Lowbiscus LbNA #44790
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Wailua |
| County: | Kauai |
| State: | Hawaii |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Old2AK  |
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| Found by: | Gem and Her Diamonds |
| Last found: | Oct 16, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFOFaFFFFFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Dec 1, 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.
Lowbiscus:
Take Highway 56 from Lihue toward Wailua. Just after you cross the Wailua River, turn left on Highway 580 (Kuamoo Road). Go about 1.3 miles and park in the scenic overlook for Opaeka'a Falls. The name dates back to the days when shrimp swarmed the river and were seen rolling in the turbulent waters at the base of the falls. The falls is not accessible by river or trail; the best view is from the path that leads from the far end of the parking lot, along the highway. According to guidebooks, the best viewing time for these lacy falls is mid-morning, when the sun is in the proper position for photographing this picture-perfect site.
Enjoy the falls, then walk back to the entrance to the parking lot, where a guardrail ends and curves back on itself. Look (feel) in the guardrail groove for a camouflaged cylindrical pill bottle that's stuck with magnets to the top of one of the guardrail channels, about 8" back, near the green post. Return to your car to stamp in, then wait for a break in the traffic and return the box to its hiding place.
Across the highway and down the hill just a bit is Poliahu Heiau, the largest heiau on Kauai. Heiau were sacred places of worship for ancient Hawaiians. This heiau was named for the snow goddess of the Island of Hawaii (legend has it she lived on Mauna Kea), and contains several terraces, idol sites, and a "god stone" five feet high. There's a parking lot near the letterbox's hiding place on the heiau side of the highway, too.
Lowbiscus:
Take Highway 56 from Lihue toward Wailua. Just after you cross the Wailua River, turn left on Highway 580 (Kuamoo Road). Go about 1.3 miles and park in the scenic overlook for Opaeka'a Falls. The name dates back to the days when shrimp swarmed the river and were seen rolling in the turbulent waters at the base of the falls. The falls is not accessible by river or trail; the best view is from the path that leads from the far end of the parking lot, along the highway. According to guidebooks, the best viewing time for these lacy falls is mid-morning, when the sun is in the proper position for photographing this picture-perfect site.
Enjoy the falls, then walk back to the entrance to the parking lot, where a guardrail ends and curves back on itself. Look (feel) in the guardrail groove for a camouflaged cylindrical pill bottle that's stuck with magnets to the top of one of the guardrail channels, about 8" back, near the green post. Return to your car to stamp in, then wait for a break in the traffic and return the box to its hiding place.
Across the highway and down the hill just a bit is Poliahu Heiau, the largest heiau on Kauai. Heiau were sacred places of worship for ancient Hawaiians. This heiau was named for the snow goddess of the Island of Hawaii (legend has it she lived on Mauna Kea), and contains several terraces, idol sites, and a "god stone" five feet high. There's a parking lot near the letterbox's hiding place on the heiau side of the highway, too.