A Fisherman's Tale LbNA #5558
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 5, 2003 |
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| City: | Concord / St. Johnsbury |
| County: | Caledonia |
| State: | Vermont |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Sidetracked Sirens  |
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| Found by: | The Feathers Four |
| Last found: | Aug 3, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFaFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Sep 5, 2003 |
"A Fisherman's Tale"
Doug loved to fish on Shadow Lake. One day he felt a tremendous tug on his line. "This must be the legendary ten foot pike of Shadow Lake!" He reeled his line and fought with the fish for 47 grueling minutes until his arms felt like jello. Finally, the fish leaped from the water and Doug hauled it into his canoe. But the fish still had some fight in it - as soon as Doug unhooked it, the fish slapped his face with its tail and splashed into the lake. When the chagrinned Doug returned home, he told his wife and all his family about his catch. "That's the biggest fish tale I've ever heard!" said his unflappable wife. The children wished that they could have seen the fish. "But you can!" Doug told them. And he gave them the following directions. You can see the fish, too, if you carefully follow the directions.
Take Interstate 91 to Exit 19 of Interstate 93N, take exit 1 and go Left on Route 18. At the bottom of the hill, turn right onto Route 2 at Pettyco Junction Country Store. Proceed 5 miles to Concord, take the first right onto Shadow Lake Road. Go 2.25 miles and pull over to the right side to enjoy a beautiful view of Shadow Lake and Franconia Notch. Continue your drive for another quarter mile to the boat access area of Shadow Lake. Pull into the left side access gravel area parking lot where you will see a small brown outhouse in the right hand corner. In the diagonal corner from the outhouse, you will see a sign that reads "Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife SHADOW LAKE Access Area." With your back to the sign and the lake on your right, walk up the road which goes up another hill. Doug says it takes 146 steps; his mother-in-law says 172. On your left you will notice a ridge in the trees which is actually an overgrown Robert Frostesque stone wall. On the ridge/wall, there is a three-trunked maple tree with moss cascading from a fork in the tree. To the left of the maple tree and slightly closer to the road there is a white birch tree and a silver-barked young oak tree. Behind the maple tree at the base in a kind of hole, you will find Doug's fish!
Placed by the Sidetracked Sirens 09/05/2003.
Doug loved to fish on Shadow Lake. One day he felt a tremendous tug on his line. "This must be the legendary ten foot pike of Shadow Lake!" He reeled his line and fought with the fish for 47 grueling minutes until his arms felt like jello. Finally, the fish leaped from the water and Doug hauled it into his canoe. But the fish still had some fight in it - as soon as Doug unhooked it, the fish slapped his face with its tail and splashed into the lake. When the chagrinned Doug returned home, he told his wife and all his family about his catch. "That's the biggest fish tale I've ever heard!" said his unflappable wife. The children wished that they could have seen the fish. "But you can!" Doug told them. And he gave them the following directions. You can see the fish, too, if you carefully follow the directions.
Take Interstate 91 to Exit 19 of Interstate 93N, take exit 1 and go Left on Route 18. At the bottom of the hill, turn right onto Route 2 at Pettyco Junction Country Store. Proceed 5 miles to Concord, take the first right onto Shadow Lake Road. Go 2.25 miles and pull over to the right side to enjoy a beautiful view of Shadow Lake and Franconia Notch. Continue your drive for another quarter mile to the boat access area of Shadow Lake. Pull into the left side access gravel area parking lot where you will see a small brown outhouse in the right hand corner. In the diagonal corner from the outhouse, you will see a sign that reads "Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife SHADOW LAKE Access Area." With your back to the sign and the lake on your right, walk up the road which goes up another hill. Doug says it takes 146 steps; his mother-in-law says 172. On your left you will notice a ridge in the trees which is actually an overgrown Robert Frostesque stone wall. On the ridge/wall, there is a three-trunked maple tree with moss cascading from a fork in the tree. To the left of the maple tree and slightly closer to the road there is a white birch tree and a silver-barked young oak tree. Behind the maple tree at the base in a kind of hole, you will find Doug's fish!
Placed by the Sidetracked Sirens 09/05/2003.