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Wake Up Call LbNA #44646

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Nov 22, 2008
Location:
City:Lihue
County:Kauai
State:Hawaii
Boxes:1
Planted by:Old2AK
Found by: sexy rats
Last found:Sep 6, 2015
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Nov 22, 2008
We're a couple of old geezers who enjoy letterboxing, but who tend to limit our hiding and seeking activity to drive-bys and places that involve easy walks. If we're a long way from home, in a place we might not visit again, we think it's more fun to seek and find easy boxes in several different locations, rather than pursue one hard one. We think our "low impact" letterbox style works work well for families with young children, too.

Wake Up Call:

Every visit to Kauai should include a drive through the beautiful and tranquil Tunnel of Trees. Take Highway 50 west from Lihue. Turn left on Highway 520, Maluhia Road, where the tree tunnel begins. But wait! You need to find our Wake Up Call letterbox before you proceed! The hand-carved stamp features one of the hundreds (thousands?) of emancipated chickens that roam Kauai.

As soon as you make the turn onto Highway 520, pull off the road into the unpaved pullout on the right. Often this corner sports banners announcing interesting local events. When we planted the letterbox, there were banners advertising a local production of The Wiz (which was terrific!) and a Jefferson Starship concert.

From the pullout, look toward Highway 50. Locate the end of the guardrail, where it curves back on itself. Look (feel) in the guardrail groove for a camouflaged Lock 'n' Lock box that's stuck with magnets to the top of the channel, about 8" back. Return to your car to stamp in, then wait for a break in the traffic and return the box to its hiding place.

Walter Duncan McBryde, a Scotsman who began cattle ranching in south Kauai, planted the eucalyptus trees that form the tree tunnel over 150 years ago. Hurricanes have damaged the tops of the trees in the past, but at this writing they once again form a beautiful canopy over the highway.

Continue through the Tunnel of Trees and spend some time in Old Koloa Town, site of the first sugar plantation in the Hawaiian Islands. Now, you can find a tiny history center, good restaurants, fun shops, and great ice cream! Across the street from Old Koloa Town’s shops is the Sugar Monument, a circular concrete structure suggesting a mill stone. Inside, there is a bronze sculpture depicting the eight principal ethnic groups that brought the sugar industry to life: Hawaiian, Caucasian, Puerto Rican, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and Filipino. The sculpture opens up to face the remnants of the Koloa sugar mill’s stone chimney, built in 1841.