Tin Man's Oil Can LbNA #21369 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Apr 12, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Spokane |
| County: | Spokane |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The Fat Lady
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| Found by: | Pied Piper |
| Last found: | Apr 28, 2006 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Apr 12, 2006 |
Planter's note, 5/7/06:
Sadly, after less than a month in the field, this box has gone missing. I plan not to replace it, because even before its disappearance, some finder or another re-hid it so poorly that the next finder commented it was in plain view. We'll just say that this box served its purpose (colls did hunt it down on her brand new fake knee!) and let it rest in peace.
This box was planted in honor of colls, a veteran letterboxer and generous mentor to up-and-comers, who underwent knee replacement surgery in March, 2006. She'd had joints replaced before, and knew the pain it would involve, but still her biggest complaint was that the operation would keep her away too long from boxing! Here, then, is a mild hunt to help oil out the creaks as soon as she's on two feet.
Hamblen Park is a 6+-acre natural vegetation area on 37th Avenue between Napa and Crestline on Spokane's South Hill. Adjacent to Hamblen Elementary School, it is safe for runners, picnickers, kiddies, birders, and the like; the only real danger is that one might step in an odiferous pile that a dog walker neglected to scoop.
To the box:
Park on the Napa side of the park, and stand at the mouth of a diagonal gravel/pine needle path directly across from 38th Avenue; it leads into the park at about 115 degrees. Your ultimate destination lies perhaps 150 feet due east from here.
Follow this route for 23 steps (more, if you're a victim of recent surgery) until a large ponderosa is within leaning distance of your right shoulder. From here, the trail curves left. Continue on it for about 70 steps, ignoring the temptation to veer off onto fainter trails (when in doubt, bear left and stay on gravel). You will come to a crossroads (not a Y junction); pause here. At 10 degrees are two tall pines with two low boulders in their shade, partially hidden among bushy things. The boulder closest to the tree is a nice sitting spot, but only if your knees bend past 90 degrees. Against this boulder's east side, needles and a rock cover the tin man's gift.
Sadly, after less than a month in the field, this box has gone missing. I plan not to replace it, because even before its disappearance, some finder or another re-hid it so poorly that the next finder commented it was in plain view. We'll just say that this box served its purpose (colls did hunt it down on her brand new fake knee!) and let it rest in peace.
This box was planted in honor of colls, a veteran letterboxer and generous mentor to up-and-comers, who underwent knee replacement surgery in March, 2006. She'd had joints replaced before, and knew the pain it would involve, but still her biggest complaint was that the operation would keep her away too long from boxing! Here, then, is a mild hunt to help oil out the creaks as soon as she's on two feet.
Hamblen Park is a 6+-acre natural vegetation area on 37th Avenue between Napa and Crestline on Spokane's South Hill. Adjacent to Hamblen Elementary School, it is safe for runners, picnickers, kiddies, birders, and the like; the only real danger is that one might step in an odiferous pile that a dog walker neglected to scoop.
To the box:
Park on the Napa side of the park, and stand at the mouth of a diagonal gravel/pine needle path directly across from 38th Avenue; it leads into the park at about 115 degrees. Your ultimate destination lies perhaps 150 feet due east from here.
Follow this route for 23 steps (more, if you're a victim of recent surgery) until a large ponderosa is within leaning distance of your right shoulder. From here, the trail curves left. Continue on it for about 70 steps, ignoring the temptation to veer off onto fainter trails (when in doubt, bear left and stay on gravel). You will come to a crossroads (not a Y junction); pause here. At 10 degrees are two tall pines with two low boulders in their shade, partially hidden among bushy things. The boulder closest to the tree is a nice sitting spot, but only if your knees bend past 90 degrees. Against this boulder's east side, needles and a rock cover the tin man's gift.