Ken Malloy Park Series LbNA #52315 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Clarinet 226  |
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| Plant date: | Feb 28, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Harbor City |
| County: | Los Angeles |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | Hooters (2) |
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| Last found: | Jan 19, 2014 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Apr 6, 2016 |
As of right now, the entire park is closed for massive renovations. Hoping it will reopen soon and that the boxes are still intact. But for now these are all unavailable.
Your journey begins at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City. It is at the intersection of PCH and Vermont Ave. These are beautiful grounds, with Lake Machado right in the center of it. I'm really quite surprised no one has planted here before, as it is a beautiful park. Most of it is flat and paved. A little slippery when going for Box #4 but not dangerous. Bring gloves because you will probably get your hands a little dirty.
CLUES: Park in the FIRST parking lot by the playground. Start from the official park sign at the beginning of the parking lot. Go to the blue drinking fountain. Go right, around the swings to the paved path by the lake. You will be following this path for this whole series.
DAZZLING DRAGONFLY (BOX #1)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Ken Malloy park is home to several dazzling species of dragonflies. They hide near the lake. I know where one of these dragonflies lives. Here are the clues to find him.
Follow the lake path to the right. Pass through the grove of trees. Keep the lake on your left. Soon the path curves to the right at a DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE sign. Follow path until you reach the telephone pole. Turn left off of the path to the rocky storm drain, at the end of a chain-link fence. (Don't worry, you are more than 6 feet above the water the whole time.) Take 13 steps left to a brown rock in the ground. Take 10 more steps down the small hill to a leaning gnarled tree. Next to it, there are some spaces in the cement-rock platform. Inside one of the spaces is the dragonfly's home covered with grass about half an arm length in.
LAKE MACHADO (BOX #2)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Ken Malloy is also home to the famous Lake Machado. The lake is home to several species of plants, ducks, geese, fish, and frogs. Here is a way to find a part of Lake Machado without going into the lake.
Get back onto the main path and continue on as the path curves to the left. There should be a smaller playground on the right. Then the path curves to the right back at the lake. Follow it to a low wooden bench. At the bench, step left off the path and go onto the forest-like "penninsula." Pass into the trees on the left side of the "penninsula." Find 2 V-shaped trees on the right. Duck under the low tree limbs and find a large space in a large, hollow limb laying down. Move some dirt, leaves, and sticks out of the space, and you will find the letterbox. Slide it out of the bottom of the limb to get it out. To fully understand the stamp, you may want to bring brush markers to color it.
REGGIE THE LA GATOR (BOX #3)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
One of the reasons Ken Malloy park is famous was because of Reggie the alligator. Someone had a pet alligator, and when he got too big, the owner released the gator into Lake Machado. The gator was named Reggie. He killed and ate several of the ducks and geese and he frightened many people. City officials fenced off Lake Machado, and most of Ken Malloy was closed until they could capture Reggie. They had hired several people to catch Reggie, including Steve Irwin, but no one could catch him. He eluded capture for almost 2 years. Finally, someone caught Reggie and brought him to the LA Zoo. He is living happily in the first habitat of the zoo. A part of Reggie still remains in Ken Malloy, waiting for you to find him.
Get back to the bench and follow the main path to the left. It curves to the right past a couple of small buildings. Go to the left on the wide, flat paved path before you enter the second parking lot. Continue on the path. Pass bushes, trees, and flowers on the hill to your right. When you get to the rock with blue paint on it, turn right off the path. Go a bit up the hill to the huge grey boulder. Look out! Reggie is hiding under the back of the gray boulder, covered by overgrown grass and another small rock.
WONDEROUS WOOD DUCK (BOX #4)-Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Lastly, Ken Malloy is home to many kinds of wood duck. One is nesting, waiting for you to find it.
Now the path goes over the lake. Careful, it may be a little wet, especialy after it rains, but it is still cement. The path is actually in the water, but the part you walk on is about 1 inch above the water. Continuing on, you will see a beautiful view of the vast lake. Where the path cuves again, it is VERY wet. Don't wear mesh topped shoes. Continue past a large eucalyptus tree on your left. When the chain-link fence begins, there is a golf course on the other side of the fence. At the end of the "wooden" fence, step off the path to the left. Walk up the tiny hill to the chain-link fence of the golf course. Find the large, multi trunked eucalyptus tree. Behind the widest trunk under lots of bark and leaves is the Wood Duck's nest.
You are now about half way around Lake Machado. You now have the option of going back the way you came, or continue on the path, which will take you around the golf course and eventually take you back to your car. The quickest way would be to go back the way you came.
