4th of July - RETIRED LbNA #8967 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Sojourner
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| Plant date: | Jul 1, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Orange |
| County: | New Haven |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | yonnie |
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| Last found: | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFOFFFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Jul 1, 2004 |
For some of you, this may be your first experience with Letterboxing, so before you begin your search today, I’d like to convey to you some aspects of Letterboxing that I personally feel are important.
#1 – STEALTH:
Be discreet while searching for a letterbox if other people are around. You may need to postpone retrieving a box if you can’t do it without being seen. Remember - not everyone is “letterbox-friendly” and you should not jeopardize someone else’s letterbox for the sake of getting a stamp! When you have successfully retrieved it, carry the box away from its hiding place to stamp-in so as not to reveal the hiding place to passers-by or to draw attention to what you are doing. Make sure you are discreet when unpacking the contents of the box and stamping-in. Discretion and stealth are also required when you return the letterbox to its hiding place.
#2 – LETTERBOXING WITH CHILDREN:
Children are often enthusiastic to “do it themselves”, but adults should always oversee their activities and that they close up the box properly and re-hide it well.
#3 – RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT:
Care must be taken in both finding and planting letterboxes. When looking for a letterbox, remember to leave the area just as, or better than you found it. If you look under a rock, replace the rock back where you found it. Don't pull out plants or rip up the ground looking for a letterbox. Avoid trampling vegetation while searching for the letterbox – if the box is off-trail, try not to create a “social trail” by following where previous boxers walked, it’s damaging plus it’s a dead giveaway to the location! Don’t tear apart that stone wall that has withstood hundreds of years of time to find the box.
#4 – RE-HIDE WELL:
After stamping-in and carefully closing up a letterbox, re-hide it as well or better than when you originally found it. Again, discretion at this time is very important. It is a good idea to cover the box with a handful of dead leaves, anchor the box with a flat rock so that an inquisitive animal can’t run off with it, and then sprinkle a few more leaves or twigs on top so it looks natural to passers-by. Look at it from different angles before you leave to make sure no plastic is showing. Never leave a letterbox out in plain sight! A well hidden letterbox helps ensure its longevity!
#5 – HAVE FUN!:
Letterboxing will take you to many new places – places that you may have never known about had it not been for letterboxing! It could be a short walk or a long, strenuous hike – there’s something for everyone’s preference and ability. Be sure to read the clues before you set off to ensure that it’s a suitable one for you.
Some clues are written simply and straightforward, some are more vague and require some thought and interpretation. Others are written in the form of puzzles and ciphers to challenge those who enjoy that sort of approach. Again, there’s something for everyone.
Whichever path letterboxing may take you, please respect it, enjoy it and have fun!
(taken from AQ and Letterboxing.info)
Thank you and now on with the clues! :-)
07/14/2008 - box missing, lid found nearby...since it's a lock'n'lock container, I don't think a 4-legged animal could have opened it and run off with the container and contents....hope to recarve and replace soon.
----------------------------------------------------------“Thus may the 4th of July, that glorious and ever memorable day, be celebrated through America, by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more. Amen and Amen.” Virginia Gazette on July 18th, 1777
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Location: High Plains Community Center
Orange Center Road (Route 152)
Orange, CT.
Parking along the gazebo side of the Community Center.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: Walking time is about 20 minutes. Allow extra time for stamping-in.
Dogs: Leashed dogs OK.
Other: When summer camp is in session, the pavilion and trail may be busy.
Each year Orange celebrates Independence Day with fireworks and a concert at the Gazebo at the Community Center.
Happy 4th of July!
CLUES:
Begin at the picnic pavilion that is behind the Community Center at the edge of the woods. The Orange trail (the blazes are rather faint) immediately enters the woods by the “Orange Open Space” sign. Follow it downhill, over the wooden footbridge, then almost to the 2nd stream. Here the trail turns north and starts back uphill, paralleling the stream.
Continue on along the ridge a short way until you see an Orange-blazed tree with a slender wrap-around. Just ahead is a small island of 3 boulders and some Mountain Laurel bushes. Here's where you’ll catch a glimpse of some 4th of July festivities!
Stay on the Orange trail to the T-junction at the unpaved road. Turn left and you’ll soon be back alongside the picnic pavilion again.
