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I'm Sari; I Tigress LbNA #14331

Owner:dewberry
Plant date:Apr 9, 2005
Location:
City:Sheldon
County:Harris
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: sagittarian seeker
Last found:Dec 28, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFaa
Last edited:Apr 9, 2005
This box is dedicated to ineffective communicators everywhere (ourselves included). So, for those long-winded Christmas letters, the multi-paged e-mails and those interminable phone call and the many times we just don't get to the point. . .this box is for us.

This box is in Northeast Harris County, at Eisenhower Park. It is very close to Deussen Park, which also is on Lake Houston. I’m not really sure what city is closest, I put Sheldon, but it could be Crosby. I’m pretty sure it’s unincorporated Harris County, though. Oh wait. I’m sorry, I digress.

Directions:
Take Beltway 8 either south from Highway 59 or north from 1-10. You’ll want to find either North or South Lake Houston Parkway, not West. I’m not sure why there are so many Lake Houston Parkways, I’m sure it has something to do with the way the area is getting primed for development, but it’s still pretty marshy on the Parkway. I saw that there was a proposed Lake Houston Parkway that went all the way into Loop 610. On the way, we saw lots of lily pads and some signs about alligators. Alligators always seem to find a way to keep living near humans. Gosh, I’m sorry; I digress again. You’ll want to follow the signs to Aqueduct Road and then turn left. You’ll be following along the water source for the City of Houston, in case you were wondering where our water comes from, it's Lake Houston. I guess that's why Aqueduct road is called that, but because it runs along the waterway. The water doesn't look so clean, but I guess the treatment area is south of there. Sorry, digressing again. Turn right on Eisenhower Parkway (the first one you come to). Follow the road around. Go right at the stop sign. It’s a pretty neat park, left in an undeveloped state, with the exception of a few picnic areas. There are no facilities there, just lots of nature and critters and the like. It made me wonder what the exact eco-system is, we saw cacti and palms and pines and oaks all intermingled. I wonder what you call that. Oh wait, I digress again. Sorry. Once you turn right at the stop sign, you’ll want to look for the head-in parking area on the left. There is a green sign that says Nature Trail, there are stone picnic tables, and a port-a-potty is also in that area.

Clues:
Take the trail through the three posts at the back of the picnic area. There’s lots of sand there. I don’t know why, but there were lots of vehicle tracks in the sand. My three year old found it kind of hard to walk, he was complaining about the sand in his shoes as we were on the trail. Luckily, the sand sort of stops after a while. (I guess I’m digressing again). You’ll pass another trail to the right. We went down that but it sort of petered out, and there were lots of fire ants and brambly things. We really couldn’t find a good hiding place, so we decided that wasn’t the best place to hide a box. You know how you hope that you’ll find that perfect spot, but you end up sort of settling. Well we were trying not to do that. So, instead of heading down that trail, go straight. You should go 70 more steps. I mean I got 68, but my husband got 70, and the kids really didn’t count, so I think 70 is probably the best bet. The trail should curve at that point. Around here is where I think Asterix found a cactus right in the middle of the trail. You should see a clearing to your left. It’s sort of a small clearing, but I think it’s right to call it a clearing, because there’s nothing big growing in it, so I think it fits the definition of a clearing. You’ll go 10 steps into it and there should be a pine on your right. Behind the pine is another tree, I have no idea what kind. I guess it could be an oak, or a maple. I really don’t know that much about trees. I keep meaning to buy a book so that I’ll know better, but I’ve been so busy I just haven’t had the time. Anyway, I’m sorry, I digress again. Your tigress is hiding at the base of this small tree, in front in a nooky thing, under pine needles and leaves. Use the usual precautions (stick, etc) when trying to find her. I think Tigers might bite, but that's a whole nother story and I don't want to get off on a tangent right now.

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