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Hobo Joe LbNA #14125 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 1, 2005
Location:
City:Paulding
County:Paulding
State:Ohio
Boxes:1
Planted by:ateam
Found by: Team Awesome
Last found:Jun 25, 2008
Status:FFFFF
Last edited:Apr 1, 2005
This box is located on State Route 24 between Ft. Wayne, Indiana and Defiance, Ohio. It is in a roadside rest area that has been recently renovated. Thank you to all who have helped with this project.

If you are traveling from Defiance, take SR 24 west and when you see a truck stop called Vagabond Village (the inspiration for this box) you are 1.6 miles away. If traveling from Ft. Wayne, take SR24 east and if you reach the Vagabond truck stop, you have gone too far.

To find this box:
**Please be careful as there is a 30 foot drop off. Children and pets are cautioned!
As well as those who are not so sure-footed!

You will need to pull into the roadside rest area and park anywhere. This area is pet friendly and does have restrooms. You will need to look for the rustic log cabin to the right. Inside the cabin, you will find 2 picnic benches that are more than suitable for a snack or stamping. After looking inside the cabin, you will step out and turn to your left. Follow the asphalt pathway towards the back of the cabin. The path will end at the tree line and you will have a choice to go left or right. Left may seem to be the right path but you do not want to take anything but the right path. So continue right for approximately 17 paces. This journey will take you along a tree line where you are overlooking the river. After 17 paces, you will see on the ground where “X marks the spot”. The asphalt is a big helper in this distinction. Take the new path towards the river. If you are walking past a sign that says “Reforestation Area”, you will find what you seek in about 4 steps. A tree that looks like a lazy V (struck by lightening and tops pointing downward) holds Hobo Joe. You will need to squat down carefully at the base of the tree. To the right of the base and under the ledge, you will find a Hobo just waiting around.

The first one to find this box, may be abducted by aliens. Only the first person will understand this.