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Map Legend - Picnic Table LbNA #21864

Owner:Sojourner
Plant date:Apr 30, 2006
Location:
City:???
County:New Haven
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: ???
Last found:Jun 12, 2015
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFr
Last edited:Apr 30, 2006
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! :-)



This letterbox was created by Beedle from Maine, whom I had the pleasure of meeting last summer while on vacation with my family. We enjoyed a great day of letterboxing together in the Freeport area, during which she spread out an elegant picnic lunch fit for a king. Beedle knows the true art of picnicing, Maine-style! At the end of a fun-filled day, we gave each other a letterbox that we had each made for the other to plant in their home state.

Difficulty: easy - flat, short walk - about a 10-minute walk to the letterbox.
Dogs: OK
Other: some folks may have already stamped into this one - it was hidden for the "Mansfield Meet & Greet" last fall.

CLUES:
Find your way to a little park where two hills connect thirty four and one fifteen. Here, you can enjoy your own picnic in the small picnic grove shaded by tall pines. The park is dedicated to a local U.S. Marine Corps Reserves medal of honor recipient.

Begin on the trail heading NE. As it curves north-westerly, you'll cross two short boardwalks. Then while standing on the stone "bridge" site 340* to the end of a stone wall. Here you'll find what you seek, but be stealthy and aware of "seasonal sportsmen" in the area!

As always, thank you for looking for my letterboxes, enjoy the walk, please stamp-in discreetly and re-hide carefully and thoroughly, camouflaging box with leaves or debris so that it cannot be seen. Let me know how your search went! You may log your finds into LbNA and AtlasQuest.