Hi Folks:

I've just launched the Good Eats Letterbox, read on...

The Good Eats Letterbox
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Approximate Time: 20 minutes (excluding stamping time)
Clue difficulty: Easy
Hike difficulty: Easy

The Good Eats Letterbox is a cuisine-oriented letterbox. Every two to
three months the letterbox will feature a new cuisine and a new stamp
for that cuisine. In addition to the normal stamp-in procedure,
fellow letterboxers are requested to enter into the logbook one or
more of their favorite restaurants that serve the featured cuisine.
Of course people stamping in will want to jot down the selected
recommendations into their own logbook as well. Recommendations may
be for local or distant places. This will keep the information
interesting to a broad range of folks.

Please include the following information in the restaurant
recommendations that you write.

Name of the restaurant,
Location (Town/City, State),
Expense Rating (See table below).

You may also wish to recommend the particular dishes you most enjoy
and other tips.

Expense Rating Cost
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$ Under $10
$$ $10 - $15
$$$ $15 - $25
$$$$ Over $25

where Cost is the cost of a typical entree'.

The idea for this letterbox was inspired, in part, by the Tree For All
Seasons letterbox which offered a different stamp image for each
season. I liked the concept of a letterbox that kept offering
something new. I'd like to hear feedback from folks on this concept.
I'm not sure what the ideal frequency will be for changing the
featured cuisine, and I may want to tweak the requested info. a bit
as we go along, of course recommendations for the next cuisine to
feature are also welcome.

The current featured cuisine is: Seafood

Directions:

The Good Eats Letterbox is located at the Guggins Brook Conservation
in Acton, MA. To get to this conservation area take I-495 to exit 28
(Harvard, Boxborough exit). Head east on Rt. 111 for 2.8 miles from
the exit. After passing the "Entering Acton" sign on the right you'll
cross over a small brook. There are guard rails on both sides of the
road here. The Guggins Brook Conservation Area is immediately after
this brook on the left-hand (North) side of the road. The entrance is
marked by a sign reading "Googins Brook Conservation Area Fort Pond
Brook Greenbelt". Turn in here and park.

At the trail head is a bulletin board area with some trail maps in a
box. You may want to take one of these along with you for the walk.
If you do, please return it to the box at the end of your walk. It's
also online at:
http://town.acton.ma.us/LSCOM/MapGugginsBrook.htm.

Take the red blazed trail to the left of the bulletin board.

Cross over a short (6 foot) bridge (not on the trail map).

When a trail enters on the left (both trails here are yellow blazed),
go straight. Pass a young American Elm on the left (marked by a tag).

Cross over a long crooked bridge.

When the next trail enters on the left, take the left to cross over
the culvert. This trail is bearing 300 degrees.

Continue on the trail and head into the clearing, passing the trail
that
enters on the left as you enter the clearing. The clearing has two
bird houses on poles around the edge.

Once in the clearing, take the blue blazed trail bearing North.
Continue on this trail for a short distance until the trail cuts
through a stone wall.

Starting from the small (10" diameter) hemlock on the right-hand
(east) side of the trail on the south side of the wall, take 10 paces
east to a large maple tree in the wall. Cross over to the north side
of the wall. Take 3 paces east to a hemlock tree. The box is in the
wall at its base. Please stamp in, leave a restaurant recommendation,
and enjoy the recommendations left by others.

After stamping in you may want to enjoy the trails in the area or
return to your car by backtracking.

Good eats!

Cheers,
Seekyr