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Ray and Jay LbNA #57602

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 20, 2011
Location:
City:Harrisonburg
County:Rockingham
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Planted by:taterbug
Found by: Not yet found!
Last found:N/A
Status:a
Last edited:Apr 20, 2011
Adult Clues;
1.STARTING on ROUTE 81.
2.Turn WEST onto VA-331/PORT REPUBLIC RD. Continue to follow PORT REPUBLIC RD.
4.PORT REPUBLIC RD becomes MARYLAND AVE.
5.Turn LEFT onto S HIGH ST/VA-42.
6.Turn RIGHT onto ERICKSON AVE.
7.Take the 1st LEFT onto GARBERS CHURCH RD.
8.1310 GARBERS CHURCH RD is on the LEFT.
1310 Garbers Church Rd
Harrisonburg, VA 22801-8426

1. Begin your search at the front entrance, facing the doors. Go left and follow the sidewalk around the building.
2. Keep walking until you reach the end of the sidewalk.
3. Go to your right around the building; you will pass two large York generators and a small generator.
4. Keep going. You will see a staircase to your right.
5. Walk past the staircase and head over to the smaller generators against the far wall of the building.
6. Now look at the top of the hill toward the main road; there should be four tree trunks. Go to the four tree trunks.
7. Facing the road look to your right. Walk around the building until you get to the third bush.
8. Now go back to the four tree trunks where you just came from.
9. Go over to the pirate ship playground. Walk over to the ramp that leads onto the ship. Now walk through the swings past the ramp.
10. Go to the lamp/electrical line post still on the church property.
11. Cross the road and go to the closest light post next to the soccer field.
12. Now turn back around and go to the red shed.
13. Sit on the swing around the back facing towards the shed.
14. Look in front of you at the middle stack of cinder blocks.
15. Reach behind them. Congratulations, you found the letterbox!


Facts and history of Harrisonburg Virginia;
-In October 1777 the act to make Rockingham County officially a county was passed.
-When Thomas Harrison deeded two and a half acres of his land to the public good in 1779, the city of Harrisonburg was born.
-Harrison built a home on Bruce Street that is still standing today
-The Civil War came to the Valley and to Harrisonburg between 1861 and 1864, on June 20th 1862 the fence around the courthouse was used as a stockade to Union soldiers taken prisoner in the Battle of Cross Keys.

Kid clues
1.).)Start out going NORTH on FOREST HILL RD toward VA-331/UNIVERSITY BLVD.
2.)Turn LEFT onto VA-331/UNIVERSITY BLVD.
3.) Take the 1st RIGHT onto FOREST HILL DR/VA-331. If you are on OAK HILL DR and reach RIDGEWOOD RD you've gone about 0.3 miles too far
4.) Turn RIGHT onto VA-331/PORT REPUBLIC RD. Continue to follow PORT REPUBLIC RD.
5.) PORT REPUBLIC RD becomes MARYLAND AVE.
6.) Turn LEFT onto S HIGH ST/VA-42. S HIGH ST is just past ROOSEVELT ST
7.) Turn RIGHT onto ERICKSON AVE. ERICKSON AVE is 0.2 miles past HIDDEN CREEK LN
8.) Take the 1st LEFT onto GARBERS CHURCH RD. if you reach KILN DR you've gone about 0.3 miles too far
9.) 1310 GARBERS CHURCH RD is on the LEFT. if you reach GRACE CHAPEL RD you've gone about 0.4 miles too

--- Once there, park where you find an open space. Start at the front door.
1.)Stand at front doors. skip down the sidewalk. Follow it till the end. (It’s on the left.)
2.)Turn right at the end of the sidewalk. You’ll see a pile of rocks, how many do you see?
3.)Walk past the two huge metal boxes (generators)
4.)If you turn to your right, you’ll see stairs.
5.)Climb the stairs, Count how many you walk on. HOLD ON TO THE RAILING. Now climb back down them.
6.)Go to the top of the small hill by the stairs; roll down it. (Watch for mud)
7.)Stand up and gallop to the red wall.
8.)Stand at the white doors.
9.)Now run to the playground; watch your step.
10.) On the right of the pirate ship, climb the ramp.
11.) Climb up to the pirate wheel , turn it three times.
12.) To the right of the wheel there is a pole, slide down it.
13.) Explore around underneath the ship. Then walk out the door way and make a right turn.
14.) Swing 4 times on the swing, then go back up the ramp.
15.) Walk right across to the slide, slide down it, but be careful. It’s slippery, so have a adult at the bottom.
16.) Walk over to the red shed.
17.) Sit on the swing facing the stairs, swing 10 times then turn around.
18.) Look at the two gray blocks holding up the building.
19.) Look behind them, and you’ve found it.

Fun Facts ;
~ Linville Creek is in Rockingham county, was made in 1894 and 1895.
~ In October 1777 the act to make Rockingham county officially a county was passed.
~Thomas Harrison built a house on Bruce Street that is still standing today.
~ The first Jewish families that settled permanently in Rockingham County emigrated from Austria in 1859