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Lucy School Letterbox LbNA #15749

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 12, 2005
Location:
City:Boonsboro
County:Washington
State:Maryland
Boxes:1
Planted by:Noah the Quester
Found by: Nanks
Last found:Apr 2, 2006
Status:FFFaaaaaaa
Last edited:Nov 1, 2015
Once upon a time, two little boys spent a year together becoming great friends at their preschool. On the last day of school, their teacher gave them a SUPER compass as a going away gift. Well, Noah had just discovered letterboxing, but had no compass yet. This seemed like serendipity. Especially when he got a phone call that evening from his friend Steven who was very sad to see the end of classes.

The two decided to meet that weekend at a site both their homes AND their school to place a letterbox as a thank you to their teacher. Hopefully Ms. Helen and Hunter will have fun finding this box too, and become as enchanted with letterboxing as Noah and Steven have become.

NOTE: The area where the letterbox is found is now marked "restricted." In addition, I have received emails that they were unable to find the box. I have not verified this to be the case, but it appears that this box no longer exists.

Directions:

Off of MD. Atl 40, take the "Washington Monument Park" road (across from the South Mountain Inn). Follow to the park/parking lot.

Hike to the top of the trail, where you will see the ORIGINAL Washington Monument. Take a few moments to explore and enjoy the view from the top.

As you come down, seat yourself on the bottom step, facing south. Take a bearing of 194 degrees. You will see a small pine sapling.

Start walking in that direction. At approximately 30 paces you will reach a SECOND pine sapling.

Continue along this "deer trail" approximately 25 paces to a very large (greater than 24 inches in diameter) fallen log. Prior to this you may have crossed a smaller log or two (depending upon park cleanup activities), but this is a BIG LOG.

It forms an L with another fallen tree to the right.

At the base of the hollowed out stump that remains, you will find the Lucy School box hidden under a rock.

The Lucy School is an innovative arts-based institution for early childhood development. Lucy School is located on a 17-acre farm in Middletown, MD. A 19th century barn has been renovated into a “state of the art” facility with early learning spaces influenced by the Milan School of Design/Reggio Emilia (an internationally known visual arts preschool in Italy).