Buggy Bog's Brownie Boxes LbNA #14338
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 30, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Glastonbury |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 6 |
| Planted by: | Wingnut  |
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| Found by: | enjoinder (4) |
| Last found: | Dec 6, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFaFFFFFFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Mar 30, 2005 |
1/09 Apparently vandalized so will pull listing...
** If you have any gallon zip locks, please bring them along and replace - I forgot them on my recent box check 07/07 - thanks!
Previously, known only as Bog's Brownie Boxes, this series is on the campus of the Smith Middle School and letterboxers should only seek this box outside of normal school hours. Also, if it's in mosquito season, dope up because seekers have told me it's quite buggy, hence the name change we couldn't resist. We planted the box at snow melt, so there were no bugs then!
From Hartford, take Route 2 East. Take the Hebron Avenue, Exit 8. At the end of the exit, turn left onto Hebron Avenue. Travel a half a mile or so and take a left onto Eastern Boulevard. Travel to stop sign at end. Cross over Addison Road straight ahead into the Smith Middle School complex. Follow the access road straight by the school and as it bends right ending just past the baseball field. Park at the end of the parking lot for the entrance to the Addison Bog Walk.
Copied from the Glastonbury Walks Pamphlet:
This trail is named for one of the interesting features along the way. The 5.5 acre Addison Bog along its northern section is said to be the only Black Spruce Bog in central Connecticut. Core samples show the bog to be over 17 feet deep in places, and filled with water-saturated peat. This is a highly acidic (4.25 pH) and nutrient oor environment resulting in stunted growth. The bog started as a glacial kettle hole about 8000 years ago and has been accumulating decaying vegetation ever since. Many of the plants in the bog are unusual this far south, including black spruce, larch trees (AKA tamaracks), and insect eating pitcher plants. The black spruce are slow growing. One specimen of 1.75 inch diameter was found to be 48 years old. Along its southern section, the trail overlooks the Salmon Brook valley, which is also owned by the town as open space. In total the town owns 250 contiguous acres in this area. Eventually, parts of this property may be developed for other public uses, but meanwhile we can enjoy the land as it exists today.
Enter the trailhead to the far left near the homerun fence when standing with Smith School at your back. Follow the blue blaze trail being sure not to get off on any trail forks to the right. You will have to turn left into the woods while a road will head straight! After a few minutes of a leisurely walk or so, you will see a trail blaze on your left on a very skinny tree. Stop and look behind you and you should see an arrow on a tree facing the other way. Now that you know you're in the right spot, turn back around to face the direction you've been walking. Before the trail breaks to the right, find the fallen and leaning tree to the left about 30 8-year old steps off the trail. Step over the fallen tree and face the trail. Turn over a piece of wood to find "Abby's Nuthead".
Get back to the trail and continue on another few minutes or so until you reach the benches and placard. If facing the benches with your back to the trail, walk diagonally right about 40 8-year old paces toward the bog toward a multi-trunk tree with a few colored markers on its branches. In the middle of the stand under branches is "Mary's Hopper".
Head back to the benches and continue down the trail. You will see shameful car dumping to your left and a fallen tree that partially enters the trail on your left! Look up ahead for a trail blaze on the left and walk to it. Standing at the trail blaze, look left. See a large leaning tree. "Kelley's Wildlife" is hidden under leaves and sticks under the roots of this leaning tree.
Continue on the trail another leisurely several minutes being careful to stay on the blue blaze trail and not getting off on the many little bike trails that criss cross through the area. You will see another car door to the left along the way. Soon you will see power lines and clearing to your right. At that point when the trail is still 30 paces from the clearing, you will see a huge pile (3.5' tall) of logs along the clearing for the lines. In the middle of the pile a little right of center down in between logs is "Lindsay's Big Eyes". If you walk until the trail actually reaches the clearing, you have gone about 50' too far.
Head back to the trail for another leisurely 10 minute walk. You will cross over the power lines and then make almost a hairpin turn back to the right along the Salmon Brook. Pass the benches, walk about 100' and find a huge fallen tree to the left down the hill. Use care walking to the end of the fallen tree. Under a hunk of wood, find "Katie's Fallen Tree's Surprise".
Yet another minute down the trail, the trail will start to turn away from the top of the slope above the Salmon Brook. Look to your right and spot a hollow broken off leaning tree top. Propped up inside the hollow is a favorite inhabitant of these parts of the box variety, "Kristine's Kritter". Please use care and take your time replacing this box so that it stays propped within the tree and is hidden well.