When you are done stamping in any of these boxes, please remember to re-hide them EXACTLY where you found them and cover them up well so they are basically invisible to non-boxers. I hope you have enjoyed this series.
Your journey begins at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City. It is at the intersection of PCH and Vermont Ave. These are beautiful grounds, with Lake Machado right in the center of it. I'm really quite surprised no one has planted here before, as it is a beautiful park. Most of it is flat and paved. A little slippery when going for Box #4 but not dangerous. Bring gloves because you will probably get your hands a little dirty.
CLUES: Park in the FIRST parking lot by the playground. Start from the official park sign at the beginning of the parking lot. Go to the blue drinking fountain. Go right, around the swings to the paved path by the lake. You will be following this path for this whole series.
DAZZLING DRAGONFLY (BOX #1)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Ken Malloy park is home to several dazzling species of dragonflies. They hide near the lake. I know where one of these dragonflies lives. Here are the clues to find him.
Follow the lake path to the right. Pass through the grove of trees. Keep the lake on your left. Soon the path curves to the right at a DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE sign. Follow path until you reach the telephone pole. Turn left off of the path to the rocky storm drain, at the end of a chain-link fence. (Don't worry, you are more than 6 feet above the water the whole time.) Take 13 steps left to a brown rock in the ground. Take 10 more steps down the small hill to a leaning gnarled tree. Next to it, there are some spaces in the cement-rock platform. Inside one of the spaces is the dragonfly's home covered with grass about half an arm length in.
LAKE MACHADO (BOX #2)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Ken Malloy is also home to the famous Lake Machado. The lake is home to several species of plants, ducks, geese, fish, and frogs. Here is a way to find a part of Lake Machado without going into the lake.
Get back onto the main path and continue on as the path curves to the left. There should be a smaller playground on the right. Then the path curves to the right back at the lake. Follow it to a low wooden bench. At the bench, step left off the path and go onto the forest-like "penninsula." Pass into the trees on the left side of the "penninsula." Find 2 V-shaped trees on the right. Duck under the low tree limbs and find a large space in a large, hollow limb laying down. Move some dirt, leaves, and sticks out of the space, and you will find the letterbox. Slide it out of the bottom of the limb to get it out. To fully understand the stamp, you may want to bring brush markers to color it.
REGGIE THE LA GATOR (BOX #3)- Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
One of the reasons Ken Malloy park is famous was because of Reggie the alligator. Someone had a pet alligator, and when he got too big, the owner released the gator into Lake Machado. The gator was named Reggie. He killed and ate several of the ducks and geese and he frightened many people. City officials fenced off Lake Machado, and most of Ken Malloy was closed until they could capture Reggie. They had hired several people to catch Reggie, including Steve Irwin, but no one could catch him. He eluded capture for almost 2 years. Finally, someone caught Reggie and brought him to the LA Zoo. He is living happily in the first habitat of the zoo. A part of Reggie still remains in Ken Malloy, waiting for you to find him.
Get back to the bench and follow the main path to the left. It curves to the right past a couple of small buildings. Go to the left on the wide, flat paved path before you enter the second parking lot. Continue on the path. Pass bushes, trees, and flowers on the hill to your right. When you get to the rock with blue paint on it, turn right off the path. Go a bit up the hill to the huge grey boulder. Look out! Reggie is hiding under the back of the gray boulder, covered by overgrown grass and another small rock.
WONDEROUS WOOD DUCK (BOX #4)-Alive and well as of 9/11/2010
Lastly, Ken Malloy is home to many kinds of wood duck. One is nesting, waiting for you to find it.
Now the path goes over the lake. Careful, it may be a little wet, especialy after it rains, but it is still cement. The path is actually in the water, but the part you walk on is about 1 inch above the water. Continuing on, you will see a beautiful view of the vast lake. Where the path cuves again, it is VERY wet. Don't wear mesh topped shoes. Continue past a large eucalyptus tree on your left. When the chain-link fence begins, there is a golf course on the other side of the fence. At the end of the "wooden" fence, step off the path to the left. Walk up the tiny hill to the chain-link fence of the golf course. Find the large, multi trunked eucalyptus tree. Behind the widest trunk under lots of bark and leaves is the Wood Duck's nest.
You are now about half way around Lake Machado. You now have the option of going back the way you came, or continue on the path, which will take you around the golf course and eventually take you back to your car. The quickest way would be to go back the way you came.
When you are done stamping in any of these boxes, please remember to re-hide them EXACTLY where you found them and cover them up well so they are basically invisible to non-boxers. I hope you have enjoyed this series.