My Three Sons LbNA #47411 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 24, 2009 |
| Location: | Gay City Park |
| City: | Hebron |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The Brothers  |
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| Found by: | Chrissy |
| Last found: | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFaFFFFFaaaa |
| Last edited: | May 24, 2009 |
We started letter boxing last year. I learned about letterboxing from a friend at work. We started carpooling last spring when gas prices started to climb. He told me how he took his two boys out and how much fun they had looking for the boxes. I took my 3 sons out one Saturday and now they’re hooked too. They enjoy being out in the woods and trying to find letterboxes hidden in trees and under rocks. My boys wanted to hide their own box. We chose Gay City Park. It’s very nice to hike with old structures hidden in the woods. There are many boxes hidden here.
Nathan, Nicholas and Zachary chose different stamps to put in their box. We picked out a nice level hike to a great rock formation in the woods.
As you enter Gay City Park you will pass a small structure in the middle of the road. This is where they collect money on the weekends. When passing you will see a small grave site on the right. This is the old Gay City Grave yard. Continue on until both lanes of traffic meet again. You will see an old water pump on the left. My boys always stop here and pump the water out. They are fascinated by this. The water is yucky. Trust me.
Another 100 feet you will notice a sign for youth camping on the left. Just pass this sign there is parking on the left. You will continue to walk down the road about 100 feet to split rock trail which is on your right. This is also known as the red-yellow dot trail.
Notice as you enter the trail the Red-Yellow Dot sign on the tree. Cross over the brook that runs in the spring and continue on through the woods and pass the stone wall. Hint, there is another box in this area. As you walk pass the wall go straight up and to the left and down the hill.
As you reach split rock there is a Red-Yellow dot sign on a tree. Standing in front of the sign turn 90 degrees to the right. Then walk straight out. I measured each of my boys paces out to the box. My seven year old walked 60 paces. My five year old walked 70 paces. My three year old walked 87 paces. You’re looking for a tree stump. This is where you will find our box.
Please sign our log we will be checking it often. Enjoy!!!
Nathan, Nicholas and Zachary chose different stamps to put in their box. We picked out a nice level hike to a great rock formation in the woods.
As you enter Gay City Park you will pass a small structure in the middle of the road. This is where they collect money on the weekends. When passing you will see a small grave site on the right. This is the old Gay City Grave yard. Continue on until both lanes of traffic meet again. You will see an old water pump on the left. My boys always stop here and pump the water out. They are fascinated by this. The water is yucky. Trust me.
Another 100 feet you will notice a sign for youth camping on the left. Just pass this sign there is parking on the left. You will continue to walk down the road about 100 feet to split rock trail which is on your right. This is also known as the red-yellow dot trail.
Notice as you enter the trail the Red-Yellow Dot sign on the tree. Cross over the brook that runs in the spring and continue on through the woods and pass the stone wall. Hint, there is another box in this area. As you walk pass the wall go straight up and to the left and down the hill.
As you reach split rock there is a Red-Yellow dot sign on a tree. Standing in front of the sign turn 90 degrees to the right. Then walk straight out. I measured each of my boys paces out to the box. My seven year old walked 60 paces. My five year old walked 70 paces. My three year old walked 87 paces. You’re looking for a tree stump. This is where you will find our box.
Please sign our log we will be checking it often. Enjoy!!!