Squirrel's Girls and the Rupert Pawe Fault- MIA LbNA #19 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 19, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hagerstown |
| County: | Washington |
| State: | Maryland |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Planted by: | Apple Dumpling Gang  |
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| Found by: | IrishRef (2) |
| Last found: | Jul 1, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFam |
| Last edited: | Oct 19, 2002 |
Please assume all ADG boxes are MIA unless someone you know has confirmed their active status recently. We have been out of the game for quite a while and have not been maintaining our boxes.
Although this box is being posted by the Apple Dumpling Gang, the boxes were placed by the newly formed mini-gang named Squirrel's Girls.
Squirrel's Girls include:
Squirrel
Psychomommy
The Turtle
Firefly
and the ADG
Squirrel’s Girls and The Rupert Pawe Fault: A Trilogy of 5 boxes
Greenbrier State Park
Near Hagerstown, Maryland in Washington County
19 October 2002
Placed by Squirrel’s Girls (aka Squirrel and the Posse: Pyschomommy, Turtle, Firefly, and the ADG)
On October 19, Squirrel’s Girls met up at Greenbrier to find some boxes. What started as a fun and festive day quickly metamorphisized into a catastrophic miasma of events not to be believed.
You see the group didn’t know that Greenbrier sat on the edge of the Rupert Pawe Fault: an area so fraught with peril that sane people dared not enter. The Pawe, as it was known, was right on the edge of the largest tectonic plate on the East coast, a plate that was sliding even now, a plate that would change their letterboxing lives forever. (insert same doomy movie music used in South Mountain Trinity clue here)
Boxing in the Rain- Box 1
From the toll booth (fees vary) the Girls followed the road to the left towards the Visitor’s center and parked in the first lot on the right in the bottom section. They didn’t seem to notice the pale wraiths of cold mist flitting about the sky like Stay-Puff marshmallows, fluffy little marshmallows of doom. Facing the lake, they took the trail to the left past the large trail map sign and followed the gravel path. At the fork, the chilly Girls veered to the right over the footbridge and then continued over the next two bridges they saw, staying to the right. It was raining now and the cold was starting to seep into the posse’s bones. They noticed a large flat rock on the left and a few paces later found an orange blazed trail to the left. The shivering Girls proceeded up the hill, hoping to find a little shelter, and reached a Y where the red blazed trail crossed over. To the right of the red blazed tree stood a 3 foot tree stump at the base of which hid their treasure under some rocks and sticks. (insert pretentious, self-referential, Spoonerism snippet here)
Squirrel and the Posse- Box 2
It was really starting to come down now and they still had another box to find. The Squirrel and her Posse met in a huddle to gather some warmth and discuss their quandary. To muddle on or head home? They would push on. The group headed down the red blazed trail to the right back to the lake and proceeded over the dam. They were surprised by the benchmarks on either end of the damn and debated briefly about whether or not they technically constituted letterboxes. After a heated discussion they noticed the 2 large rocks they had been looking for dead ahead of them at the end of the dam. Dripping and cold, they stamped in to the fabulous box they found by walking up the hill to the back of the rocks and looking under the smaller rock in the middle. (insert nothing here)
The Castaways- Box 3
It was at this point that Squirrel and the Posse realized how much trouble they were in. The storm had gotten really wild all of a sudden and the trees were starting to dance in the wind. Since they were about halfway around the lake now, they decided that one direction was just as good as the other. The key was to get out of the park, and fast. They continued their loop around the lake moving as quickly as they could. Visibility was nil and the group was scared. On the left they spotted the red blazed group of three trees on one trunk. To the left of the tree was a fallen log. As they grabbed the box at the end of the log, under some rocks and sticks, the ground started to tremble. With a bang, a large chunk of the earth broke off under their feet and started its fast descent into the lake below taking Squirrel’s Girls with it. The Rupert Pawe fault line had just broken in two!
