after a snow storm, make sure they are closed-toed and have good tread. The trails are dirt/clay.
5) *I have been told more than once that the best time to visit is late fall or during the winter if you are most interested in the wolves. The wolves are especially active during this time because it is more like their natural environments (call to make sure the roads are passable). Many of the animals are not active and many hide during the summer because they are not used to desert heat.
The Wolf Sanctuary is a nifty place located in Candy Kitchen, NM which, from what I can tell consists of the Sanctuary, a store/cafe across the road, and a collection of mailboxes (which is the only indication that people live there). The Sanctuary was built primarily to house wolves and wolf dogs who are victims of the exotic animal pet industry or are otherwise abused or abandoned. The Sanctuary also provides homes for other species of wild dogs. Tours are available. Check the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Website for times and travel directions.
Stamp Directions:
Follow the website directions until you reach the second Wolf Sanctuary marker as you are headed south. You will travel through the Ramah Chapter of the Navajo Reservation before you get to the marker, unless, of course, you are traveling from another direction. The marker is located at the junction for Candy Kitchen Road at a spot where a dirt road connects with the main paved road. There will be three signs in a row at the entrance of the dirt road. Turn into the dirt road and immediately turn in to the “parking lot” behind the signs.
There is a sign for “Candy Kitchen Self Storage” attached to a chain link fence that surrounds the lot. The sign is held in place partly by a collection of rocks at the base of a metal post (you are looking at the sign from the back, inside the parking lot). The letterbox is there, hidden between two of the rocks in a groove that once held the post.
Please try to be discreet. The road is busier than you might think.
Tips:
1) The stamp itself is not hidden in a fee zone, but you do have to pay admission to get a tour of the sanctuary. Highest rates are for adults (13+): $10. Please consider leaving a tip. The tour guides are unpaid volunteers.
2) Gas up when you get the opportunity if you are driving any distance. It is an isolated area and there are no gas stations in Candy Kitchen.
3) I recommend taking a picnic lunch, buying cold drinks from the store across from the sanctuary, and taking advantage of the tables outside the store. It is a beautiful spot for lunch. (If you are a customer, you can also use the restrooms inside.)
4) Wear good walking shoes, and, if you are visiting during the monsoon season or after a snow storm, make sure they are closed-toed and have good tread. The trails are dirt/clay.
5) *I have been told more than once that the best time to visit is late fall or during the winter if you are most interested in the wolves. The wolves are especially active during this time because it is more like their natural environments (call to make sure the roads are passable). Many of the animals are not active and many hide during the summer because they are not used to desert heat.