Twin Peaks LbNA #24135
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 19, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | North Bend |
| County: | King |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Planted by: | ArchimedesScrew  |
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| Found by: | SnowFire (2) |
| Last found: | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Status: | FFaFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 19, 2006 |
Twin Peaks is a set of four letterboxes planted around the area in which many of the scenes in David Lynch’s 1990-1991 television series were filmed. To truly appreciate these boxes, you would need to watch at least the series pilot.
The show opens with a view of Snoqualmie Falls. The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks, a town where everyone knows everyone and nothing is what it seems. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
These boxers were placed by east coasters who were not familiar with the area. You needn’t break a sweat to find any of these although a couple of them are planted at trailheads where real left coast boxers have not doubt hidden boxes with actual hiking involved. After spending a day finding where not to hide these boxes, we ran out of time and settled on these locations.
Wrapped in Plastic has washed ashore along the Snoqualmie River at Tolt McDonald Park, 31020 Northeast 40th Street, off State Route 203 near Carnation.
Driving Directions:
From I-5 or I-405, drive east on either SR 520 or I-90.
From SR 520, take the Redmond Way exit and turn right onto SR 202 East (Redmond-Fall City Road). Drive 7.8 miles to Tolt Hill Rd. and turn left. Drive up and over Tolt Hill 3.2 miles to the stop sign at SR 203 (Fall City-Carnation Rd.). Turn left, cross the bridge and drive 1/2 mile to NE 40th St. Turn left and follow the road to the end for the park entrance. Athletic field parking is on the right; campground parking is on the left.
From I-90, take the Preston-Fall City exit (#22) and follow Preston-Fall City Road 4.5 miles to the stop sign at SR 203, just after you cross the bridge over the Snoqualmie River. Turn left onto 203 (Fall City-Carnation Rd.), drive 5.7 miles to NE 40th St. and follow directions above.
(*If the Tolt Hill Bridge is still closed for repairs, take Ames Lake Road from 202 (left before Tolt Hill Road) and then right on 203 at the stop sign, then right into the park.)
Directions to the box:
When you enter the park go over the suspended foot bridge and take the road to the right. After passing the “Large Group Area” sign and just as the road begins to turn left you will find Wrapped in Plastic on the left a couple of feet in between a stump and a pair of fuzzy trees, one maxi and one mini. We would have hidden this box deeper down the trail or at least counted paces but a large swarm of mosquitoes began feasting on us, so if weather dictates, wear bug spray!
Damn Fine Coffee
****Moved off the live tracks thanks to the White family.****
Cooper: DAMN good coffee, and HOT!
[Great Northern waitress pours Agent Cooper's coffee]
Cooper: Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
[sips, sighs blissfully]
This is--
excuse me--a DAMN fine cup of coffee.
I've had I don't know how many cups of coffee in my life, but this is one of the best.
[Talking into tape recorder]
Cooper: Diane, last night I dreamed I was eating a large, tasteless gumdrop, and awoke to discover I was chewing on one of my foam disposable earplugs. Perhaps I should consider moderating my nighttime coffee
You might consider visiting Twede’s Cafe, the scene of this damn fine coffee while in North Bend and don’t forget the cherry pie.
Driving Directions:
Go back out to Route 203 and turn right (south) toward Fall City. Turn left at the intersection with 202 (east) toward Snoqualmie.
Continue past Snoqualmie Falls into the town of Snoqualmie. The Centennial Log Pavilion is located at the corner of Hwy 202 (Railroad Ave) and Fir St.
This 400 year old Douglas fir can be seen in the opening credits of Twin Peaks. Keep going straight ahead on the same road. When you get to Bendigo turn to the right. After about a block, up ahead and to the left you will see Twede's cafe ~ Home of the Famous Twin Peaks Cherry Pie. Slow as you pass the restaurant, because to the right, before you go over the tracks, there is an alley that parallels the railroad tracks.
Directions to the letterbox:
At the end of the alley you will come to gravel. Do a turn around in the gravel and head back down the alley again.
