Oh Deer!-RETIRED LbNA #8335 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | BarefootLucy  |
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| Plant date: | May 22, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Fairfield |
| County: | Freestone |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Lucy Locket |
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| Last found: | Nov 25, 2005 |
| Status: | FFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 22, 2004 |
*****10/01/06-Sadly, my first successful letterbox, Oh Deer!, went missing.
To those of you who had found this box, thank you for taking the time to find it and I hope you enjoyed it. To Gryzzled Gryphon, Silver Eagle, and Baby Bear, I will always remember what a thrill it was to finally open the logbook on Oh Deer! and discover your entries - it took sooo long before we had visitors, and to open it and find not one, but three, log entries and from outstanding folks like y'all, no less!
Happy Hunting all!
Lucy
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Fairfield State Park is known for it's nice little lake and it's huge white-tailed deer population. But you get so much more there - nice camping, 15 miles of hiking trails, tons of wildlife, great swimming, and peaceful remoteness. The deer roam throughout the park and are readily visible most times of the day. At night, all those great Texas varmints prowl - raccoons, o'possums, and armadillos (don't forget to outsmart them with your trash and foodstock). Bird life is plentiful too.
The town of Fairfield is on Highway 84 between Palestine and Waco, just a little off I-45. When you arrive in Fairfield, you will take FM 2570 and then FM 3285 to the park.
Once in the park, get a map from the park headquarters. Follow the park road around the lake and past the three camping areas. A little past the third camping area, Post Oak, will be a turn out on the right side of the road with two trailheads clearly marked. Park and approach the trails. One trail is marked as a Nature Trail and one is marked as a Nature Walk. It's a little confusing, but they are the two ends of the same trail. Take the entrance on the left.
You will walk for about 1/2 mile. Watch for benches as you go! When you reach the second bench, stand with your back to it and face ENE, or 50 degrees. Pace out 48 paces (one pace=one step) to a hollow log. Go about halfway down the back side of the log and search for the box under the log.
Please replace the box as you found it and rehide it well.
You can return by the same way you came, for about a one mile walk, or you can continue on around the trail for a two mile walk. It's an easy trail, great for new hikers and children. Keep your eyes open because there is a lot to see, big and small, along this forest trail.
For more information on letterboxing in Texas, join the Texas talk list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterboxingtexas
To those of you who had found this box, thank you for taking the time to find it and I hope you enjoyed it. To Gryzzled Gryphon, Silver Eagle, and Baby Bear, I will always remember what a thrill it was to finally open the logbook on Oh Deer! and discover your entries - it took sooo long before we had visitors, and to open it and find not one, but three, log entries and from outstanding folks like y'all, no less!
Happy Hunting all!
Lucy
******************************************************
Fairfield State Park is known for it's nice little lake and it's huge white-tailed deer population. But you get so much more there - nice camping, 15 miles of hiking trails, tons of wildlife, great swimming, and peaceful remoteness. The deer roam throughout the park and are readily visible most times of the day. At night, all those great Texas varmints prowl - raccoons, o'possums, and armadillos (don't forget to outsmart them with your trash and foodstock). Bird life is plentiful too.
The town of Fairfield is on Highway 84 between Palestine and Waco, just a little off I-45. When you arrive in Fairfield, you will take FM 2570 and then FM 3285 to the park.
Once in the park, get a map from the park headquarters. Follow the park road around the lake and past the three camping areas. A little past the third camping area, Post Oak, will be a turn out on the right side of the road with two trailheads clearly marked. Park and approach the trails. One trail is marked as a Nature Trail and one is marked as a Nature Walk. It's a little confusing, but they are the two ends of the same trail. Take the entrance on the left.
You will walk for about 1/2 mile. Watch for benches as you go! When you reach the second bench, stand with your back to it and face ENE, or 50 degrees. Pace out 48 paces (one pace=one step) to a hollow log. Go about halfway down the back side of the log and search for the box under the log.
Please replace the box as you found it and rehide it well.
You can return by the same way you came, for about a one mile walk, or you can continue on around the trail for a two mile walk. It's an easy trail, great for new hikers and children. Keep your eyes open because there is a lot to see, big and small, along this forest trail.
For more information on letterboxing in Texas, join the Texas talk list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterboxingtexas