Scary Vegetables LbNA #12828
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Add Location| Owner: | Lightnin Bug  |
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| Plant date: | Dec 26, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Allentown |
| County: | Lehigh |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | Riversol (3) |
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| Last found: | Jul 29, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Dec 26, 2004 |
To find out just how scary an eggplant, a carrot, some broccoli and a radish can be....
South Mountain Park in Allentown is normally a pretty nondescript park aside South Mountain with the exception of a set of very scary vegetables found hiding therein. Why should Pumpkins have all the fun? Other Veggies can be pretty scary, especially to the young at heart!
South Mountain Park can be accessed from the Intersection of South 10th Street and Emaus Avenue and heading South on 10th St. until you enter the park. A one-way loop proceeds right and runs counterclockwise about an underground reservoir which is central to this series. Park anywhere and approach the reservoir, as clues in this series rely on what you can learn by walking around the reservoir. The unusual U shaped breather pipes give away the location of the reservoir tank. Some data you ought to collect:
A = Number of Breather Pipes
B = Number of Large Manholes
C = Number of Small Manholes
D = Number of Pumping Turrets
E = Number of Plates
SPOR = Suspicious Pile of Rocks
SPOL = Suspicious Pile of Logs
Evil Eggplant
FYI: Evil Eggplant is back in action! New box, new place.
Proceed to the NW Corner of the reservoir field and go down the steep downhill to the right. A fenced in communications tower is at CC°, and you should go to the NW corner of this fence. A multi-trunk tree is at (10*A-C)° and (A+B) paces. From there is is 54 paces at 350° to a double stump and finally 7 paces at 200° to a SPOR behind the largest rock.
Bad Broccoli
The NE Corner beckons you, again to go down a steep hill at (10*(A+B+E))°. Carefully cross the park drive to a stone pavilion and proceed to the NE corner. (A+B) paces at (10*C)° will get you to the sawed off stump which you shall realize was a part of double tree. Follow the path that appears at 60°, moving through some pines. At the T, proceed back 6 paces at 210°. Line up a long fallen log at a specific bearing, but travel 9 bushwhacking paces at 10 more degrees to a pine tree. SPOR at tree base hides Broccoli. If you want to see a very large root ball, go to the T and follow the trail to the left. I’d have liked to hide Broccoli here, but the area is swampy without any good hiding places.
Creepy Carrot
Note: The carrot is Back in a new nearby hiding spot.
Return to find the SE Manhole and head SE to a spot between 2 pines, about 9 paces. Aim 100° and (B*C) paces to the end of the guard rail. Mosey along the inner edge of the park drive at 40° for a short bit until you spot a gate and an orange blazed trail across the road. Head down this trail at 100°, passing past the gate. You will go slightly uphill and curve to the left, as the blazes remain orange. At a crossroads pass a circular platform of a bygone era on the left. Go 14 paces more to a boulder on the left of the trail. From the boulder, go 45° for 10 paces to a large tulip tree. Look under the root lip behind a SPOR. If you come to a second circular structure on the left while walking the trail, you have gone too far.
Spooky Radish – No Math Here!
Find the SW Manhole and proceed to the edge of the guard rail at 185°, 27 paces. Skip from large rock to large rock at 210°, 30 paces. Finally another rock at 135°, 17 paces. If you went correctly, you will be in a small pull-off parking area. Follow a trail into the woods at 190°. At a trail intersection, go flat at 240°. Can you hear I-78 Yet? 16 paces to the brontosaurus necked tree. 7 more paces to the radish tree. SPOR at base. A very short climb will make some folks remember the Quarternote and Embedded Boxes.
South Mountain Park in Allentown is normally a pretty nondescript park aside South Mountain with the exception of a set of very scary vegetables found hiding therein. Why should Pumpkins have all the fun? Other Veggies can be pretty scary, especially to the young at heart!
South Mountain Park can be accessed from the Intersection of South 10th Street and Emaus Avenue and heading South on 10th St. until you enter the park. A one-way loop proceeds right and runs counterclockwise about an underground reservoir which is central to this series. Park anywhere and approach the reservoir, as clues in this series rely on what you can learn by walking around the reservoir. The unusual U shaped breather pipes give away the location of the reservoir tank. Some data you ought to collect:
A = Number of Breather Pipes
B = Number of Large Manholes
C = Number of Small Manholes
D = Number of Pumping Turrets
E = Number of Plates
SPOR = Suspicious Pile of Rocks
SPOL = Suspicious Pile of Logs
Evil Eggplant
FYI: Evil Eggplant is back in action! New box, new place.
Proceed to the NW Corner of the reservoir field and go down the steep downhill to the right. A fenced in communications tower is at CC°, and you should go to the NW corner of this fence. A multi-trunk tree is at (10*A-C)° and (A+B) paces. From there is is 54 paces at 350° to a double stump and finally 7 paces at 200° to a SPOR behind the largest rock.
Bad Broccoli
The NE Corner beckons you, again to go down a steep hill at (10*(A+B+E))°. Carefully cross the park drive to a stone pavilion and proceed to the NE corner. (A+B) paces at (10*C)° will get you to the sawed off stump which you shall realize was a part of double tree. Follow the path that appears at 60°, moving through some pines. At the T, proceed back 6 paces at 210°. Line up a long fallen log at a specific bearing, but travel 9 bushwhacking paces at 10 more degrees to a pine tree. SPOR at tree base hides Broccoli. If you want to see a very large root ball, go to the T and follow the trail to the left. I’d have liked to hide Broccoli here, but the area is swampy without any good hiding places.
Creepy Carrot
Note: The carrot is Back in a new nearby hiding spot.
Return to find the SE Manhole and head SE to a spot between 2 pines, about 9 paces. Aim 100° and (B*C) paces to the end of the guard rail. Mosey along the inner edge of the park drive at 40° for a short bit until you spot a gate and an orange blazed trail across the road. Head down this trail at 100°, passing past the gate. You will go slightly uphill and curve to the left, as the blazes remain orange. At a crossroads pass a circular platform of a bygone era on the left. Go 14 paces more to a boulder on the left of the trail. From the boulder, go 45° for 10 paces to a large tulip tree. Look under the root lip behind a SPOR. If you come to a second circular structure on the left while walking the trail, you have gone too far.
Spooky Radish – No Math Here!
Find the SW Manhole and proceed to the edge of the guard rail at 185°, 27 paces. Skip from large rock to large rock at 210°, 30 paces. Finally another rock at 135°, 17 paces. If you went correctly, you will be in a small pull-off parking area. Follow a trail into the woods at 190°. At a trail intersection, go flat at 240°. Can you hear I-78 Yet? 16 paces to the brontosaurus necked tree. 7 more paces to the radish tree. SPOR at base. A very short climb will make some folks remember the Quarternote and Embedded Boxes.