On your right will be a black wrought-iron fence, that goes up in steps. At the 5th fence step, look at the first large bolder.
The Log Lady
"Welcome to Twin Peaks. My name is Margaret Lanterman. I live in Twin Peaks. I am known as the Log Lady. There is a story behind that. There are many stories in Twin Peaks--some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery--the mystery of life. Sometimes, the mystery of death. The mystery of the woods. The woods surrounding Twin Peaks.”
The Log Lady is waiting at the Little Mount Si Trailhead.
Driving Directions:
Continue east on 202 to North Bend. After a sharp right bend in the road, turn left on North Bend Way. (Look for Twede’s at this intersection.) Just east of town turn left, heading north on Mount Si Road (432nd SE). Cross the bridge over the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Bear right just past the bridge and drive a 1/4 mile more to the parking lot on the left.
Directions to the letterbox:
The Log Lady rests a few hundred feet from the beginning of the trail. Shortly after a little fence on the right, a rotting log borders the trail on the left. The Log Lady is under the log just beyond the rock that intrudes on the trail. A smaller rock disguises its location. Please re-hide very carefully.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem
Owls can represent both wisdom and evil. They are frequently mentioned in old Native American tales. In Twin Peaks, owls are first mentioned in episode 1 from the second season. One of the three things "The Giant" tells Cooper is, "The owls are not what they seem." Cooper has yet to find out what that means. What we do know is that on July 25, 1986, Laura Palmer was almost killed by an owl. Laura frequently was frightened by the owls she saw in the woods. In Episode 9, after BOB vacated the body of Laura’s killer, the last scene is of an owl flying.
This letterbox nests in the area of the Mount Si Trailhead.
Driving Directions:
Continue another 2.3 miles on Mt. Si Road to the Mount Si Trailhead.
Directions to the box:
Go right at the Creek Side Loop trail sign. Walk over the bridge and go left at the bench. Do NOT take the Mt. Si Trail. On the right find an enormous “floating” tree. The Owls Are Not What They Seem is nesting in the base of the large tree on the left, under the goiter.
To get back to I-90, return to the intersection at Twede’s Café and go left on Rte, 202. This road will eventually intersect with I-90.
The show opens with a view of Snoqualmie Falls. The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks, a town where everyone knows everyone and nothing is what it seems. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
These boxers were placed by east coasters who were not familiar with the area. You needn’t break a sweat to find any of these although a couple of them are planted at trailheads where real left coast boxers have not doubt hidden boxes with actual hiking involved. After spending a day finding where not to hide these boxes, we ran out of time and settled on these locations.
Wrapped in Plastic has washed ashore along the Snoqualmie River at Tolt McDonald Park, 31020 Northeast 40th Street, off State Route 203 near Carnation.
Driving Directions:
From I-5 or I-405, drive east on either SR 520 or I-90.
From SR 520, take the Redmond Way exit and turn right onto SR 202 East (Redmond-Fall City Road). Drive 7.8 miles to Tolt Hill Rd. and turn left. Drive up and over Tolt Hill 3.2 miles to the stop sign at SR 203 (Fall City-Carnation Rd.). Turn left, cross the bridge and drive 1/2 mile to NE 40th St. Turn left and follow the road to the end for the park entrance. Athletic field parking is on the right; campground parking is on the left.
From I-90, take the Preston-Fall City exit (#22) and follow Preston-Fall City Road 4.5 miles to the stop sign at SR 203, just after you cross the bridge over the Snoqualmie River. Turn left onto 203 (Fall City-Carnation Rd.), drive 5.7 miles to NE 40th St. and follow directions above.
(*If the Tolt Hill Bridge is still closed for repairs, take Ames Lake Road from 202 (left before Tolt Hill Road) and then right on 203 at the stop sign, then right into the park.)
