Humdinger

Difficulty: easy
Terrain: moderate (short but steep)
Date placed: 7/29/2003
Placed by: Pack Rat (her first box to call her own), Bigguy,
CardinalMom, & Trail Buddy

*** Alive and well as of 7/29/2003 ***

This whimsical little stamp is Pack Rat's first box of her very own
to plant. She (age 10) is most anxious to see who will visit it and
what stamps they'll stamp in her logbook. Please bring a stamp pad
(box does not have one) and come to the Lake Alma State Park outside
Wellston, Ohio. To get there, take S.R.#93 north from Wellston and
turn onto S.R. #349 just outside of town. S.R. #349 will lead you a
couple of miles out past the water plant and across the dam that
forms Lake Alma. (You'd never guess that 100 years ago the island
had an amusement park and interurban trains brought people from
Columbus and elsewhere to relax here!) After you cross the dam, the
park loop road turns off to the right past the park office and the
swimming beach. Make your way to the Old Pine Nature Trail which is
across the road from the second swimming beach. Hike up the trail
until you reach the second water bar (treated 4x4 placed across trail
to divert water.) The trail is quite steep and I imagine very
slippery after being rained on so be careful! We don't want any
Purple Hearts awarded here! Stand on the second water bar and take a
bearing of 204 and go about 6 paces (1 pace = 2 footfalls). You
should be standing beside a very long fallen log about the point
where the roots of a smaller fallen tree lie next to it. Look under
these roots to find our little humdinger. Please email us at
bigguy9210@yahoo.com if you find it and tell us how it's doing. Pack
Rat will be so excited.