Name: Erfellie
Name of Letterbox: Endangered Wildlife
Placed: January 28, 2003
State and County: Oregon, Josephine County
Town: Grants Pass
Difficulty Level: Very Easy

How to Get there: If your traveling on I-5, get of at exit 55 into Grants
Pass, at the end of the exit, turn right. You will be traveling on Redwood
Highway, a large 4 laned beast lined with Applebees, Walmart, Fred Myers,
Mcdonalds, etc. Follow this highway, do not turn off of it, follow for
approximately 5 miles until you are near Rogue Community College (Signs from
I-5 and the exit will direct you there). Turn left at Demeray Drive, there
will be a large sign that says "East College entrance". Follow this road a
short distance, maybe a mile, then turn right onto College Drive. Follow
this small, windy road (being wary of kamikaze squirrels please) a short
distance and you will reach the campus parking lot. Park.

Finding the Box: After you have parked you car, walk a short distance back
down College drive (the direction you came from), on the left side of the
road is a small one lane road leading into campus, there are several yellow
metal posts lining this road, stand near these posts. To your right, and a
small distance down the road, is a wooden sign post saying "To Ruckman
Memorial" with an arrow poiting down a trail. Follow this trail to where it
forks off, go to the left and when the trail forks again, keep to the left.
You will go up and down a series of small hills, after approximately 1/4
mile you will go up another hill. There will be a large madrone tree bending
like an archway over the trail about 8 or 9 feet overhead. The madrone forks
its branches in the middle of the "archway" and there is a large, mossy,
dead branch that has fallen between its fork, completeing the archway. When
you are standing under the archway, look to your right, there will be a
small, twisted madrone tree, to its left is a large mossy, dead tree with
only 5 small branches. To the left of that is another madrone tree which at
its base forks into 3 large, healthy branches/trunks so it appears to be
three seperate trees. At the base of this tree, on the other side of it, you
will find the box buried beneath debris and sticks. If it is re-hidden
carefully by letterboxers, there will be a good sized Y shaped branch
leaning against the madrone over the box. The Y of the branch is directly
above the box. Happy Hunting :o)

To report the conditions of the box, or to just share stories, or let me
know the box is missing, or whatnot, feel free to contact me at
hemenekawan@hotmail.com with subject heading "Letterbox"




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