Art by Two Ponds - Pulled and Retired LbNA #16802 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Sojourner  |
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| Plant date: | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Seymour |
| County: | New Haven |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Found by: | yonnie (2) |
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| Last found: | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFrr |
| Last edited: | Nov 20, 2019 |
For some of you, this may be your first experience with Letterboxing, so before you begin your search today, I’d like to convey to you some aspects of Letterboxing that I personally feel are important.
#1 – STEALTH:
Be discreet while searching for a letterbox if other people are around. You may need to postpone retrieving a box if you can’t do it without being seen. Remember - not everyone is “letterbox-friendly” and you should not jeopardize someone else’s letterbox for the sake of getting a stamp! When you have successfully retrieved it, carry the box away from its hiding place to stamp-in so as not to reveal the hiding place to passers-by or to draw attention to what you are doing. Make sure you are discreet when unpacking the contents of the box and stamping-in. Discretion and stealth are also required when you return the letterbox to its hiding place.
#2 – LETTERBOXING WITH CHILDREN:
Children are often enthusiastic to “do it themselves”, but adults should always oversee their activities and that they close up the box properly and re-hide it well.
#3 – RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT:
Care must be taken in both finding and planting letterboxes. When looking for a letterbox, remember to leave the area just as, or better than you found it. If you look under a rock, replace the rock back where you found it. Don't pull out plants or rip up the ground looking for a letterbox. Avoid trampling vegetation while searching for the letterbox – if the box is off-trail, try not to create a “social trail” by following where previous boxers walked, it’s damaging plus it’s a dead giveaway to the location! Don’t tear apart that stone wall that has withstood hundreds of years of time to find the box.
#4 – RE-HIDE WELL:
After stamping-in and carefully closing up a letterbox, re-hide it as well or better than when you originally found it. Again, discretion at this time is very important. It is a good idea to cover the box with a handful of dead leaves, anchor the box with a flat rock so that an inquisitive animal can’t run off with it, and then sprinkle a few more leaves or twigs on top so it looks natural to passers-by. Look at it from different angles before you leave to make sure no plastic is showing. Never leave a letterbox out in plain sight! A well hidden letterbox helps ensure its longevity!
#5 – HAVE FUN!:
Letterboxing will take you to many new places – places that you may have never known about had it not been for letterboxing! It could be a short walk or a long, strenuous hike – there’s something for everyone’s preference and ability. Be sure to read the clues before you set off to ensure that it’s a suitable one for you.
Some clues are written simply and straightforward, some are more vague and require some thought and interpretation. Others are written in the form of puzzles and ciphers to challenge those who enjoy that sort of approach. Again, there’s something for everyone.
Whichever path letterboxing may take you, please respect it, enjoy it and have fun!
(taken from AQ and Letterboxing.info)
Thank you and now on with the clues! :-)
The final two of six letterboxes depicting the artwork of Keith Haring.
Location: Ftionuan Lkae.
At the intersections of Route 8 and Route 334 near the Tri-Town Plaza, Ansonia, turn west onto Fountain Lake Road by the Shell gas station. Soon pass Ansmour Rd on the right, then at the Seymour/Ansonia town line, take your first left onto Birmingham Blvd (NB: my Hagstrom Atlas has it incorrectly named “Buckingham" Blvd). Park in the lot on your right with the sign board announcing “Ftionuan Lkae”.
Difficulty: An easy “lollipop” trail, as Bluebird and Butterfly call them!
Time: no less than 1 hour.
Dogs: OK
Other: BYO markers - blue, yellow, green, black.
Fishing is allowed.
The trails seem to be used by ATVs (though I didn’t see any when I was there), so please use caution and be discreet when locating the letterboxes.
Begin your hunt on the trail that goes to the fishing platform. Turn left and walk through an avenue of stately pines, the lake on your right. As you reach the end of the lake, the trail continues in a southerly direction, crossing over a small stream. Less than five minutes further takes you to a stone wall on the right. Take 10 steps along the westerly side to find Letterbox #1 in a stone cave.
Continue on this trail for less than 5 minutes. You'll come to a T by a downed tree, go left. At the well-worn Y intersection, turn left. (The trails around here are obviously used by ATVs and are quite wide and worn.) Turn right at the 4-way intersection and continue on to a second pond which will be on your right. Circle the pond clockwise, and at the westerly side when you reach a faint fork in the trail, look uphill at 350* to a large boulder behind a hemlock(?)tree. Letterbox #2 will be behind the boulder.
Return to the pond-side trail, continuing on to complete the oval around this 2nd pond. There are several other ATV trails around here, but you are looking to return on the same trails that you came in on. Once back on familiar trails, return to the parking lot.
