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Moccasin Lane LbNA #64993

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 17, 2013
Location: Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center
City:Grand Marais
County:Cook
State:Minnesota
Boxes:1
Planted by:ChikWaukMuseum
Found by: Northern Flannel Moon
Last found:Sep 18, 2014
Status:F
Last edited:Sep 23, 2015
1. Start at the beginning of the Moccasin Trail just behind the large trail map sign to the left of the outhouse.

2. Walk past a very large Aspen tree to the right of the trail.

3. Walk past the marker on right with #11 on it and see a patch of invasive hawkweed.

4. Walk past some old foundation footings and steps from a former cabin.

5. Walk past marker # 10 with four large moccasin flowers behind a juniper bush. Notice the bearberry ground cover there as well.

6. Continue on trail pass an old jack pine on the right and a small lichen covered boulder on the right.

7. Walk past a large standing dead jack pine on the left. See how birds and insects have made holes in it looking for insects.

8. Walk past marker # 9 by the back bay, cross a wooden walkway and a huge boulder on the right of the bridge. Note the very old twisted tree stump with rocks among the roots and moss growing on parts of the roots. Look for moose and ducks in the water.

9. The trail curves to the right. Look for a young balsam on the right and a low spreading juniper on the left.

10. Just past the balsam is an old rotten stump with lichen, moss and even a small bush growing out of it. Look for the letterbox around the stump, but walk gently so you don’t crush small plants.

11. CONGRATULATIONS YOU FOUND IT! Stamp the journal page and add your name (or nickname) and date. Stamp your own journal if you have one. Please put everything back in the letterbox and close the zip lock bag and hide it back in the same place. I hope it was a fun adventure for you!