HOORAY! Re: New Texas Letterbox - North Tx Prairie Region - "Poison Ivy"

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HOORAY! Re: New Texas Letterbox - North Tx Prairie Region - "Poison Ivy"

From: Eoghan (eoghan@sharawadgi.com) | Date: 2003-03-25 04:19:28 UTC

It's interesting to me that you've hidden a letterbox where you did.
Almost exactly one year ago (3/23/02) I hid a special letterbox at
very nearly that same location. The letterbox stamp said "Will you
marry me?" and my Pumpkin Princess said 'yes' when she found it. PP
and I will definitely go searching for your box the next time we are
in town. It might be 'Poison Ivy' to you, but to us it's the
beginning of a long life of happiness together. I'll upload some
pictures of the stamp and us to the files section if your interested
in seeing where I went down on one knee.
(We've also hidden 5 other letterboxes and a multi-stage geocache
hunt in Bastrop/Buescher S.P.s. Four of the boxes are hidden at
offsets from other orienteering controls in Bastrop)

-Eoghan

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "babybearlb2002"
wrote:
> "Poison Ivy" Letterbox
>
> Bastrop, Texas Bastrop County North Texas Prairie Region
> Bastrop State Park
>
> Date of Placement: 3/21/03
> Difficulty: Easy
> Total Distance to letterbox: 1.3 miles round trip
> Placed by Baby Bear
>
>
> The "Poison Ivy" letterbox is located in Bastrop State Park. Formed
> in 1938, the CCC did the initial development of the parks
buildings.
> The park also contains the "lost pines", an isolated grove of
> loblolly pines separated from the main body in East Texas. The
park
> has camping, fishing, cabins, swimming, hiking trails and a golf
> course. This park connects with Buescher State Park via Park Road
1.
>
>
> Directions:
>
> From Bastrop, find Park Road one at the intersection of Hwy 21 and
> Loop 150 (Hwy71).
> The box is located on the Lost Pines Hiking Trail. Pick up a map
as
> you enter the park. From the Headquarters, go east to the
> intersection. Turn right and follow loop road around to the hiking
> trail start (symbol on map is a footprint, and noted in legend
> as "Trailhead"). Park just past the trailhead in parking area on
> left.
>
> To The Letterbox:
>
> Follow the trail for .6 miles to a trail junction sign. From the
> sign, go right 40 paces (you will see a rock outcropping to your
> right). Now go to your right (east) off the trail for 13 paces to
a
> white stake. From the "084" Orienteering white stake, go left
> (Northeast) along the rock wall for 13 paces. The box is just
below
> the upper ledge (about 1 foot down) under leaves, with a reddish
rock
> on top and next to a small broken off pine tree.
>
> *** Watch out for Poison Ivy!!!!!!!

HOORAY! Re: New Texas Letterbox - North Tx Prairie Region - "Poison Ivy"

From: babybearlb2002 (babybearlb2002@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-03-26 15:24:14 UTC

Great. I did find your box in Buescher, and one of the O-Knots.
Plan to go back and get the other 3 soon.

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Eoghan" wrote:
> It's interesting to me that you've hidden a letterbox where you
did.
> Almost exactly one year ago (3/23/02) I hid a special letterbox at
> very nearly that same location. The letterbox stamp said "Will you
> marry me?" and my Pumpkin Princess said 'yes' when she found it. PP
> and I will definitely go searching for your box the next time we
are
> in town. It might be 'Poison Ivy' to you, but to us it's the
> beginning of a long life of happiness together. I'll upload some
> pictures of the stamp and us to the files section if your
interested
> in seeing where I went down on one knee.
> (We've also hidden 5 other letterboxes and a multi-stage geocache
> hunt in Bastrop/Buescher S.P.s. Four of the boxes are hidden at
> offsets from other orienteering controls in Bastrop)
>
> -Eoghan
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "babybearlb2002"
> wrote:
> > "Poison Ivy" Letterbox
> >
> > Bastrop, Texas Bastrop County North Texas Prairie Region
> > Bastrop State Park
> >
> > Date of Placement: 3/21/03
> > Difficulty: Easy
> > Total Distance to letterbox: 1.3 miles round trip
> > Placed by Baby Bear
> >
> >
> > The "Poison Ivy" letterbox is located in Bastrop State Park.
Formed
> > in 1938, the CCC did the initial development of the parks
> buildings.
> > The park also contains the "lost pines", an isolated grove of
> > loblolly pines separated from the main body in East Texas. The
> park
> > has camping, fishing, cabins, swimming, hiking trails and a golf
> > course. This park connects with Buescher State Park via Park
Road
> 1.
> >
> >
> > Directions:
> >
> > From Bastrop, find Park Road one at the intersection of Hwy 21
and
> > Loop 150 (Hwy71).
> > The box is located on the Lost Pines Hiking Trail. Pick up a map
> as
> > you enter the park. From the Headquarters, go east to the
> > intersection. Turn right and follow loop road around to the
hiking
> > trail start (symbol on map is a footprint, and noted in legend
> > as "Trailhead"). Park just past the trailhead in parking area on
> > left.
> >
> > To The Letterbox:
> >
> > Follow the trail for .6 miles to a trail junction sign. From the
> > sign, go right 40 paces (you will see a rock outcropping to your
> > right). Now go to your right (east) off the trail for 13 paces
to
> a
> > white stake. From the "084" Orienteering white stake, go left
> > (Northeast) along the rock wall for 13 paces. The box is just
> below
> > the upper ledge (about 1 foot down) under leaves, with a reddish
> rock
> > on top and next to a small broken off pine tree.
> >
> > *** Watch out for Poison Ivy!!!!!!!