Field Trip LbNA #17639 (ARCHIVED)

THIS BOX IS CURRENTLY DAMAGED - I WILL REPAIR AND REPLACE SOON

From the main parking lot, head down the gravel steps.
Take the first left (before the bridge) onto the small path.
At the first Y, head right down the hill to the bench on your left.
DO NOT sit down; stand ON the bench and do a chorus of "YMCA".
Continue down this path to the next Y and bear left.
At the next Y, bear right and cross the A-frame bridge.
Bear left at the intersection at the Wood Memorial Garden.
Immediately after passing the garden sign, you will see a mailbox; see if you got any mail.
If you did: go back out to the intersection by the Wood Memorial Garden sign and head toward the large bridge.
If you did not: leave a note in the mailbox for someone else; say something nice in your note. Then head back out to the intersection by the garden sign and make for the large bridge.
Cross the bridge carefully; you'll want to make the other people in your group bounce high enough to make them hold on, but not so hard that they *have* to.
When exiting the bridge, take the path straight ahead.
Take the first path to your left.
Turn left onto the gravel road.
Oh man! This is a maintenance road, not a lovely little path in the woods. Take the next (and very sharp) left; this is still gravel, but I promise it will become a nice little path again soon.
Take a quick potty break as you pass the Port-A-Pots (look carefully; they're forest green, so they're camouflaged pretty well).
Turn right onto the bridge. This time, hold on tight; the others in your party will be seeking paybacks.
When you exit the bridge, take an immediate right and start looking for a large, funky-shaped rock to the right of the path.
Stand on top of this rock. If you are vertically challenged, get up on your tippy toes. Facing due north, cup your hands around your mouth and yodel like you're in a Riccola commercial. This act will free the bonds restraining the letterbox, though you have a bit further to go to find it.
Continue down the path. Watch out! Peeves has been here, and he seems to have strung a very large vine across the path.
At the T, turn right and get a drink. Dehydration is more dangerous than starvation.
Cross the small bridge. Please be advised that if you tap dance on this bridge, the letterbox will be reincarcerated. You'll need to go back and yodel again.
At the Y, go right.
Go Straight at the next Y.
Head right across a small bridge.
Turn right at the T.
Bear right at the Y and have a seat on the bench. Hug the one you're with.
Now get off you're lazy butt and go left so that you're continuing down the path.
Bear left at the Y and start looking for meter markers.
Stop at MM 525. Turn 180 degrees.
Take approximately 20 paces back down the path and look for a dead log on the ground to your left.
Leave the trail and follow the log down to its far end. There is a young tree --not a sapling-- a few feet to the left.
Just before this tree there is a small pile of rocks with a stick on top, leaning against the small tree. Our letterbox is under these rocks and some other forest debris.
Leave your message in our journal and stamp our image in yours. Replace the debris, rocks, and stick as you found them.
Meander freely about the forest until you find either the duck pond (please feed the fish) or the parking lot (watch for cars).
Have fun! And remember: Take only pictures; Leave only footprints!