Halfway to the Moon LbNA #62407
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Add Location| Owner: | TrailMix  |
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| Plant date: | Jul 4, 2012 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Monroe |
| County: | Fairfield |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | toolie bird (3) |
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| Last found: | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 30, 2015 |
I close my eyes as the curtain draws/Ear toward the tracks/And ever after the rhythm soars/Flyin’ right past the facts/Hold the times that I brought to light/Keep the pattern till June/Make the other side right/Half the way to the moon --Phish
The moon has always fascinated me. More so when I see it in a bright, blue, sunlit sky than when I see it at night. The revolution of the moon around the earth causes the moon to appear to change shape in the sky. These different shapes are called “phases”. There are eight phases: new moon; waxing crescent; first quarter; waxing gibbous; full moon; waning gibbous; last quarter; waning crescent. Simply put, when the bright part is getting bigger, the moon is waxing. When it is getting smaller, the moon is waning. When the moon is more than half-lit it is called a gibbous moon. When the moon is less than half-lit it is called a crescent moon. Even though there are eight phases of the moon, I have planted only four boxes. Each box illustrates two moon phases. Each stamp will have to be stamped twice to show each phase, following the “arrows” on the back of the stamps. Two “blurbs” about each phase are included in each box, as is ink. Logbook is in Box #4 only.
Directions
These boxes are located at the Boys Halfway River in Monroe. Take Rte 111 north. Turn left onto Bagburn Hill Rd. Go straight at stop sign. After passing under railroad track, look for parking area on your right. Park here.
Clues
Enter trailhead. Take trail to your left, down the hill. Follow trail along the river, heading away from Bagburn Hill Rd. Soon, you will come upon a rotted stump on the right of the trail. Box #1 is here. Continue walking along the river until the trail washes out by an old gnarled tree. Careful here. This is where I encountered the biggest bee I have ever seen. Must “bee” something in the river water! At this point, head straight up the hill toward the stonewall. Box #2 is to the left of the elm (or is it a beech) tree, in the wall. Congratulations, you are halfway done! Get back down to the trail. Continue, crossing two (dry at the time of planting) brooks. You will come to a stonewall that crosses the trail. Cross over it and turn to your right. Follow the wall, and not far beyond a small 2-sister pine tree, is Box #3, in the bottom of the wall. Back on the trail you will come to an elm tree next to another stonewall. With your back to the elm, and facing in the direction of the railroad tracks, walk along the wall until you come to a very skinny beech tree. Box #4 is in the wall at this point. What you do next is up to you. Continue on to explore more of this trail, or head back to your car. Be careful going back down the trailhead. Dry dirt makes for slippery dirt!
The moon has always fascinated me. More so when I see it in a bright, blue, sunlit sky than when I see it at night. The revolution of the moon around the earth causes the moon to appear to change shape in the sky. These different shapes are called “phases”. There are eight phases: new moon; waxing crescent; first quarter; waxing gibbous; full moon; waning gibbous; last quarter; waning crescent. Simply put, when the bright part is getting bigger, the moon is waxing. When it is getting smaller, the moon is waning. When the moon is more than half-lit it is called a gibbous moon. When the moon is less than half-lit it is called a crescent moon. Even though there are eight phases of the moon, I have planted only four boxes. Each box illustrates two moon phases. Each stamp will have to be stamped twice to show each phase, following the “arrows” on the back of the stamps. Two “blurbs” about each phase are included in each box, as is ink. Logbook is in Box #4 only.
Directions
These boxes are located at the Boys Halfway River in Monroe. Take Rte 111 north. Turn left onto Bagburn Hill Rd. Go straight at stop sign. After passing under railroad track, look for parking area on your right. Park here.
Clues
Enter trailhead. Take trail to your left, down the hill. Follow trail along the river, heading away from Bagburn Hill Rd. Soon, you will come upon a rotted stump on the right of the trail. Box #1 is here. Continue walking along the river until the trail washes out by an old gnarled tree. Careful here. This is where I encountered the biggest bee I have ever seen. Must “bee” something in the river water! At this point, head straight up the hill toward the stonewall. Box #2 is to the left of the elm (or is it a beech) tree, in the wall. Congratulations, you are halfway done! Get back down to the trail. Continue, crossing two (dry at the time of planting) brooks. You will come to a stonewall that crosses the trail. Cross over it and turn to your right. Follow the wall, and not far beyond a small 2-sister pine tree, is Box #3, in the bottom of the wall. Back on the trail you will come to an elm tree next to another stonewall. With your back to the elm, and facing in the direction of the railroad tracks, walk along the wall until you come to a very skinny beech tree. Box #4 is in the wall at this point. What you do next is up to you. Continue on to explore more of this trail, or head back to your car. Be careful going back down the trailhead. Dry dirt makes for slippery dirt!