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TX-SAN ANTONIO AREA BOX

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TX-SAN ANTONIO AREA BOX

From: wanda4wanda (wanda4wanda@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-05-03 06:06:54 UTC
hi all

i have tried to email someone on the list that i see is from san antonio but it comes back as undeliverable...so here goes....i have not posted this on the new website yet but i will try it here first....
I planted my first letterbox.....not sure if the directions are perfected yet but anyone want to try for it and let me know?????

THEME-----BOOKMARKS THE SPOT
bring me a bookmark you have decorated with rubberstammps or stickers or store bought and trade me for one of mine.....

PLACE----NE SAN ANTONIO
PLANTED---REST AREA ON IH 35 NORTH
NEARBY TOWN----CIBOLO (past schertz, selma)
DIRECTIONS::
*****NORTH ON IH35
*****PAST CITY OF SELMA
*****see EXIT 178--Hubertus Rd/Cibolo/FM1103
*****PASS THAT EXIT UP
*****see sign REST AREA 1 MILE
*****EXIT AT REST AREA
****GO TO FAR END OF REST AREA
****GO TO COKE/CHIP MACHINES
****FACE THE MACHINES
****TURN TO THE RIGHT
****WALK PAST EDGE OF PLATFORM
****STAND WITH YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL
****YOU WILL NOW BE FACING A FIELD AREA AT A SLIGHT ANGLE (the wall has a slight angle)
****NOW COUNTING YOUR PACES (one foot just in front of the other) COUNT APPROXIMATELY 95 PACES

C A U T I O N ======you will be crossing a VERY BUSY access road---LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING

******REMEMBER TO KEEP COUNTING YOUR PACES AS YOU CROSS THE ACCESS ROAD
*****after 95 paces STOP----TURN LEFT
*****COUNT APPROXIMATELY 18 PACES TO A CLUMP OF TREES....THERE ARE MANY CLUMPS OF TREES HERE......
*****PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH BLUE LID COVERED WITH SMALL LIMBS TIED TOGETHER...

******BRING AN INKPAD/MARKER

PLEASE RE-COVER WELL AGAIN....THIS REST AREA IS BUSY....AND WATCH OUT CROSSING THE ACCESS ROAD....


let me know how the directions worked...
HAPPY HUNTING
WANDA