As always, thank you for looking for my letterboxes, enjoy the walk, please stamp-in discreetly and re-hide carefully. And let me know how your search went! You may log your finds into LbNA and AtlasQuest.
#1 – STEALTH:
Be discreet while searching for a letterbox if other people are around. You may need to postpone retrieving a box if you can’t do it without being seen. Remember - not everyone is “letterbox-friendly” and you should not jeopardize someone else’s letterbox for the sake of getting a stamp! When you have successfully retrieved it, carry the box away from its hiding place to stamp-in so as not to reveal the hiding place to passers-by or to draw attention to what you are doing. Make sure you are discreet when unpacking the contents of the box and stamping-in. Discretion and stealth are also required when you return the letterbox to its hiding place.
#2 – LETTERBOXING WITH CHILDREN:
Children are often enthusiastic to “do it themselves”, but adults should always oversee their activities and that they close up the box properly and re-hide it well.
#3 – RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT:
Care must be taken in both finding and planting letterboxes. When looking for a letterbox, remember to leave the area just as, or better than you found it. If you look under a rock, replace the rock back where you found it. Don't pull out plants or rip up the ground looking for a letterbox. Avoid trampling vegetation while searching for the letterbox – if the box is off-trail, try not to create a “social trail” by following where previous boxers walked, it’s damaging plus it’s a dead giveaway to the location! Don’t tear apart that stone wall that has withstood hundreds of years of time to find the box.
#4 – RE-HIDE WELL:
After stamping-in and carefully closing up a letterbox, re-hide it as well or better than when you originally found it. Again, discretion at this time is very important. It is a good idea to cover the box with a handful of dead leaves, anchor the box with a flat rock so that an inquisitive animal can’t run off with it, and then sprinkle a few more leaves or twigs on top so it looks natural to passers-by. Look at it from different angles before you leave to make sure no plastic is showing. Never leave a letterbox out in plain sight! A well hidden letterbox helps ensure its longevity!
#5 – HAVE FUN!:
Letterboxing will take you to many new places – places that you may have never known about had it not been for letterboxing! It could be a short walk or a long, strenuous hike – there’s something for everyone’s preference and ability. Be sure to read the clues before you set off to ensure that it’s a suitable one for you.
Some clues are written simply and straightforward, some are more vague and require some thought and interpretation. Others are written in the form of puzzles and ciphers to challenge those who enjoy that sort of approach. Again, there’s something for everyone.
Whichever path letterboxing may take you, please respect it, enjoy it and have fun!
(taken from AQ and Letterboxing.info)
Thank you and now on with the clues! :-)
The final two of six letterboxes depicting the artwork of Keith Haring.
Location: Ftionuan Lkae.
At the intersections of Route 8 and Route 334 near the Tri-Town Plaza, Ansonia, turn west onto Fountain Lake Road by the Shell gas station. Soon pass Ansmour Rd on the right, then at the Seymour/Ansonia town line, take your first left onto Birmingham Blvd (NB: my Hagstrom Atlas has it incorrectly named “Buckingham" Blvd). Park in the lot on your right with the sign board announcing “Ftionuan Lkae”.
Difficulty: An easy “lollipop” trail, as Bluebird and Butterfly call them!
Time: no less than 1 hour.
Dogs: OK
Other: BYO markers - blue, yellow, green, black.
Fishing is allowed.
The trails seem to be used by ATVs (though I didn’t see any when I was there), so please use caution and be discreet when locating the letterboxes.
Begin your hunt on the trail that goes to the fishing platform. Turn left and walk through an avenue of stately pines, the lake on your right. As you reach the end of the lake, the trail continues in a southerly direction, crossing over a small stream. Less than five minutes further takes you to a stone wall on the right. Take 10 steps along the westerly side to find Letterbox #1 in a stone cave.
Continue on this trail for less than 5 minutes. You'll come to a T by a downed tree, go left. At the well-worn Y intersection, turn left. (The trails around here are obviously used by ATVs and are quite wide and worn.) Turn right at the 4-way intersection and continue on to a second pond which will be on your right. Circle the pond clockwise, and at the westerly side when you reach a faint fork in the trail, look uphill at 350* to a large boulder behind a hemlock(?)tree. Letterbox #2 will be behind the boulder.
Return to the pond-side trail, continuing on to complete the oval around this 2nd pond. There are several other ATV trails around here, but you are looking to return on the same trails that you came in on. Once back on familiar trails, return to the parking lot.
As always, thank you for looking for my letterboxes, enjoy the walk, please stamp-in discreetly and re-hide carefully. And let me know how your search went! You may log your finds into LbNA and AtlasQuest.