S'More Please LbNA #33965 (ARCHIVED)

Dog Friendly: Yes
Accessible during the winter: No
First Finder Reward: Yes
Fee Required: No
Hand Carved Stamp: Yes

Site: A trail off of Ledgefork Campground-- about 1 ½ hours from SLC, possibly the very best campground in Utah. It’s heavily wooded so each campsite is private, and far from the freeway, so you don’t hear any traffic noises. It also is within 5 minutes of a reservoir teeming with trout as well as a river and a hiking trail.

Description: If you're a camper, you know all about S’mores. Just uttering the word brings to mind fond images of hanging out around the campfire, playing with fire when the rest of the trip your parents wouldn’t let you, crunching on burnt black marshmallows and insisting that they were delicious, staying up way past normal bedtime and singing camp songs between bites of gooey sticky yumminess, then trying to lick all the sticky marshmallow off of your fingers before climbing into the sleeping bag. It’s to this campfire tradition I dedicate this letterbox.

Who invented the first S’more? No one really knows. Until recently, camping recipes were typically passed on by personal journals and word of mouth. S’mores appeared first in the 1927 book Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts and was titled "Some More." We also don’t know when the name was shortened, but it’s not hard to imagine kids sitting around the campfire with their mouths full saying “I wan’ S’more!”
Here is the 1927 recipe.
"Some More"
"16 graham crackers, 8 bars plain chocolate (any of the good plain brands broken in two), and 16 marshmallows."
8 sticks (for toasting the marshmallows)
16 graham crackers
8 bars plain chocolate (any of the good plain brands, broken in two)
16 marshmallows
Toast two marshmallows over the coals to a crisp gooey state and then put them inside a graham cracker and chocolate bar sandwich. The heat of the marshmallow between the halves of chocolate bar will melt the chocolate a bit. Though it tastes like "some more" one is really enough.

S’more Trivia
August 10th is National S’mores Day.
Each summer more than 50% of all marshmallows sold are toasted over a fire.
The largest S’more ever made weighed 1,600 lbs and used 20,000 toasted marshmallows and 7,000 chocolate bars. The record was set on May 23, 2003.

HOW GIRLS MAKE S’MORES
(1) Place Hershey bars on graham crackers.
(2) Toast marshmallows.
(3) Place toasted marshmallows on Hershey bars to melt chocolate.

HOW BOYS MAKE S’MORES
(1) Eat Hershey bars.
(2) Eat marshmallows.
(3) Throw graham crackers at other boys.

Directions:
From Oakley, take Weber Canyon Rd at the sign that says “Smith and Morehouse.” Follow this road until it ends, about 15-20 minutes. You'll then see a sign that says “Smith and Morehouse Recreation Area.” Ahead of you is a big gate that says “Thousand Peaks Ranch.” Turn right onto the well maintained gravel road. Soon you’ll pass the Wasatch National Forest Sign. Next you’ll pass a fee shack. You only have to pay if you’re bringing a boat. To your left you’ll see a campground called “Smith and Morehouse.” Don’t turn there. Just keep following the main road. You’ll pass the Reservoir. . . a great place to take a walk over the dam or go fishing. Just beyond the reservoir the road ends in the Ledgefork Campground.

Clues:
First you’ll see a guard station, then a fork in the road with an option to go to campsites or the trailhead. You’re going to the trailhead, so stay to the left. Pass through the open gate, then over the bridge. That river is full of trout. Keep driving on the main road past the campsites, the meadow and restrooms to your left. Beyond the meadow is a sign that says “Dead End or Trailhead.” Go left to the trailhead. Park in the parking lot. Look for the Forest Service sign right by the trailhead. The box is 5 minutes along this trail. Walk along the trail until you are about 7 steps before the bridge. Look to your right. There are 2 very large rocks right by the trail. The one on the left is rather angular, and the one on the right is more rounded. The letterbox is hidden in a cavity under the rounded rock, below several smaller rocks.

Make sure no one sees you uncover it, and carefully hide it well after you stamp in. It will probably be covered by snow for much of the year, so make sure everything is sealed up tight. Please email me after finding it. Let me know the condition of the box, and if you’d like me to email you what was taped to the bottom of the box. I hope you enjoy this area as much as I do!