This is a loop trail so continue straight ahead to return to the parking lot. Thanks for visiting the Bog's Brownie Boxes. Check out the Brownie's Bounty for another series by Troop 845.
** If you have any gallon zip locks, please bring them along and replace - I forgot them on my recent box check 07/07 - thanks!
Previously, known only as Bog's Brownie Boxes, this series is on the campus of the Smith Middle School and letterboxers should only seek this box outside of normal school hours. Also, if it's in mosquito season, dope up because seekers have told me it's quite buggy, hence the name change we couldn't resist. We planted the box at snow melt, so there were no bugs then!
From Hartford, take Route 2 East. Take the Hebron Avenue, Exit 8. At the end of the exit, turn left onto Hebron Avenue. Travel a half a mile or so and take a left onto Eastern Boulevard. Travel to stop sign at end. Cross over Addison Road straight ahead into the Smith Middle School complex. Follow the access road straight by the school and as it bends right ending just past the baseball field. Park at the end of the parking lot for the entrance to the Addison Bog Walk.
Copied from the Glastonbury Walks Pamphlet:
This trail is named for one of the interesting features along the way. The 5.5 acre Addison Bog along its northern section is said to be the only Black Spruce Bog in central Connecticut. Core samples show the bog to be over 17 feet deep in places, and filled with water-saturated peat. This is a highly acidic (4.25 pH) and nutrient oor environment resulting in stunted growth. The bog started as a glacial kettle hole about 8000 years ago and has been accumulating decaying vegetation ever since. Many of the plants in the bog are unusual this far south, including black spruce, larch trees (AKA tamaracks), and insect eating pitcher plants. The black spruce are slow growing. One specimen of 1.75 inch diameter was found to be 48 years old. Along its southern section, the trail overlooks the Salmon Brook valley, which is also owned by the town as open space. In total the town owns 250 contiguous acres in this area. Eventually, parts of this property may be developed for other public uses, but meanwhile we can enjoy the land as it exists today.
Enter the trailhead to the far left near the homerun fence when standing with Smith School at your back. Follow the blue blaze trail being sure not to get off on any trail forks to the right. You will have to turn left into the woods while a road will head straight! After a few minutes of a leisurely walk or so, you will see a trail blaze on your left on a very skinny tree. Stop and look behind you and you should see an arrow on a tree facing the other way. Now that you know you're in the right spot, turn back around to face the direction you've been walking. Before the trail breaks to the right, find the fallen and leaning tree to the left about 30 8-year old steps off the trail. Step over the fallen tree and face the trail. Turn over a piece of wood to find "Abby's Nuthead".
Get back to the trail and continue on another few minutes or so until you reach the benches and placard. If facing the benches with your back to the trail, walk diagonally right about 40 8-year old paces toward the bog toward a multi-trunk tree with a few colored markers on its branches. In the middle of the stand under branches is "Mary's Hopper".
Head back to the benches and continue down the trail. You will see shameful car dumping to your left and a fallen tree that partially enters the trail on your left! Look up ahead for a trail blaze on the left and walk to it. Standing at the trail blaze, look left. See a large leaning tree. "Kelley's Wildlife" is hidden under leaves and sticks under the roots of this leaning tree.
Continue on the trail another leisurely several minutes being careful to stay on the blue blaze trail and not getting off on the many little bike trails that criss cross through the area. You will see another car door to the left along the way. Soon you will see power lines and clearing to your right. At that point when the trail is still 30 paces from the clearing, you will see a huge pile (3.5' tall) of logs along the clearing for the lines. In the middle of the pile a little right of center down in between logs is "Lindsay's Big Eyes". If you walk until the trail actually reaches the clearing, you have gone about 50' too far.
Head back to the trail for another leisurely 10 minute walk. You will cross over the power lines and then make almost a hairpin turn back to the right along the Salmon Brook. Pass the benches, walk about 100' and find a huge fallen tree to the left down the hill. Use care walking to the end of the fallen tree. Under a hunk of wood, find "Katie's Fallen Tree's Surprise".
Yet another minute down the trail, the trail will start to turn away from the top of the slope above the Salmon Brook. Look to your right and spot a hollow broken off leaning tree top. Propped up inside the hollow is a favorite inhabitant of these parts of the box variety, "Kristine's Kritter". Please use care and take your time replacing this box so that it stays propped within the tree and is hidden well.
This is a loop trail so continue straight ahead to return to the parking lot. Thanks for visiting the Bog's Brownie Boxes. Check out the Brownie's Bounty for another series by Troop 845.