Peter's Unfortunate Adventure LbNA #36849
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Add Location| Owner: | Bungalow Boxer  |
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| Plant date: | Nov 22, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Pine Grove Mills |
| County: | Huntingdon |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | Milroy Misfits (2) |
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| Last found: | Nov 28, 2020 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 22, 2007 |
The boxes have finally been planted! Please make sure you have a Garmin Nuvi or a Pennsylvania Gazeteer Map book for this adventure. If you have a higher clearance vehicle, that would be suggested. See end of story for reason ;-). I wouldn't recommend getting these boxes in snowy and icy weather.
This series is in memory of a very interesting day of driving! During the summer of 2007, we decided to take my mother-in-law out for a drive in the Rothrock State Forest. Peter had an Audi A4 1.8T at the time, and I was a little dubious about taking that car in the forest, but he insisted it would be fine.
We started out off of Route 26 on Laurel Run Road, going past Whipple Dam State Park. We passed through Owl Gap first. When you get to the intersection of Laurel Run and Little Shingleton Roads in Owl Gap, look in between the three small boulders on the NE corner for the Owl Gap Letterbox.
Continuing on Laurel Run Road, turn right onto Bear Gap Road and go up hill. Be careful of not veering off of the road, especially if someone's coming from the other direction! Stop at the Overlook and look over the Rothrock State Forest and Bear Gap. From there, head a few steps up the road and turn right onto a trail, going downhill. It will pass through the open area of the overlook and then go into the woods. Just after going into the woods, look at 80 degrees for a large rock slide/pile and two leaning trees. The Bear Gap Overlook box can be found just in front of the tree with a curly turn at it's bottom, underneath a low lying rock. You should only have to move one small flat rock for the box.
Continue on Bear Gap Road (turns into Greenlee Rd), then turn left onto Beidleheimer Road. Continue on and turn right onto Bear Meadows Road. Shortly, you will get to the intersection with Alan Seeger Road (paved road). Turn left, pass restrooms on the left (stop here if you need to), then turn right at the Alan Seeger Natural Area sign. Immediately park on your right, take a stretch, have a picnic, find a box. To find the box, with your back to the pavilion, look across the street to a bermy trail. Take the bermy trail and go through the jumble of fallen trees. Just past the jumble, you will find a nice quiet place for a picnic. Turn to the west to find a small girth tree with exposed roots. In the roots, find the Alan Seeger Picnic Area box.
Get back in the car and continue over the bridge near the pavilion (Seeger Road). When you get to the Firetower road on your left, park near the gate (do not block it!), and walk up the road. About a 1/4 of the way to the tower you will see a little cleared inlet on your right with a pink flat rock, perfect for my mother-in-law to sit on while we went to the tower. Underneath the back side of the rock, find the Greenwood Firetower Letterbox.
Once you've checked out the tower (no climbing it please!), go back to the car and continue on the road (will change names to Broad Mountain Road and Rag Hollow Road), and it will eventually dump you onto Route 305 just east of Greenwood Furnace State Park.
End note: We had a really fun day looking at the rhododendrons and beautiful scenery through the state forest. The next day, we left State College for CT. About half way through our trip, the Audi started refusing to accelerate going up hills, and had a weird ticking sound in the engine. When we got home, we took the car in to the mechanic, and got a strange phone call when the car was done. "The car's done." Peter said, "What was wrong with it?" "You'd just better see for yourself," the mechanic said.
When we got there, the mechanic handed us a small ziplock baggie with about six to eight stones in it. Evidentally, the stones had gotten into the engine mounts and other parts of the car, which was really messing up the car! Thankfully, it only took less than $100 to fix it! So, make sure you take a higher clearance vehicle on this trip!
This series is in memory of a very interesting day of driving! During the summer of 2007, we decided to take my mother-in-law out for a drive in the Rothrock State Forest. Peter had an Audi A4 1.8T at the time, and I was a little dubious about taking that car in the forest, but he insisted it would be fine.
We started out off of Route 26 on Laurel Run Road, going past Whipple Dam State Park. We passed through Owl Gap first. When you get to the intersection of Laurel Run and Little Shingleton Roads in Owl Gap, look in between the three small boulders on the NE corner for the Owl Gap Letterbox.
Continuing on Laurel Run Road, turn right onto Bear Gap Road and go up hill. Be careful of not veering off of the road, especially if someone's coming from the other direction! Stop at the Overlook and look over the Rothrock State Forest and Bear Gap. From there, head a few steps up the road and turn right onto a trail, going downhill. It will pass through the open area of the overlook and then go into the woods. Just after going into the woods, look at 80 degrees for a large rock slide/pile and two leaning trees. The Bear Gap Overlook box can be found just in front of the tree with a curly turn at it's bottom, underneath a low lying rock. You should only have to move one small flat rock for the box.
Continue on Bear Gap Road (turns into Greenlee Rd), then turn left onto Beidleheimer Road. Continue on and turn right onto Bear Meadows Road. Shortly, you will get to the intersection with Alan Seeger Road (paved road). Turn left, pass restrooms on the left (stop here if you need to), then turn right at the Alan Seeger Natural Area sign. Immediately park on your right, take a stretch, have a picnic, find a box. To find the box, with your back to the pavilion, look across the street to a bermy trail. Take the bermy trail and go through the jumble of fallen trees. Just past the jumble, you will find a nice quiet place for a picnic. Turn to the west to find a small girth tree with exposed roots. In the roots, find the Alan Seeger Picnic Area box.
Get back in the car and continue over the bridge near the pavilion (Seeger Road). When you get to the Firetower road on your left, park near the gate (do not block it!), and walk up the road. About a 1/4 of the way to the tower you will see a little cleared inlet on your right with a pink flat rock, perfect for my mother-in-law to sit on while we went to the tower. Underneath the back side of the rock, find the Greenwood Firetower Letterbox.
Once you've checked out the tower (no climbing it please!), go back to the car and continue on the road (will change names to Broad Mountain Road and Rag Hollow Road), and it will eventually dump you onto Route 305 just east of Greenwood Furnace State Park.
End note: We had a really fun day looking at the rhododendrons and beautiful scenery through the state forest. The next day, we left State College for CT. About half way through our trip, the Audi started refusing to accelerate going up hills, and had a weird ticking sound in the engine. When we got home, we took the car in to the mechanic, and got a strange phone call when the car was done. "The car's done." Peter said, "What was wrong with it?" "You'd just better see for yourself," the mechanic said.
When we got there, the mechanic handed us a small ziplock baggie with about six to eight stones in it. Evidentally, the stones had gotten into the engine mounts and other parts of the car, which was really messing up the car! Thankfully, it only took less than $100 to fix it! So, make sure you take a higher clearance vehicle on this trip!