Tupperware shows The Way- Box 4
When the battered girls awoke it took them a moment to figure out what had gone wrong. The earth still seemed to be moving but slowly and rhythmically now. The storm swirled all around, blackening the sky, rendering the usually tranquil setting unrecognizable. The Girls quickly regrouped, calmed themselves, and began to formulate a plan. Action was what was called for but what to do and which way to go? At this moment, the storm abated briefly allowing the girls a look at their surroundings. Why were there whitecaps on the ground? Aghast, they realized that they were now on an island floating in the middle of the lake!
Squirrel was the one who eventually got them moving again. She had read somewhere that Ranger Tom Cooch had placed an alarum bell somewhere along the path in case of disaster and a plastic kiosk with directions was nearby. (after all, this trail runs along the dreaded Rupert Pawe Fault Line… somebody get in the sound booth and rewind the doomy movie music, please) They were still on the trail so they headed off, continuing on their original loop and up the hill. The Girls muddled on until a black trail joined in to the left. Clever Squirrel remembered that the kiosk was supposed to be on the black trail so she headed to the left and about ten paces from the sign found a tree on the left with a mossy knee. At the base of the tree under some rocks and sticks, she found a Tupperware box containing directions to the alarum bell.
The Way- Box 5
The alarum bell was on the red trail so they headed back and took a left onto the trail continuing their loop. The downtrodden group continued down the trail back towards the lake and out of the trees. At the welcome sign, they took a left, following the red trail past the tree on the left with the birdhouse. Squirrel knew that they had to be close. Just ahead was a fallen log on the left side of the trail. With great relief, they pulled the shattered alarum bell box out of the right side of this hollow section of tree and pushed the button.
As the alarum shrieked through the park, Tom Hanks and a band of rogue Brownies (the Girl Scout kind, not the chocolate kind) materialized on the other side of the shore. Tom placed the head Brownie person on his Oscar winning shoulders and with a wave of her sash, the aforementioned Brownie Leader summoned lines of volleyballs and cookies to fill the gap. (insert the following: At this point Sarah made a funny but it was devoid of moral content and therefore cannot be divulged here) The relieved Squirrel Girls bounced and snacked their way back to the shore and boxed happily, safely, and weather consciously ever after.
The long awaited end. (should we insert something here?)
Although this box is being posted by the Apple Dumpling Gang, the boxes were placed by the newly formed mini-gang named Squirrel's Girls.
Squirrel's Girls include:
Squirrel
Psychomommy
The Turtle
Firefly
and the ADG
Squirrel’s Girls and The Rupert Pawe Fault: A Trilogy of 5 boxes
Greenbrier State Park
Near Hagerstown, Maryland in Washington County
19 October 2002
Placed by Squirrel’s Girls (aka Squirrel and the Posse: Pyschomommy, Turtle, Firefly, and the ADG)
On October 19, Squirrel’s Girls met up at Greenbrier to find some boxes. What started as a fun and festive day quickly metamorphisized into a catastrophic miasma of events not to be believed.
