Notice :: this has been posted to the whats new page but the clues will
not come up , so I am putting the clues here on line until the problem
gets fixed.
Where: East Lyme/Niantic CT.
Name of Box : The Fishy Tale
Placed on June 22 , 2003
Number of boxes -one
Planted by Butterfly with help from Bluebird.
Easy drive by.
A FISHY TALE
I was surprised to learn that many folks do not know that fish climb
ladders . What
surprised me more, is that there is a fish ladder right off I95 in
Niantic.!! Who would have
thought I could tell a fish story so interesting.?? But to read about it
and see it is more
interesting and you can do that as you watch the water flow in the fish
way and also hunt
up The FISH TALE Letterbox.
You can get to the Latimer Brook Fishway only one way !!
In Niantic , find the intersection of rte 1 and rte 161 called the
Flanders section of East
Lyme. Travel easterly on rte 1 a Very Very short way. As the guard rails
end, notice a dirt
parking area on your right as I 95 zooms along close by. Pull into the
dirt parking lot ,
large enough for many cars, as this is a busy place with fish watchers.
Go read the sign and learn about the fishway. Now walk over the wooden
bridge that
spans the ladder. A picnic table on the little point is fun to visit and
maybe have a snack.
Back on the bridge standing right over the fish way, take a reading of
60 degrees. Notice a
large leaning tree about 100 feet, or so ?? Make your way there walking
over the
woodchips and down to that tree, due north about 10 feet in the arms of
the tree roots
is The Fish Tale Letterbox. Please stamp and cover carefully, this is a
popular spot .
Notice both arms of the tree roots have rocks put to fool the
unsuspecting !!
Enjoy the thrill of the Fish Ladder
Hope the other post gets fixed soon.
Butterfly