Suburban Pegasus LbNA #49092
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Canton |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | bartunia  |
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| Found by: | Nairon |
| Last found: | Oct 22, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 22, 2009 |
In Greek Mythology Poseidon was the god of the sea, earthquakes and horses. He sired Pegasus, the white winged horse. Pegasus was a dutiful companion, aiding Bellerophon and later Zeus, the King of Gods. Pegasus found a mate, Euippe, and had the offspring Celeris and Melanippe. This led to a new race of winged horses. Being that Pegasus was mortal - he could not live forever, and to honor him Zeus transformed Pegasus into a constellation where he can still be seen in the night sky. Although Pegasus has been long gone, it is whispered that a winged horse sleeps quietly just outside the reach of suburbia in the sanctuary of Uplands.
ONTO THE CLUES:
No ink or pen in this box, black ink for the stamp will do just fine
Route 179 to High Valley Drive. From High Valley Drive, right onto Westwood Drive. Take Westwood to the end and park near the red reflector in the cul-de-sac. And, yes, you are indeed in the right place, as you may be scratching your head thinking there is no way there's a trail here. The trail head is to the left of the red reflector pole. This loop is approximately one mile long, give or take.
This is a new trail from the Canton Land Trust and the trees currently are tagged with pinkish/orange ties (they may blaze the trees with paint in the future I'm sure). In some spots you have to look around a bit to find the next tie, so take this slow, enjoy nature and make sure to spot another tie before continuing on. Several times we thought we were following the path only to realize it had turned off in another direction. Most of the way is a clear path that you can cleary see, but there are just some spots where you need the assistance of the ties and they may be few and far between.
Enter the trail and walk straight. You'll see that the path takes you between a split downed tree. There are ties indicating that you can continue straight or take a right immediately after this downed tree, keep going straight (you'll also see what appears to be an unmarked trail on the left - ignore). Next you'll come to where you must go right or left, take the right (there are no tied trees to the left). Follow the trail over a small stream and meander here and there keeping your eyes open for those ties. This is a nature sanctuary, so in your search for the pegasus you may come across deer, turtles, wild turkeys, salamanders (we saw all of these on this trip) ... and maybe even a bobcat.
At some point along the way the trail turns to the right (because otherwise you'd find yourself going downhill) and you'll begin to see no trespassing signs all along the left of the trail. As you continue along you'll come to a section full of large rocks to your right. Who knows, maybe you'll indeed find a "LYNX" here, check around a bit.
Now you'll come to a rock wall on your left. This continues on and then abruptly turns to the left. Don't follow where that rock wall leads off though - you'll be in no trespassing territory. Instead, see where there now lies a rock wall to the right, just before the nature sanctuary signed fastened to a tree? Face that rock wall and walk about eight steps or so keeping the rock wall to your left, turn and face the second full tree on the other side of the wall. Where you now stand, underneath the wall, hidden by a rotting log and bark is where you'll find this suburban pegasus.
Once you've taken a peek at the pegasus walk back to the path, around that tree with the sanctuary sign fastened to it and continue on to the right where you'll catch a glimpse here and there of suburbia. The trail goes along for a bit this way (no ties that could be seen here, but a very visible path) until the rock wall ends and the ties pick back up, bringing you slightly back into the sanctuary and passing you through a swamp. There are some makeshift log bridges, but it still may be a little messy. You're almost done now, keep looking for those ties. You'll soon see to your left the familiar split downed tree that you originally walked through on your left. There should be a few ties on the tree to indicate such. Take that left, through that downed tree again and back to the suburbs where you left your car.
Have fun and happy stamping!!
ONTO THE CLUES:
No ink or pen in this box, black ink for the stamp will do just fine
Route 179 to High Valley Drive. From High Valley Drive, right onto Westwood Drive. Take Westwood to the end and park near the red reflector in the cul-de-sac. And, yes, you are indeed in the right place, as you may be scratching your head thinking there is no way there's a trail here. The trail head is to the left of the red reflector pole. This loop is approximately one mile long, give or take.
This is a new trail from the Canton Land Trust and the trees currently are tagged with pinkish/orange ties (they may blaze the trees with paint in the future I'm sure). In some spots you have to look around a bit to find the next tie, so take this slow, enjoy nature and make sure to spot another tie before continuing on. Several times we thought we were following the path only to realize it had turned off in another direction. Most of the way is a clear path that you can cleary see, but there are just some spots where you need the assistance of the ties and they may be few and far between.
Enter the trail and walk straight. You'll see that the path takes you between a split downed tree. There are ties indicating that you can continue straight or take a right immediately after this downed tree, keep going straight (you'll also see what appears to be an unmarked trail on the left - ignore). Next you'll come to where you must go right or left, take the right (there are no tied trees to the left). Follow the trail over a small stream and meander here and there keeping your eyes open for those ties. This is a nature sanctuary, so in your search for the pegasus you may come across deer, turtles, wild turkeys, salamanders (we saw all of these on this trip) ... and maybe even a bobcat.
At some point along the way the trail turns to the right (because otherwise you'd find yourself going downhill) and you'll begin to see no trespassing signs all along the left of the trail. As you continue along you'll come to a section full of large rocks to your right. Who knows, maybe you'll indeed find a "LYNX" here, check around a bit.
Now you'll come to a rock wall on your left. This continues on and then abruptly turns to the left. Don't follow where that rock wall leads off though - you'll be in no trespassing territory. Instead, see where there now lies a rock wall to the right, just before the nature sanctuary signed fastened to a tree? Face that rock wall and walk about eight steps or so keeping the rock wall to your left, turn and face the second full tree on the other side of the wall. Where you now stand, underneath the wall, hidden by a rotting log and bark is where you'll find this suburban pegasus.
Once you've taken a peek at the pegasus walk back to the path, around that tree with the sanctuary sign fastened to it and continue on to the right where you'll catch a glimpse here and there of suburbia. The trail goes along for a bit this way (no ties that could be seen here, but a very visible path) until the rock wall ends and the ties pick back up, bringing you slightly back into the sanctuary and passing you through a swamp. There are some makeshift log bridges, but it still may be a little messy. You're almost done now, keep looking for those ties. You'll soon see to your left the familiar split downed tree that you originally walked through on your left. There should be a few ties on the tree to indicate such. Take that left, through that downed tree again and back to the suburbs where you left your car.
Have fun and happy stamping!!