From Russia With Love LbNA #25080 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Lone Star Quilter  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 31, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Odessa |
| County: | Ector |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Astro D |
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| Last found: | Apr 5, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Aug 31, 2006 |
**This box has drifted along, like a tumbling tumbleweed, so it's long gone. Sorry, maybe I can make it back out to replace it someday.**
I’m a roaming cowboy riding all day long,
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song.
Nights underneath the prairie moon,
I ride along and sing this tune:
See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I’ll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.
The Russian Thistle, otherwise known as tumbleweed, was first reported in the united States around 1877 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, apparently transported in flax seed imported by Ukrainian farmers. Within two decades it had tumbled into a dozen states, and by 1900, it had reached the Pacific Coast. Thanks, Russia. It’s strange that this native Russian plant became a universally recognized symbol of the Old West. Who can conjure up a deserted ghost town without seeing a tumbleweed rolling down main street? In West Texas, barbed wire fences became useless when tumbleweeds would pile up against them, then a sandstorm would come along and cover the fence with sand. Cattle could then simply walk over the fence, although the grass wasn’t necessarily greener on the other side.
Directions:
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) is in East Odessa. From I-20, exit north on East Loop 338. The campus is between University and John Ben Shepard Parkway. The letterbox is along the 2.81 mile outside loop hike/bike trail that encircles the campus.
To the box:
Take the road that heads east across the street east of the Stonehenge replica. The parking area is past the road to the “duck pond” on the right and there is room for maybe 10 cars. Park here and cross the street to a paved walking path. Turn to your right and start down the trail. The path will cross back over the street you were on and you will see a metal trail sign. Walk 240 steps from this sign, continuing on the path as it curves around to the south. You will pass two large rocks on the right. Turn and face the second one and look about 25 steps in front of you for a brush line. There you will see a mesquite bush with a pile of rocks at the base. At the time of planting, there was a tumble weed in the mesquite, but you can’t depend on them staying anywhere for very long. The camo box is under the rocks.
I’m a roaming cowboy riding all day long,
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song.
Nights underneath the prairie moon,
I ride along and sing this tune:
See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I’ll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.
The Russian Thistle, otherwise known as tumbleweed, was first reported in the united States around 1877 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, apparently transported in flax seed imported by Ukrainian farmers. Within two decades it had tumbled into a dozen states, and by 1900, it had reached the Pacific Coast. Thanks, Russia. It’s strange that this native Russian plant became a universally recognized symbol of the Old West. Who can conjure up a deserted ghost town without seeing a tumbleweed rolling down main street? In West Texas, barbed wire fences became useless when tumbleweeds would pile up against them, then a sandstorm would come along and cover the fence with sand. Cattle could then simply walk over the fence, although the grass wasn’t necessarily greener on the other side.
Directions:
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) is in East Odessa. From I-20, exit north on East Loop 338. The campus is between University and John Ben Shepard Parkway. The letterbox is along the 2.81 mile outside loop hike/bike trail that encircles the campus.
To the box:
Take the road that heads east across the street east of the Stonehenge replica. The parking area is past the road to the “duck pond” on the right and there is room for maybe 10 cars. Park here and cross the street to a paved walking path. Turn to your right and start down the trail. The path will cross back over the street you were on and you will see a metal trail sign. Walk 240 steps from this sign, continuing on the path as it curves around to the south. You will pass two large rocks on the right. Turn and face the second one and look about 25 steps in front of you for a brush line. There you will see a mesquite bush with a pile of rocks at the base. At the time of planting, there was a tumble weed in the mesquite, but you can’t depend on them staying anywhere for very long. The camo box is under the rocks.