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Rivervilla Park LbNA #11732 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 20, 2004
Location:
City:Milwaukie
County:Clackamas
State:Oregon
Boxes:1
Found by: Not yet found!
Last found:N/A
Status:a
Last edited:Oct 20, 2004
*********I HAVE JUST BEEN ALERTED THAT SOMEONE HAS STOLEN THE LETTERBOX. PLEASE DO NOT GO TO FIND IT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT THERE. I WILL WORK ON REPLACING IT WHEN I AM ABLE.******

Location: Rivervilla Park. 925 SE Courtney Avenue in Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon.
Dropped: October 20, 2004.
Path: Mainly well-defined path with lots of brush, dirt and rock.
Est. Distance: Less than 1/4 mile.

(If you find any problems with this box or wish to contact me for any reason, please email LITitHITitSPLITit@yahoo.com)

DIRECTIONS TO RIVERVILLA PARK:

From Portland get on 99E heading south towards Milwaukie/Oregon City. 99E is called McLoughlin Blvd as the road passes through downtown Milwaukie. Once you are in Milwaukie, pay attention to the landmarks. To the right will be a park/boat dock and a sewage treatment plant, and to the left a variety of gas stations and other assorted businesses. Keep going and you will go under a small under pass of a train trestle. Right after you go under the trestle, you should see a sign on your right that says "To River Rd." Take this exit off of McLoughlin Blvd. and follow the curving road. On your right you will eventually see a large retirement community campus, Willamette View. Keep going past Willamette View to the intersection with the blinking yellow light. This is the intersection of River Rd and Courtney Avenue, and you should take a right at this intersection. Take a right off of Courtney onto Laurie Avenue. Continue straight and take a left onto Denny St. Continue downhill along this road, which will turn into Bluff Rd. At the very end of this road, at the bottom of the hill, is Rivervilla Park.

CLUES

Park in the designated parking lot at Rivervilla Park, preferably facing towards the park and not towards the street. Walk onto the park property adjacent to the parking lot, and you will see a paved path that runs parallel to the Willamette River. If you are facing in the correct direction, there will be a bathroom to your right and the river to your left. Make sure you get on the path the runs parallel to the river, and not perpendicular to it.

The correct path will take you behind a large structure of rocks and earth. When the paved path begins to curve left, follow it just a little further. Once the path completely bends and is running perpendicular to the river, go straight towards the bridge rather than following the paved path. This will take you onto the grass. In a short distance you should see another path that is through the brush. It is mostly straight ahead, but slightly to the left. This path will lead you down closer to the river, and will be very rocky for some distance. Continue on the path towards the train trestle/bridge, which should be in clear view. The path gets narrower and the vegetation on each side is tall and obtrusive. Be careful of the rocks on the path that could make it easy to trip. If you cannot find the path, just go in the direction of the train trestle and you should find it.

The path will eventually emerge and you will be at the train trestle. The path continues under the train trestle, and heads towards a little beach on the other side. You may need to duck a little in order to safely walk under the wooden beams that are a part of the trestle. You want to follow the path completely underneath the train trestle until you emerge just on the other side of the trestle, where the beach will be just in front of you. Here, it gets tricky, so pay close attention.

You will know you are on the desired side of the trestle because if you face the river, the trestle will be just to the left of you. Now face towards the trestle so you can count the posts. Each "post" is really a section of wooden beams that supports the bridge. Since it is nearly impossible to describe these posts, here is the best way to figure out what they are: there are three posts before the path, and the two closest to the river are supported on cement.

Now that you have hopefully figured out what the posts are, you can begin to hunt the letterbox. Count the posts from the river to the 6th post (3 of these are before the path, so it's the 3rd post on the other side of the path). You will want to turn your back completely to the river, and go uphill slightly towards the 6th post. When you arrive at it, if your back is facing the river, the post will be to your right. Now there is going to be a wooden beam that is mid-air that separates you from being under/inside the trestle. You need to be inside the trestle, so you can either go under or over the beam to do so. Now you can find the letterbox!

You should now be inside the trestle facing the sixth post. (this "post" continues across to the other side). Now look at the ground. There will be another beam that is a part of the sixth post, but it runs on the ground. It is under this beam, just inside the trestle at the sixth post that you should find the letterbox. It is under somewhat heavy rocks, so be careful moving them.

As always, please re-hide the letterbox so it is as well hidden as when you found it.. Also, be aware that there could be people under the train trestle. Often there are fisherman along the beach, and teens have been known to hang under the trestle from time to time. Be cautious at all times.

Note that I have provided a link to a map that can help you determine what these "posts" are if you are not able to determine from the clues. THIS IS A GIVE-AWAY as to where the letterbox is, so I suggest you only use it if you are absolutely not able to decipher the clues.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/203439576/203440108IRBfiP