Banyan Box-removed: please read this clue LbNA #9457 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 19, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Virginia Beach |
| County: | Virginia Beach city |
| State: | Virginia |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | x11fitter |
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| Last found: | Oct 2, 2004 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Jul 19, 2004 |
I am sorry to say that when I went to check on my letterbox, it appears that someone had unearthed it and used it as a target practice for paintballs! :-( So I picked up the pieces and threw them away. I am going to use the old stamp as my personal stamp as it was the first stamp I ever made! Thanks to all of ya'll who make the mucky trek out there to stamp my box. I'm considering planting another box before I move to back down to Alabama. Either way, I sure have enjoyed searching for all the other boxes. Ya'll are so talented!!! Thanks for all the fun and memories (stamps too!)
I love everything outdoors! So it is only natural that I plant letterboxes based on that theme.
I hope for you that on your search, you’ll learn a little something about the trees and plants I enjoy and a little something about yourself as well.
Ficus benghalensis
The Banyan Tree
The Banyan is my favorite tree (which is why it’s my first letterbox.) A native of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the Banyan can be found SOUTH in Florida as well as in Hawaii.
The Banyan is a member of the mulberry family, with close ties to the rubber plant. This incredible tree is often seen near temples in its native land and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists.
What makes the Banyan so unique to look at is it’s nest of roots, which grow down from the branches making a trunk of their own. It’s easy to imagine a BIRD sticking it’s NECK out of this tangled mass of a home, far from predators reach.
These incredible trees cannot survive near the SEA (it doesn’t take a lot of TACK to see why,) but instead are either found in their native wet and humid lands or in PARKs.
One of the most famous Banyan trees can be found near Poona, India where the massive truck can shelter about 2,000 people. It measures a half a mile around it’s perimeter.
Banyan trees can reach as high as 100 feet, with it’s leaves measuring five to 10 inches long. These leaves are edible and in India are sometimes used as plates. Speaking of edible, the Banyan produces dark red figs, which are not exactly admired for their culinary value.
Hopefully by now you’ve figured out which park the letterbox is hidden in. If not, look closely at the words I emphasize in my description of ficus benghalensis.
The park is on your left, pull into the parking lot and take a look around. You’ll see a swing set, baseball field, basketball court and an area for playing horseshoes. Walk towards the horseshoe pits. Past the pits is a power pole. Facing the span wire, take 60 steps till you reach the ditch, cross it and walk straight down the trail. Follow it a ways, until you reach the “No Trespassing” sign on the tree to your right. Instead of continuing on, face the park and you should see a fallen log. Behind it is a stump and behind the stump under some pine needles (a lot of pine needles) is the box. Please rehide just as carefully!
I love everything outdoors! So it is only natural that I plant letterboxes based on that theme.
I hope for you that on your search, you’ll learn a little something about the trees and plants I enjoy and a little something about yourself as well.
Ficus benghalensis
The Banyan Tree
The Banyan is my favorite tree (which is why it’s my first letterbox.) A native of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the Banyan can be found SOUTH in Florida as well as in Hawaii.
The Banyan is a member of the mulberry family, with close ties to the rubber plant. This incredible tree is often seen near temples in its native land and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists.
What makes the Banyan so unique to look at is it’s nest of roots, which grow down from the branches making a trunk of their own. It’s easy to imagine a BIRD sticking it’s NECK out of this tangled mass of a home, far from predators reach.
These incredible trees cannot survive near the SEA (it doesn’t take a lot of TACK to see why,) but instead are either found in their native wet and humid lands or in PARKs.
One of the most famous Banyan trees can be found near Poona, India where the massive truck can shelter about 2,000 people. It measures a half a mile around it’s perimeter.
Banyan trees can reach as high as 100 feet, with it’s leaves measuring five to 10 inches long. These leaves are edible and in India are sometimes used as plates. Speaking of edible, the Banyan produces dark red figs, which are not exactly admired for their culinary value.
Hopefully by now you’ve figured out which park the letterbox is hidden in. If not, look closely at the words I emphasize in my description of ficus benghalensis.
The park is on your left, pull into the parking lot and take a look around. You’ll see a swing set, baseball field, basketball court and an area for playing horseshoes. Walk towards the horseshoe pits. Past the pits is a power pole. Facing the span wire, take 60 steps till you reach the ditch, cross it and walk straight down the trail. Follow it a ways, until you reach the “No Trespassing” sign on the tree to your right. Instead of continuing on, face the park and you should see a fallen log. Behind it is a stump and behind the stump under some pine needles (a lot of pine needles) is the box. Please rehide just as carefully!