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ELIJAH BRISTOW PARK SERIES LbNA #7828

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 13, 2004
Location:
City:Pleasant Hill
County:Lane
State:Oregon
Boxes:7
Planted by:luedon
Found by: NRG-HANDS
Last found:Feb 23, 2010
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Apr 13, 2004
7/26/05: THINGS HAVE CHANGED HERE. We have added boxes and changed the suggested route. We'll even suggest the use of bug repellent.

Fifteen miles Southeast of Eugene and 9 miles up highway 58 lies Elijah Bristow State Park. Remember, Bristow knew a good place when he saw it, so in 1846 he built nearby what is believed to be the first house in Lane county. This 847 acre park shows many different features of animal and plant life along it's twelve miles of trails and three miles of river frontage. There are large open areas, group sites, picnic areas, water, electricity, and rest rooms. It's a great place to enjoy many of the things found in nature. For us, it's more that just a place for letterboxes.

But you want boxes------We wrote the directions so that letterboxers should find the boxes in the order given here, but it is easy to return to the road or parking at any time as the level hike will be more than a mile. We see that you are parked at the end of the road. We see that you are facing the rest rooms and the river, you are ready and excited to begin. Let's go!

The FISHING box: Checked on 7/16/2008.
Start right and circle backwards clock time around the open edge and find two signs past "Group Area C". Go downhill to the BIG thirst filler and stop at two "here we are and there we go" posts. Towards the river and up a slope behind the River Trail sign are a few maple trees. The box was placed (like a mouse) under the second one of reasonable size.

The HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU box: NOW REPLACED on 6/12/05 and last checked on 7/16/2008.
Go downstream on the River Trail. It splits, making a "parking island". On the left, twenty paces from where the splits come together again you can try to find a letterbox placed under the left end of a stump.

The FLUTTER BY box: Placed 7/26/05 and in use on 5/3/2008. Continue on down the River Trail to the first "posted" intersection. Go another 55 paces to a sharp left turn. Look off the trail to your left to seek the base of a maple tree. But which maple? Well, the right one is only one wrong. Hidden under moss is the place where butterflies "Flutter By".

The CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE box: THIS BOX IS NOW MISSING.Placed 7/26/05 and checked on 5/3/2008. Keep going down the trail and turn left at the next "posted" intersection. Then walk the trail through the blackberry tunnel. About 50 paces beyond, just where the trail gets steep, see the big tree just to your left. Look left, behind the broken log.

The FROG HEAVEN box--PLACED ON 04/22/04 (MOSQUITOES LOVE IT TOO). In use and checked on 5/3/2008. Walk on down the trail. See the triple culverts and the bench? Pause to enjoy all that you see. Then before you stand, look behind and to your right. Just above are two maples. The highest hides the buried treasure. But can you hide it without leaving a trail?

The BEAVER DAM box: In use on 4/3/2007. This box is now missing. Continue along the trail from FROG HEAVEN. Simply keep turning left and follow the water up stream until you reach the road. Cross the road to a trail and the beaver dam. Fifteen paces Northeast of the dam's East end, the box secertly shares a high spot with a maple tree and the ground. However, when last seen, this box was getting "berry" hard to see. (And so was the dam.)

The POND box: Checked on 5/26/2009. From the dam, continue clockwise being very careful where the water meets the road (amphibians lurk there). Further along the trail you'll spy a bench to your right. About forty paces beyond the bench, we hid the box in the crotch of a five legged tree.

You've reached the end of this guided tour. Please take a moment to enjoy this final spot which so many have found scenic and enjoyable. The rest of the park is huge and yours to explore.

To return to the starting point by the rest rooms, just continue the trail to an open spot where you can cross to the road.