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Remembering Boxer: Boxcar Blooms LbNA #27469 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:FungusWoman
Plant date:Nov 25, 2006
Location:
City:Spooner
County:Washburn
State:Wisconsin
Boxes:1
Found by: Team Taco
Last found:Oct 27, 2013
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaaa
Last edited:Nov 25, 2006
Placed by Wisconsin Hiker and Martini Man
Stamp carved by FungusWoman based on an original carved image by Boxer (in TRAINing)
Suggested colors: green and any bright floral color

One of a series of letterboxes in memory of my Dad, Boxer (in TRAINing). To learn a bit more about him, please visit his Tribute page, http://www.atlasquest.com/people/tribute/obit.html?gMemberId=4086


You probably know by now that Dad’s original trail name derived from two of his hobbies, letterboxing (of course) and model railroading. He was a member of the Chicagoland Lionel Model Railroad Club. He also was interested in the real thing, and enjoyed visiting railroad museums. While he never made it to this one, Wisconsin Hiker and Martini Man think he would have enjoyed it, and felt it was a fitting place to put this box. I agree!

CLUES
Time: 20-30 minutes round trip
Terrain: flat crushed stone trail with some off-trail walking in woods

Make your way to Spooner, WI and park your car in the lot at the intersection of Front Street and Oak Street. You will be very near the Railroad Memories Museum which you may want to visit before or after you hunt for this box. The museum is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day from 10 am to 5 pm. For more info you can check this site: http://www.spoonertrainride.com/Downloads/rr_museum.pdf
Admission fees were $4 per adult in 2006 and 50 cents for kids 6-12. Train rides are also available.

To start your search for the box, locate the "Roadmaster 2000" maintenance vehicle near the museum. Start chugging along the trail away from the museum, taking care at the unguarded crossing. This trail follows the abandoned railbed first established by the Omaha and Soo Line railroad companies in the 1880s.

Soon you'll steam across the Yellow River. Perhaps your train has 104 boxcars? If so, starting at the far end of the bridge, take one step for every boxcar. Now it is time to switch tracks! Take a bearing of 122 degrees and move towards a large oak. Before reaching the oak, it's time to switch again. Now try a bearing of 30 degrees for 30 revolutions of your wheels. You'll see some railroad ties to your left on the hill. Nestled at the base of the pine on your right, within a bark shell, are the blooms that bend in the breeze when the boxcars roll on by…

Please reseal, replace and rehide everything carefully so this box is available for future visitors. Trip reports would be greatly appreciated!


A special thanks to WH & MM for not only placing this box for me (and Boxer), but for maintaining it as well!
--klk/FW