You see the group didn’t know that Greenbrier sat on the edge of the Rupert Pawe Fault: an area so fraught with peril that sane people dared not enter. The Pawe, as it was known, was right on the edge of the largest tectonic plate on the East coast, a plate that was sliding even now, a plate that would change their letterboxing lives forever. (insert same doomy movie music used in South Mountain Trinity clue here)
Boxing in the Rain- Box 1
From the toll booth (fees vary) the Girls followed the road to the left towards the Visitor’s center and parked in the first lot on the right in the bottom section. They didn’t seem to notice the pale wraiths of cold mist flitting about the sky like Stay-Puff marshmallows, fluffy little marshmallows of doom. Facing the lake, they took the trail to the left past the large trail map sign and followed the gravel path. At the fork, the chilly Girls veered to the right over the footbridge and then continued over the next two bridges they saw, staying to the right. It was raining now and the cold was starting to seep into the posse’s bones. They noticed a large flat rock on the left and a few paces later found an orange blazed trail to the left. The shivering Girls proceeded up the hill, hoping to find a little shelter, and reached a Y where the red blazed trail crossed over. To the right of the red blazed tree stood a 3 foot tree stump at the base of which hid their treasure under some rocks and sticks. (insert pretentious, self-referential, Spoonerism snippet here)
Squirrel and the Posse- Box 2
It was really starting to come down now and they still had another box to find. The Squirrel and her Posse met in a huddle to gather some warmth and discuss their quandary. To muddle on or head home? They would push on. The group headed down the red blazed trail to the right back to the lake and proceeded over the dam. They were surprised by the benchmarks on either end of the damn and debated briefly about whether or not they technically constituted letterboxes. After a heated discussion they noticed the 2 large rocks they had been looking for dead ahead of them at the end of the dam. Dripping and cold, they stamped in to the fabulous box they found by walking up the hill to the back of the rocks and looking under the smaller rock in the middle. (insert nothing here)
The Castaways- Box 3
It was at this point that Squirrel and the Posse realized how much trouble they were in. The storm had gotten really wild all of a sudden and the trees were starting to dance in the wind. Since they were about halfway around the lake now, they decided that one direction was just as good as the other. The key was to get out of the park, and fast. They continued their loop around the lake moving as quickly as they could. Visibility was nil and the group was scared. On the left they spotted the red blazed group of three trees on one trunk. To the left of the tree was a fallen log. As they grabbed the box at the end of the log, under some rocks and sticks, the ground started to tremble. With a bang, a large chunk of the earth broke off under their feet and started its fast descent into the lake below taking Squirrel’s Girls with it. The Rupert Pawe fault line had just broken in two!
Tupperware shows The Way- Box 4
When the battered girls awoke it took them a moment to figure out what had gone wrong. The earth still seemed to be moving but slowly and rhythmically now. The storm swirled all around, blackening the sky, rendering the usually tranquil setting unrecognizable. The Girls quickly regrouped, calmed themselves, and began to formulate a plan. Action was what was called for but what to do and which way to go? At this moment, the storm abated briefly allowing the girls a look at their surroundings. Why were there whitecaps on the ground? Aghast, they realized that they were now on an island floating in the middle of the lake!
Squirrel was the one who eventually got them moving again. She had read somewhere that Ranger Tom Cooch had placed an alarum bell somewhere along the path in case of disaster and a plastic kiosk with directions was nearby. (after all, this trail runs along the dreaded Rupert Pawe Fault Line… somebody get in the sound booth and rewind the doomy movie music, please) They were still on the trail so they headed off, continuing on their original loop and up the hill. The Girls muddled on until a black trail joined in to the left. Clever Squirrel remembered that the kiosk was supposed to be on the black trail so she headed to the left and about ten paces from the sign found a tree on the left with a mossy knee. At the base of the tree under some rocks and sticks, she found a Tupperware box containing directions to the alarum bell.
The Way- Box 5
The alarum bell was on the red trail so they headed back and took a left onto the trail continuing their loop. The downtrodden group continued down the trail back towards the lake and out of the trees. At the welcome sign, they took a left, following the red trail past the tree on the left with the birdhouse. Squirrel knew that they had to be close. Just ahead was a fallen log on the left side of the trail. With great relief, they pulled the shattered alarum bell box out of the right side of this hollow section of tree and pushed the button.
As the alarum shrieked through the park, Tom Hanks and a band of rogue Brownies (the Girl Scout kind, not the chocolate kind) materialized on the other side of the shore. Tom placed the head Brownie person on his Oscar winning shoulders and with a wave of her sash, the aforementioned Brownie Leader summoned lines of volleyballs and cookies to fill the gap. (insert the following: At this point Sarah made a funny but it was devoid of moral content and therefore cannot be divulged here) The relieved Squirrel Girls bounced and snacked their way back to the shore and boxed happily, safely, and weather consciously ever after.
The long awaited end. (should we insert something here?)