Directions to the box:
When you enter the park go over the suspended foot bridge and take the road to the right. After passing the “Large Group Area” sign and just as the road begins to turn left you will find Wrapped in Plastic on the left a couple of feet in between a stump and a pair of fuzzy trees, one maxi and one mini. We would have hidden this box deeper down the trail or at least counted paces but a large swarm of mosquitoes began feasting on us, so if weather dictates, wear bug spray!
Damn Fine Coffee
****Moved off the live tracks thanks to the White family.****
Cooper: DAMN good coffee, and HOT!
[Great Northern waitress pours Agent Cooper's coffee]
Cooper: Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
[sips, sighs blissfully]
This is--
excuse me--a DAMN fine cup of coffee.
I've had I don't know how many cups of coffee in my life, but this is one of the best.
[Talking into tape recorder]
Cooper: Diane, last night I dreamed I was eating a large, tasteless gumdrop, and awoke to discover I was chewing on one of my foam disposable earplugs. Perhaps I should consider moderating my nighttime coffee
You might consider visiting Twede’s Cafe, the scene of this damn fine coffee while in North Bend and don’t forget the cherry pie.
Driving Directions:
Go back out to Route 203 and turn right (south) toward Fall City. Turn left at the intersection with 202 (east) toward Snoqualmie.
Continue past Snoqualmie Falls into the town of Snoqualmie. The Centennial Log Pavilion is located at the corner of Hwy 202 (Railroad Ave) and Fir St.
This 400 year old Douglas fir can be seen in the opening credits of Twin Peaks. Keep going straight ahead on the same road. When you get to Bendigo turn to the right. After about a block, up ahead and to the left you will see Twede's cafe ~ Home of the Famous Twin Peaks Cherry Pie. Slow as you pass the restaurant, because to the right, before you go over the tracks, there is an alley that parallels the railroad tracks.
Directions to the letterbox:
At the end of the alley you will come to gravel. Do a turn around in the gravel and head back down the alley again.
On your right will be a black wrought-iron fence, that goes up in steps. At the 5th fence step, look at the first large bolder.
The Log Lady
"Welcome to Twin Peaks. My name is Margaret Lanterman. I live in Twin Peaks. I am known as the Log Lady. There is a story behind that. There are many stories in Twin Peaks--some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery--the mystery of life. Sometimes, the mystery of death. The mystery of the woods. The woods surrounding Twin Peaks.”
The Log Lady is waiting at the Little Mount Si Trailhead.
Driving Directions:
Continue east on 202 to North Bend. After a sharp right bend in the road, turn left on North Bend Way. (Look for Twede’s at this intersection.) Just east of town turn left, heading north on Mount Si Road (432nd SE). Cross the bridge over the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Bear right just past the bridge and drive a 1/4 mile more to the parking lot on the left.
Directions to the letterbox:
The Log Lady rests a few hundred feet from the beginning of the trail. Shortly after a little fence on the right, a rotting log borders the trail on the left. The Log Lady is under the log just beyond the rock that intrudes on the trail. A smaller rock disguises its location. Please re-hide very carefully.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem
Owls can represent both wisdom and evil. They are frequently mentioned in old Native American tales. In Twin Peaks, owls are first mentioned in episode 1 from the second season. One of the three things "The Giant" tells Cooper is, "The owls are not what they seem." Cooper has yet to find out what that means. What we do know is that on July 25, 1986, Laura Palmer was almost killed by an owl. Laura frequently was frightened by the owls she saw in the woods. In Episode 9, after BOB vacated the body of Laura’s killer, the last scene is of an owl flying.
This letterbox nests in the area of the Mount Si Trailhead.
Driving Directions:
Continue another 2.3 miles on Mt. Si Road to the Mount Si Trailhead.
Directions to the box:
Go right at the Creek Side Loop trail sign. Walk over the bridge and go left at the bench. Do NOT take the Mt. Si Trail. On the right find an enormous “floating” tree. The Owls Are Not What They Seem is nesting in the base of the large tree on the left, under the goiter.
To get back to I-90, return to the intersection at Twede’s Café and go left on Rte, 202. This road will eventually intersect with I-90.