HI.
There has been a lot of Letterboxing activity in this area and the St. Louis
area in MO. We have a few teachers who are going to be introducing this
activity to their classes and there will be about 25 kids at an orienteering
class on May 8 who will be trying Letterboxing out for the first time.

If possible it would be great to have the Illinois page updated. I would
really appreciate it. I know that all of you web masters have lives outside
of LbNA so no pressure ... well, not much anyway. :o)

Thanks so Much,
Mohmers

The Catsup bottle has been poached ... to be replaced soon.
Across the Board has been removed due to store closing but will be relocated.
Other new boxes in the area:
I Yam what
I Yam!
Slices of
Quince

Binary
Scarab !
by K,Chris,Drew,Emily,Mandy
River
Road Boxes HREF="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=347">
West Tyson 1(letterbox/geocache) by Dan Frye
EGG-Zactly
& PokeyMan #25: Pikachu
Zak's
Cache (letterbox / geocache ) by Bill, Zak, Karen
SWIAALB...Poor
Doggy
PokeyMan #
94: Gengar
Knobeloch
Cache (letterbox / geocache combo) by Jeff and Neal

GEODUDE: PokeyMan #74
River Road
Letterboxes
Under the
Boardwalk (letterbox / geocache combo) by Steve & Lisa Sylvester
- Piasa
by K, Drew & Emily
- Twinkle
* by K, Drew & Emily

&

Subj: [LbNA] Garden of the Gods
Date: 4/17/01 9:37:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: stgeorge@gateway.net (stgeorge)

GARDEN of the GODS



The Garden of the Gods Recreation Area is located in southern
Illinois in the Shawnee National Forest. For map details see:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/shawnee/indexmap.htm. Click on 'topo map' for
overall view of national forest and road routes; click on 'east side of
forest' for location of Garden of Gods Recreation Area.

Located within this recreation area - maintained and open year
round - are the Pharaoh Picnic Ground, the quarter-mile, interpretive
Observation Trail, and the Pharaoh Campground consisting of 12 campsites,
tables, fire grills, toilets, and an extensive trail system. For further
information see http://www.gorp.com/dow/eastern/shninfo.htm and/or
http://www.lth6.k12.il.us/Schools/Malan/Hbggateway4.htm

Telephone of Ranger District: (618) 287-2201

Placed by: Griffin and Sabine*

Clues: Easy

Terrain: Easy

Hidden: 11 April 2001

CLUES:

1.. After turning into the Garden of the Gods Recreation Area, a designated
parking lot for backpackers will be seen at 0.9 mile. Park here.
2.. Return to park access road and turn left.
3.. Enjoy the marvelous rock formations on your right as you walk the
approximately 0.2 mile to the River- to-River Trailhead.
4.. When you reach the River- to-River Trailhead, go west on the trail.
5.. Proceed approximately 160 paces, passing a trail back to the
backpackers' parking lot on the left, until you come upon a long, 5 to 6 foot
high stone escarpment on your right.
6.. A bearing of 310 degrees should align you with the largest tree on the
escarpment.
7. 15 paces to the escarpment will bring you to what you seek hidden in the
wall near this tree.



* Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine Trilogy (see:
http://www.griffinandsabine.com/), being a particular favorite of 'Cock o'
The Trail' and 'St. George,' has led to this joint venture of placing a
letterbox. Enamored with personal correspondence between lovers, and
especially titillated by Bantock's exotic & voyeuristic correspondence
between Griffin and Sabine, 'Cock o' The Trail' & 'St. George' have
temporarily assumed the modern-day identities created by Nick Bantock. Each
carved stamp in this series will represent the face of a postcard sent by us,
with love, to letterboxers the world over.


This letterbox is the first (#1) placed by Griffin and Sabine.