Who's Coming for Lunch? LbNA #10424
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Add Location| Owner: | The Tumbler  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 8, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | New London |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Found by: | PenelappiSunshine (2) |
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| Last found: | Aug 6, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFOFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Dec 14, 2015 |
The last stamp in this series, Bert, was sadly taken. The first two are alive and well. A new stamp for Bert was carved and we attempted to replace it today. The entire box is missing. Will get new box and re-hide soon.
This series has three letterboxes on an easy level walk around 9 stations in the Connecticut College Arboretum. Locating and stamping in should take approximately one hour. The main entrance is on Williams St., across from the back entrance of Conn. College. The Arboretum was established in 1931 and the self-guided tour is an introduction to the twenty acre collection of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America and to some southern New England biological communities. Common native trees are labled along the way for easy identification. Intersections are marked with arrows.
Bert, the Largemouth Bass, has invited you to lunch along with two other friends, Freddie the Frog and Hermie the Worm. With a large appetite, he's hoping you brought a large picnic basket and blanket to enjoy by the pond.
To begin this fishy tale, go to the message board and take a Self-Guided Tour pamphlet. Take the grassy trail at 180º, parallel to Williams St. Follow to the "large stone" wall. Walk around its back side and follow west past the "White Ash" to the twin "American Hornbeam." Facing the stone wall, locate the "Tulip" tree #93-150. Freddie hides just behind this tree in the wall, since he doesn't want to be Bert's main course.
After stamping in, carefully re-hide Freddie and continue west along the wall to its opening. Walk through and locate the brown wooden door. Enter the "Wildflower Garden" and follow the gravel path to a granite bench. From your seat, take a heading at 277º to the exit. Cross the winding wood bridge to a clearing. Pass through the "Connifer Collection" circle (station 3) to the wood chip covered trail. Follow it left, continuing past the pond (station 4) to an intersection at "Bog Loop" and "Main Trail" (station 5). Take the trail at 320º through the Laurels. At the next intersection, follow arrow on "Main Trail. Follow white arrow again at X intersection. Pass through opening in stone wall by the "Hemlock" clan up hill to the "Nut" family (station 6). At "Forest Loop" and "Main Trail" intersection with 10 foot wall facing you, head west until you reach a Y intersection. Take the northern trail 30 paces to a 5 foot flat rock in the middle of the path. Standing on this rock, follow 310º to a rock outcrop. The next lunch guest, Hermie, hides in a crevice on the northwest side. I hope you are "hooked" on letterboxing as much as Hermie is.
To find the final letterbox and host of this luncheon, Bert, head back to the "Nut" family and continue east to the "White Pines." Take the "Main Trail" through the Pines onto a pineconed path. At next intersection, follow the gravel path toward the "Buck Lodge" and pond (station 7). Follow all the way to the pond. Check to see if you can spot a few of Bert's Painted friends sunning on the rocks. If you brought a picnic lunch, there is a beautiful spot to spread your blanket to the left at the "Outdoor Theatre" (station 8). Walk up the stone stairs, down the stone stairs, through the Laurels to the gravel path. Take a right to the gravel T intersection, turn left by the "Hollys" (station 9) and head up a slight hill. Take a right at the "River Birch" through an opening in the stone wall. Walk along the wall on your left past the "Sweetgum" to the right angle in the wall. Bert doesn't like being "cornered", so approach quietly. He should be hiding a few paces to your right. After enjoying his first two lunch guests, he should be an easy catch. Make sure you use Catch and Release fishing ethics and return him unharmed. Please be as inconspicuous as possible when "releasing" this letterbox.
To return to the main entrance, head south on the gravel path, then east through the "Viburnum" onto the woodchip path past the brown wooden door on to the main entrance.
This series has three letterboxes on an easy level walk around 9 stations in the Connecticut College Arboretum. Locating and stamping in should take approximately one hour. The main entrance is on Williams St., across from the back entrance of Conn. College. The Arboretum was established in 1931 and the self-guided tour is an introduction to the twenty acre collection of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America and to some southern New England biological communities. Common native trees are labled along the way for easy identification. Intersections are marked with arrows.
Bert, the Largemouth Bass, has invited you to lunch along with two other friends, Freddie the Frog and Hermie the Worm. With a large appetite, he's hoping you brought a large picnic basket and blanket to enjoy by the pond.
To begin this fishy tale, go to the message board and take a Self-Guided Tour pamphlet. Take the grassy trail at 180º, parallel to Williams St. Follow to the "large stone" wall. Walk around its back side and follow west past the "White Ash" to the twin "American Hornbeam." Facing the stone wall, locate the "Tulip" tree #93-150. Freddie hides just behind this tree in the wall, since he doesn't want to be Bert's main course.
After stamping in, carefully re-hide Freddie and continue west along the wall to its opening. Walk through and locate the brown wooden door. Enter the "Wildflower Garden" and follow the gravel path to a granite bench. From your seat, take a heading at 277º to the exit. Cross the winding wood bridge to a clearing. Pass through the "Connifer Collection" circle (station 3) to the wood chip covered trail. Follow it left, continuing past the pond (station 4) to an intersection at "Bog Loop" and "Main Trail" (station 5). Take the trail at 320º through the Laurels. At the next intersection, follow arrow on "Main Trail. Follow white arrow again at X intersection. Pass through opening in stone wall by the "Hemlock" clan up hill to the "Nut" family (station 6). At "Forest Loop" and "Main Trail" intersection with 10 foot wall facing you, head west until you reach a Y intersection. Take the northern trail 30 paces to a 5 foot flat rock in the middle of the path. Standing on this rock, follow 310º to a rock outcrop. The next lunch guest, Hermie, hides in a crevice on the northwest side. I hope you are "hooked" on letterboxing as much as Hermie is.
To find the final letterbox and host of this luncheon, Bert, head back to the "Nut" family and continue east to the "White Pines." Take the "Main Trail" through the Pines onto a pineconed path. At next intersection, follow the gravel path toward the "Buck Lodge" and pond (station 7). Follow all the way to the pond. Check to see if you can spot a few of Bert's Painted friends sunning on the rocks. If you brought a picnic lunch, there is a beautiful spot to spread your blanket to the left at the "Outdoor Theatre" (station 8). Walk up the stone stairs, down the stone stairs, through the Laurels to the gravel path. Take a right to the gravel T intersection, turn left by the "Hollys" (station 9) and head up a slight hill. Take a right at the "River Birch" through an opening in the stone wall. Walk along the wall on your left past the "Sweetgum" to the right angle in the wall. Bert doesn't like being "cornered", so approach quietly. He should be hiding a few paces to your right. After enjoying his first two lunch guests, he should be an easy catch. Make sure you use Catch and Release fishing ethics and return him unharmed. Please be as inconspicuous as possible when "releasing" this letterbox.
To return to the main entrance, head south on the gravel path, then east through the "Viburnum" onto the woodchip path past the brown wooden door on to the main entrance.