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Happily Ever After (RETIRED) LbNA #12930 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Dec 30, 2004
Location:
City:Charlottesville
County:Albemarle
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Planted by:jem_heist
Found by: KFamily
Last found:Jul 3, 2006
Status:FFFFaFaaaa
Last edited:Dec 30, 2004
NOTE: as of 6/22/07 it appears that this box is missing! Consider it out of commission until this post is updated.

DIRECTIONS:

Kemper Park is located on Route 53, about 100 yards from Route 20. The trail is open from sunrise to sunset, and is 3.2 miles round-trip on a gentle grade. Limited parking is available at the base of Route 53. From there, maps and signage direct visitors to the trail.

At the base of the Parkway along Route 53, Kemper Park includes an arboretum of native trees and shrubs, Carter Overlook, a two-acre pond, and a small trailhead parking lot. A 1.6 mile trail, Saunders-Monticello Trail, also winds through the park before ascending the side of Carter Mountain toward Monticello. Beginning soon, the trail will lead directly to the Monticello ticket office over the recently completed stone-arch Saunders Bridge.

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CLUES:
(based on a true story)

J and Em went up the hill,
At Kemper Park in Charlottesville.

Along the path, they noticed that ridges,
Were made safe by long wooden bridges.

Enjoying the views, they passed over four,
When J decided to wait no more.

He got on one knee to act out his plan,
And ask Em if she would give him her hand.

J said sweet words meant to entice,
Em to join him on life's grand heists.

Ecstatic she was, she was blown away!
So she sat on a stump not 10 steps away.

With tears of joy and filled with life,
She said she would be honored to be his wife.

Happily ever after, and under leaves and rock,
They placed this commemorative letterbox.