Ram-Tough (Tracking Series) ***RETIRED LbNA #14646 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | trailtracker  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 23, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Logan |
| County: | Hocking |
| State: | Ohio |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Family Grave Seekers |
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| Last found: | Sep 29, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Apr 23, 2005 |
Location: Hocking Hills State Forest
Stamp: Handmade
Difficulty: Not really hard but trail may be VERY muddy and rocky at times.
Bring: pen or pencil and stamp pad.
One of my other passions in life is to study animal tracking. It seems to be unending in the small details that can tell so much. Each letterbox in this series will hopefully share at least one bit of new information. If you collect these tracks, take time to compare them and you will learn from simply that.
Ram-Tough
The handmade stamp you will find is that of a Big Horn Mountain Sheep or it is also called a Ram. The hoof spreads easily but the toes are not as widely spread as the mountain goat. These animals can leap gracefully from crag to crag and perhaps the hollow in their hooves provide extra stability. Rams are often called a "perfect tracker" because their hind print will land perfectly onto their front print as they walk. This is rare compared to other animals.
Rappelling Parking Lot
Locate and park in the small gravel parking lot designated for the rockclimbing and rappelling area. To find this, locate Conkles Hollow which is on Big Pine Road and very near the intersection of Big Pine Road and St. Rt. 374. The gravel parking lot you are looking for is .7 miles northeast of the Conkles Hollow parking lot and it is on the north side of the road.
Clues
*Head for the north end of the parking lot.
*Find Long Hollow Trail
*When given the option, take the Horse Trail and do not take the Orange Trail.
*Very soon you will see the trail widen a lot and it may be extremely muddy. Go around and get past this however you can.
*Watch for the first WHITE ARROW painted on tree trunk on your right.
*Look at the low side of the base of the large two-trunked tree that the white arrow seems to be pointing at right across the trail. Ram-Tough is hiding in a hollow under rocks.
Stamp: Handmade
Difficulty: Not really hard but trail may be VERY muddy and rocky at times.
Bring: pen or pencil and stamp pad.
One of my other passions in life is to study animal tracking. It seems to be unending in the small details that can tell so much. Each letterbox in this series will hopefully share at least one bit of new information. If you collect these tracks, take time to compare them and you will learn from simply that.
Ram-Tough
The handmade stamp you will find is that of a Big Horn Mountain Sheep or it is also called a Ram. The hoof spreads easily but the toes are not as widely spread as the mountain goat. These animals can leap gracefully from crag to crag and perhaps the hollow in their hooves provide extra stability. Rams are often called a "perfect tracker" because their hind print will land perfectly onto their front print as they walk. This is rare compared to other animals.
Rappelling Parking Lot
Locate and park in the small gravel parking lot designated for the rockclimbing and rappelling area. To find this, locate Conkles Hollow which is on Big Pine Road and very near the intersection of Big Pine Road and St. Rt. 374. The gravel parking lot you are looking for is .7 miles northeast of the Conkles Hollow parking lot and it is on the north side of the road.
Clues
*Head for the north end of the parking lot.
*Find Long Hollow Trail
*When given the option, take the Horse Trail and do not take the Orange Trail.
*Very soon you will see the trail widen a lot and it may be extremely muddy. Go around and get past this however you can.
*Watch for the first WHITE ARROW painted on tree trunk on your right.
*Look at the low side of the base of the large two-trunked tree that the white arrow seems to be pointing at right across the trail. Ram-Tough is hiding in a hollow under rocks.