Yellow Brick Road 2: The Scarecrow LbNA #51832
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 3, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Kailua-Kona |
| County: | Hawaii |
| State: | Hawaii |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Old2AK  |
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| Found by: | masterpiece |
| Last found: | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Dec 3, 2009 |
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.
The Yellow Brick Road series relies on a collection of old, commercially-made rubber stamps that feature characters from The Wizard of Oz. If you get a fairly early start (9 a.m.? 10 a.m.?) you should be able to find all five letterboxes in the series in a pleasant one-day outing that will take you to interesting places you might otherwise not go.
2. THE SCARECROW
From the Dorothy letterbox location on Highway 180 near Holualoa, follow Highway 180 north to its intersection with Highway 190 and turn right on Highway 190. This road, which was part of the main beltway around the Big Island before the west coast highway was built, takes you from the foothills above north Kailua-Kona to Waimea, a farm and ranching town also known as Kamuela. As you travel this 40-mile route, you'll climb through fern and Banana forests to reach the dry forests, then traverse the rolling grassy plains of the famous Parker Ranch, enjoying sweeping vistas all the way to Maui and Mauna Kea.
On this drive you'll see twisted-looking trees sporting bright red pom-poms. These are Ohia trees, one of first trees to take root in lava. The flowers are called Lehua blossoms. Legend has it that Pele, the volcano goddess, met a handsome warrior named Ohia and asked him to marry her, but Ohia refused, having already pledged his love to Lehua. Furious at Ohia, Pele turned him into a twisted tree. The gods took pity on the heartbroken Lehua and turned her into a flower on the Ohia tree, so the lovers could be together forever.
Just north of the Mile 23 marker, there's a wide, partially-paved turnout on the right-hand side of the road. The numbers "303" have been painted on a pole across the road from the turnout, but metal numbers affixed to the pole read "212".
At the north end of this turnout you'll see the corner-post of a fence, made from a piece of pipe about 3" in diameter. The letterbox is a camouflaged pill bottle that's stuck low on the bottom left side of the post with magnets; a tear-shaped rock has been placed on top, to hide the box.
The Yellow Brick Road series relies on a collection of old, commercially-made rubber stamps that feature characters from The Wizard of Oz. If you get a fairly early start (9 a.m.? 10 a.m.?) you should be able to find all five letterboxes in the series in a pleasant one-day outing that will take you to interesting places you might otherwise not go.
2. THE SCARECROW
From the Dorothy letterbox location on Highway 180 near Holualoa, follow Highway 180 north to its intersection with Highway 190 and turn right on Highway 190. This road, which was part of the main beltway around the Big Island before the west coast highway was built, takes you from the foothills above north Kailua-Kona to Waimea, a farm and ranching town also known as Kamuela. As you travel this 40-mile route, you'll climb through fern and Banana forests to reach the dry forests, then traverse the rolling grassy plains of the famous Parker Ranch, enjoying sweeping vistas all the way to Maui and Mauna Kea.
On this drive you'll see twisted-looking trees sporting bright red pom-poms. These are Ohia trees, one of first trees to take root in lava. The flowers are called Lehua blossoms. Legend has it that Pele, the volcano goddess, met a handsome warrior named Ohia and asked him to marry her, but Ohia refused, having already pledged his love to Lehua. Furious at Ohia, Pele turned him into a twisted tree. The gods took pity on the heartbroken Lehua and turned her into a flower on the Ohia tree, so the lovers could be together forever.
Just north of the Mile 23 marker, there's a wide, partially-paved turnout on the right-hand side of the road. The numbers "303" have been painted on a pole across the road from the turnout, but metal numbers affixed to the pole read "212".
At the north end of this turnout you'll see the corner-post of a fence, made from a piece of pipe about 3" in diameter. The letterbox is a camouflaged pill bottle that's stuck low on the bottom left side of the post with magnets; a tear-shaped rock has been placed on top, to hide the box.