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Kids of Summer LbNA #34608 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Aug 27, 2007
Location:
City:West Thompson
County:Windham
State:Connecticut
Boxes:8
Planted by:kids next door
Found by: MMACJ (4)
Last found:Aug 19, 2010
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Aug 27, 2007
All the boxes were checked and are in place as of 7/3/09

We have been letterboxing for years and have always wanted to place one. Most of our letterboxing is done in the summer, there are 8 cousins (ages 4-13) that spend all week together and go hiking for the boxes together. This gave us the idea to have each of the cousins create a stamp that relates to thier personality. They all completed one and had a blast doing it. We hope you have fun figuring out what each kid enjoys.

Directions:
From interstate 395 take exit 97 heading west (Rt 44) towards Putnum Conn. Follow this to Rt 12 north. Stay on Rt. 12N till the light Jct. 193. Take a left onto 193west Take a right onto Reardon Rd. You will soon see a sign for West Thompson Recreation area take a left at the West Thompson Lake/Recreation area. Follow signs to the boat ramp. Park in the large parking area on the right.

Clues:
Facing the lake head to the right near the boat ramp you will see the start of a marked trail. Take this yellow blazed trail. You will soon come to a large boulder on your right with a nice viewing area on your left. Enjoy the view then continue on the trail. You will soon come to a bench with another view. At the bench take a reading of 40 east you will see a large drift wood in the bushes here you will find box #1. Go back to the bench with a view facing this bench take a reading of 90 degrees east. You will see a yellow trail sign with an arrow on it. Follow this to a wooden bridge and look for a pavilion before arrows on left behind the tree is box #2.Go back to the bench and continue Right on yellow blaze trail.You will soon come to a Y with the yellow blaze tree in the center staying to the right count 20 steps from the tree. Look to your right and go to a brown post marked Sweet Birch to the right of this post is a ridge of rock. A tree has fallen on the rige. Follow this ridge to the top of the tree here look to your right there is a tree with a 2 feet stump here you will find box #3 under some branches and rocks.Go back to the path with the yellow blaze marks.(not yellow signs with arrows.) Continue on to the right enjoying your view of the lake on your left. You will pass a few openings to the water and then come to a twin sister tree (the trail starts to head away from the lake here) behind the twin sister tree is a rock wall follow this wall to your right until you reach 5 tree that share one trunk look in the middle for box #4 go back to the trail and continue on the yellow blaze trail. You will pass a blue trail marker stay on the yellow. you will cross over another wall and will come to an intersection where yellow and blue meet at this tree take a reading of 360 degrees north and go bushwacking 29 steps to the middle of 2 boulders look under rock on your left for box #5. Come back to the trail and you now follow the blue trail east. Go through 2 walls and keep an eye to your right for the start of another wall. Follow this wall till you get to four trees together look in the wall for box #6. Go back to the trail and conitnue on east. You are now looking on your left for a twin sister tree attached to a rock. Go behind this rock to a smaller rock with a crack look around here to find box #7. Go back to the blue and continue on. You will soon come to a + continue straight through following blue and white blaze trail. From this intersection count 3 blue trail signs at the 3rd sign count 17 steps take a reading of 120 degrees and look in the woods you will see a hill with a backwards L shape tree with its roots showing here you will find box #8 our last box. Continue on you will come to the W. Thompson Campground. Site 11 go to the road and down the hill you will come to the main road follow the signs back to the boat ramp and your car!!