Insect Loop--Alice in Wonderland LbNA #23023 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Nature Nerd  |
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| Plant date: | Jun 3, 2006 |
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| City: | Delafield |
| County: | Waukesha |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Found by: | With a cherry on top (3) |
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| Last found: | Sep 6, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jun 3, 2006 |
***There is a fee to enter the park. However, I would suggest spening the day and enjoy what it has to offer. There are many letterboxes placed here from our letterbox gathering on June 3rd.
Go to Lapham Peak park, on Hwy C, approximately one mile south of I-94. In 2006, the daily fee to enter the park is $7 for WI residents, $10 for non-residents. Annual stickers for all state park areas are $25 (residents) and $35 (non-residents). Reduced rates are available for people 65 years and older.
Note: This park has groomed cross country ski trails in the winter and therefore does not permit hiking on the trails when conditions are good for skiing. Plan your visit accordingly.
Distance/Terrain: approximately 1 mile; meadow trail with one hill
INSECT LOOP
`What sort of insects do you rejoice in, where YOU come from?' the Gnat inquired. `I don't REJOICE in insects at all,' Alice explained, `because I'm rather afraid of them--at least the large kinds. But I can tell you the names of some of them.'
Box #1 Rocking-horse-fly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`Well, there's the Horse-fly,' Alice began, counting off the names on her fingers.
From the Evergreen lot, take the trail heading east. You will almost immediately reach a “T” – take a left (the “wrong” way for skiing). When you reach a “Y”, take the left path and notice the rock wall in the trees on your left. At the end of the tree line, go to the end of the rock wall. Three rocks form a home for the rocking horse, with a smaller rock forming a roof.
`All right,' said the Gnat: `half way up that bush, you'll see a Rocking-horse-fly, if you look. It's made entirely of wood, and gets about by swinging itself from branch to branch.' `What does it live on?' Alice asked, with great curiosity. `Sap and sawdust,' said the Gnat. `Go on with the list.'
Box #2 Snap-Dragon-fly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`And there's the Dragon-fly.'
Continue on until the next “Y”. Once again, stay to the left. At the top of the hill, head right and pass a bench on the right. Continue forward to another bench on the left. Just a bit past the bench is a large “V” tree on the left. Circle around behind the tree to find a fallen log and the snapdragon-fly.
`Look on the branch above your head,' said the Gnat, `and there you'll find a snap-dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy.' `And what does it live on?' `Frumenty and mince pie,' the Gnat replied; `and it makes its nest in a Christmas box.'
Box #3 Bread-and-Butterfly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`And then there's the Butterfly,' Alice went on, after she had taken a good look at the insect with its head on fire, and had thought to herself, `I wonder if that's the reason insects are so fond of flying into candles--because they want to turn into Snap-dragon-flies!'
From the bench, take the trail heading west down the hill. Keep walking along the trail until you come to the two “Indian Marker” trees. Go back a short way in the opposite direction that the trees point. You will find the Bread-and-Butterfly in the base of a fallen tree. It’s home is guarded by a rock.
`Crawling at your feet,' said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), `you may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.' `And what does IT live on?' `Weak tea with cream in it.'
Continue on the same path you were on. When you come to a “T” take a right. Curve around and continue on back to the parking lot.
Go to Lapham Peak park, on Hwy C, approximately one mile south of I-94. In 2006, the daily fee to enter the park is $7 for WI residents, $10 for non-residents. Annual stickers for all state park areas are $25 (residents) and $35 (non-residents). Reduced rates are available for people 65 years and older.
Note: This park has groomed cross country ski trails in the winter and therefore does not permit hiking on the trails when conditions are good for skiing. Plan your visit accordingly.
Distance/Terrain: approximately 1 mile; meadow trail with one hill
INSECT LOOP
`What sort of insects do you rejoice in, where YOU come from?' the Gnat inquired. `I don't REJOICE in insects at all,' Alice explained, `because I'm rather afraid of them--at least the large kinds. But I can tell you the names of some of them.'
Box #1 Rocking-horse-fly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`Well, there's the Horse-fly,' Alice began, counting off the names on her fingers.
From the Evergreen lot, take the trail heading east. You will almost immediately reach a “T” – take a left (the “wrong” way for skiing). When you reach a “Y”, take the left path and notice the rock wall in the trees on your left. At the end of the tree line, go to the end of the rock wall. Three rocks form a home for the rocking horse, with a smaller rock forming a roof.
`All right,' said the Gnat: `half way up that bush, you'll see a Rocking-horse-fly, if you look. It's made entirely of wood, and gets about by swinging itself from branch to branch.' `What does it live on?' Alice asked, with great curiosity. `Sap and sawdust,' said the Gnat. `Go on with the list.'
Box #2 Snap-Dragon-fly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`And there's the Dragon-fly.'
Continue on until the next “Y”. Once again, stay to the left. At the top of the hill, head right and pass a bench on the right. Continue forward to another bench on the left. Just a bit past the bench is a large “V” tree on the left. Circle around behind the tree to find a fallen log and the snapdragon-fly.
`Look on the branch above your head,' said the Gnat, `and there you'll find a snap-dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy.' `And what does it live on?' `Frumenty and mince pie,' the Gnat replied; `and it makes its nest in a Christmas box.'
Box #3 Bread-and-Butterfly
Created by: Hiker Babe, River Rat & Nature Nerd
`And then there's the Butterfly,' Alice went on, after she had taken a good look at the insect with its head on fire, and had thought to herself, `I wonder if that's the reason insects are so fond of flying into candles--because they want to turn into Snap-dragon-flies!'
From the bench, take the trail heading west down the hill. Keep walking along the trail until you come to the two “Indian Marker” trees. Go back a short way in the opposite direction that the trees point. You will find the Bread-and-Butterfly in the base of a fallen tree. It’s home is guarded by a rock.
`Crawling at your feet,' said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), `you may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.' `And what does IT live on?' `Weak tea with cream in it.'
Continue on the same path you were on. When you come to a “T” take a right. Curve around and continue on back to the parking lot.