Please remember to stamp-in discreetly and re-hide carefully. Enjoy the hunt, and send an e-mail letting me know how it went! You can log your find into LbNA and Atlasquest.
#1 – STEALTH:
Be discreet while searching for a letterbox if other people are around. You may need to postpone retrieving a box if you can’t do it without being seen. Remember - not everyone is “letterbox-friendly” and you should not jeopardize someone else’s letterbox for the sake of getting a stamp! When you have successfully retrieved it, carry the box away from its hiding place to stamp-in so as not to reveal the hiding place to passers-by or to draw attention to what you are doing. Make sure you are discreet when unpacking the contents of the box and stamping-in. Discretion and stealth are also required when you return the letterbox to its hiding place.
#2 – LETTERBOXING WITH CHILDREN:
Children are often enthusiastic to “do it themselves”, but adults should always oversee their activities and that they close up the box properly and re-hide it well.
#3 – RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT:
Care must be taken in both finding and planting letterboxes. When looking for a letterbox, remember to leave the area just as, or better than you found it. If you look under a rock, replace the rock back where you found it. Don't pull out plants or rip up the ground looking for a letterbox. Avoid trampling vegetation while searching for the letterbox – if the box is off-trail, try not to create a “social trail” by following where previous boxers walked, it’s damaging plus it’s a dead giveaway to the location! Don’t tear apart that stone wall that has withstood hundreds of years of time to find the box.
#4 – RE-HIDE WELL:
After stamping-in and carefully closing up a letterbox, re-hide it as well or better than when you originally found it. Again, discretion at this time is very important. It is a good idea to cover the box with a handful of dead leaves, anchor the box with a flat rock so that an inquisitive animal can’t run off with it, and then sprinkle a few more leaves or twigs on top so it looks natural to passers-by. Look at it from different angles before you leave to make sure no plastic is showing. Never leave a letterbox out in plain sight! A well hidden letterbox helps ensure its longevity!
#5 – HAVE FUN!:
Letterboxing will take you to many new places – places that you may have never known about had it not been for letterboxing! It could be a short walk or a long, strenuous hike – there’s something for everyone’s preference and ability. Be sure to read the clues before you set off to ensure that it’s a suitable one for you.
Some clues are written simply and straightforward, some are more vague and require some thought and interpretation. Others are written in the form of puzzles and ciphers to challenge those who enjoy that sort of approach. Again, there’s something for everyone.
Whichever path letterboxing may take you, please respect it, enjoy it and have fun!
(taken from AQ and Letterboxing.info)
Thank you and now on with the clues! :-)
07/14/2008 - box missing, lid found nearby...since it's a lock'n'lock container, I don't think a 4-legged animal could have opened it and run off with the container and contents....hope to recarve and replace soon.
----------------------------------------------------------“Thus may the 4th of July, that glorious and ever memorable day, be celebrated through America, by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more. Amen and Amen.” Virginia Gazette on July 18th, 1777
----------------------------------------------------------
Location: High Plains Community Center
Orange Center Road (Route 152)
Orange, CT.
Parking along the gazebo side of the Community Center.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: Walking time is about 20 minutes. Allow extra time for stamping-in.
Dogs: Leashed dogs OK.
Other: When summer camp is in session, the pavilion and trail may be busy.
Each year Orange celebrates Independence Day with fireworks and a concert at the Gazebo at the Community Center.
Happy 4th of July!
CLUES:
Begin at the picnic pavilion that is behind the Community Center at the edge of the woods. The Orange trail (the blazes are rather faint) immediately enters the woods by the “Orange Open Space” sign. Follow it downhill, over the wooden footbridge, then almost to the 2nd stream. Here the trail turns north and starts back uphill, paralleling the stream.
Continue on along the ridge a short way until you see an Orange-blazed tree with a slender wrap-around. Just ahead is a small island of 3 boulders and some Mountain Laurel bushes. Here's where you’ll catch a glimpse of some 4th of July festivities!
Stay on the Orange trail to the T-junction at the unpaved road. Turn left and you’ll soon be back alongside the picnic pavilion again.
Please remember to stamp-in discreetly and re-hide carefully. Enjoy the hunt, and send an e-mail letting me know how it went! You can log your find into LbNA and Atlasquest.