Lilac Festival LbNA #3617 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Sam  |
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| Plant date: | May 9, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Mystery |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ??? |
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| Last found: | May 13, 2003 |
| Status: | Fa |
| Last edited: | May 9, 2003 |
Letterbox: Lilac Festival
State: NY
County: Mystery
City: Figure it out
Placed by: Sam 5/9/03, but missing as of 3/1/04 ***
** MISSING ** ** MISSING ** MISSING**
Jan 2006 - **MISSING**
Difficulty: very easy, paved paths. Approximately 20 min stroll to the LB, but you should go slower and smell the flowers.
· Since the first lilacs were planted in the park near Highland and Goodman Aves. in 1892, I want you to enter the Park at that intersection. (There is parking on nearby side streets)
· Follow the paved path towards the conservatory.
· At the first Y, bear right
· Continue to follow the winding paved path
· Notice the Paperbark Maple Trees
· Now the wooden wall on the left.
· Say ‘HI’ to Richard’s Rock
· Continue SW on the paved path
· Don’t go down the steps
· Look at that GIANT tree with multiple trunks on the left. Wouldn’t that make a great place to hide a LB? Well, next time. For now, continue on…
· At the Y- bear left heading downhill
· Ohh…on the left there’s a BIG TREE with half cut down..wow, what a BIG TREE!
· Watch for tree 929 on the right
· Bear right at the oasis
· Next watch for the Gingko Tree H-177 on the left, then the MALE Gingko on the right. (Did you know trees could be male or female?? Hmmm…learn something new everyday.)
· Continue until you find Mary Kraft Turner’s bench. Hopefully you’re enjoying the lilacs during this stroll.
· At MKT’s bench, walk up the wide grassy area between the Weeping Oriental Spindletree and William R Smith’s Rose of Sharon.
· Continue up the hill until you see a small “sapling” tagged as “Oxydendron Arboreum- B.Vernae 13508”. Stop here.
· Look South (about 150*) at the “thorny” shrub called “Berberis Circumserratia”. The name tag is a big black one, not one of those little metal ones.
· Hugging the shrubbery, retrace a few of your steps back down the path.
· Watch the shrub’s branches for a small metal nameplate- “B.PRATTII”. This is THE PLACE!!!
· You’ll have to get down very low…almost on your hands and knees. The LB is hidden in the base of B.Prattii shrub. Be CAREFUL of the long thorns.
When you find it – CONGRATULATIONS! Sorry I couldn’t be more creative with my carving, but oh well.
If you don’t find it, I’m so sorry. You can contact me at samasinarlo@adelphia.net.
Thanks for enjoying this great hobby with me.
sam
State: NY
County: Mystery
City: Figure it out
Placed by: Sam 5/9/03, but missing as of 3/1/04 ***
** MISSING ** ** MISSING ** MISSING**
Jan 2006 - **MISSING**
Difficulty: very easy, paved paths. Approximately 20 min stroll to the LB, but you should go slower and smell the flowers.
· Since the first lilacs were planted in the park near Highland and Goodman Aves. in 1892, I want you to enter the Park at that intersection. (There is parking on nearby side streets)
· Follow the paved path towards the conservatory.
· At the first Y, bear right
· Continue to follow the winding paved path
· Notice the Paperbark Maple Trees
· Now the wooden wall on the left.
· Say ‘HI’ to Richard’s Rock
· Continue SW on the paved path
· Don’t go down the steps
· Look at that GIANT tree with multiple trunks on the left. Wouldn’t that make a great place to hide a LB? Well, next time. For now, continue on…
· At the Y- bear left heading downhill
· Ohh…on the left there’s a BIG TREE with half cut down..wow, what a BIG TREE!
· Watch for tree 929 on the right
· Bear right at the oasis
· Next watch for the Gingko Tree H-177 on the left, then the MALE Gingko on the right. (Did you know trees could be male or female?? Hmmm…learn something new everyday.)
· Continue until you find Mary Kraft Turner’s bench. Hopefully you’re enjoying the lilacs during this stroll.
· At MKT’s bench, walk up the wide grassy area between the Weeping Oriental Spindletree and William R Smith’s Rose of Sharon.
· Continue up the hill until you see a small “sapling” tagged as “Oxydendron Arboreum- B.Vernae 13508”. Stop here.
· Look South (about 150*) at the “thorny” shrub called “Berberis Circumserratia”. The name tag is a big black one, not one of those little metal ones.
· Hugging the shrubbery, retrace a few of your steps back down the path.
· Watch the shrub’s branches for a small metal nameplate- “B.PRATTII”. This is THE PLACE!!!
· You’ll have to get down very low…almost on your hands and knees. The LB is hidden in the base of B.Prattii shrub. Be CAREFUL of the long thorns.
When you find it – CONGRATULATIONS! Sorry I couldn’t be more creative with my carving, but oh well.
If you don’t find it, I’m so sorry. You can contact me at samasinarlo@adelphia.net.
Thanks for enjoying this great hobby with me.
sam