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RKW Storm Letterbox LbNA #67935

Owner:Cat lover
Plant date:Dec 5, 2014
Location: Hurd State Park
City:East Hampton
County:Middlesex
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: Bungalow Boxer
Last found:Jul 5, 2022
Status:FF
Last edited:Dec 5, 2014
*This box was moved from a previous location in East Haddam. Please bring pen/ink pad. Black or blue would work well.

RKW Storm Letterbox

The R.K.W. Storm Letterbox is in honor of my father, a builder and restorer of wooden boats. The Storm is my family’s favorite masterpiece of his. My father began construction the year I was born (1956). She was christened and launched the summer I turned 12. The Storm is a 35-foot gaff rig sailboat with 5-foot draw (this refers to the portion of the hull that is under water). She was designed by John Atkins. Another boat of this design sailed around the world.
I intensely cherish my memories of time spent aboard the Storm. I remember studying charts, watching the banks of the CT River slide by, while steering the ship, feeling the water’s power through the tiller, Hamburg Cove, Cuddyhunk, Block Island, Greenport were favorite ports of call. We all ravenously devoured whatever food my mother prepared in the tiny but efficiently designed galley. I only got seasick once..could the 3 hotdogs I’d wolfed down have something to do with that? I will always recall that most incredible sensation of being rocked to sleep on gentle waters, as sweet as being rocked by loving hands in a baby's cradle.
So, there you have it, the story behind the creation of the R.K.W. Storm Letterbox. (My father died from Alz. in 2011, but he got to meet a few of my letterboxing friends in about 2009 and joked that his letterbox name was Beer Drinker.)

Drive straight down the main entrance road, taking no turns. Park at the lot just past Carlson Pond. Walk to the yellow metal gate to your left and head down the wide gravel path towards the river. Soon the path will curve and there will be a stream to your left.
Once you have almost reached the bottom of the trail, there is a fork. Go right. Cross a grassy meadow. Look for a wishbone tree beside the river right next to the entrance to the Red trail. Walk on the trail, passing by beaver gnawed trees to the left. A little further on, there are lovers’ trees to the right. The trail will start to rise and there will be a large sawed off stump right by the path on the right side.
As you approach the crest of the hill, the remnants of a stone wall will be on the left side of the trail. Nearby is a tree with double-red blazes. Take 6 paces (left foot count only). Look to your left for the fungus among us and another topped tree reaching to the sky. Walk 6 paces towards them. Step over the wall and stand between the two broken trees. Look for a stone overhang in the wall right in front of the fungus tree. The box is underneath covered by a flat rock.
After stamping in, continue on the Red trail to reconnect with the wide gravel path you entered at the start of your journey. The yellow gate will be to your left.