fun and pretty. I'll have my new box thats being planted in southern
NC this week. Have written the clues but have not got he box there
yet. Still have to go over there.
Lovely Days,
Davisa
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Mountain Scorpia"
wrote:
> I have planted my first letterbox near the Joyce Kilmer Memorial
Forest in
> Graham County, NC.
>
> The Forest is about 14 miles from Robbinsville, the nearest town.
> (Robbinsville is about 2 hours west of Asheville - take I-40 west
to Exit
> 27, then follow Great Smoky Mountain Expressway on US19 South; pass
Cherokee
> and Bryson City, then watch for the Robbinsville sign just before
the
> Nantahala Gorge). There is USFS camping nearby on Santeelah Creek.
>
> The trail is not steep or difficult, but is not suitable for
wheelchairs or
> strollers or street footwear; ankle supporting shoes/boots are best.
>
> Follow the signs from Robbinsville to the Forest. Drive to the
parking lot
> and find the information kiosk which shows the map and the
famous "Trees"
> poem by Joyce Kilmer. Then follow the clues:
>
> From the edge of "You Are Here,"
> North 23 paces, have no fear.
>
> Cross not the Bridge, but up the Rail
> Into green and mossy vale.
>
> Up step and root, past hidey-hole,
> Watch for lizard, mouse, and mole.
>
> Rotten log and slippery bridge
> Left is Creek, right is Ridge.
>
> At the Y sign what you wear
> Will decide which way you bear!
>
> Right if clothed, left if naked -
> This is the CRUX - will you make it?
>
> Up and pass (all on the left)
> These clues of Nature, some bereft:
>
> ONE is hemlocks side by side
> TWO is long low mossy pride
> THREE is upright velvety shady
> FOUR is Mama and her Babies
> FIVE the Head-High Hollow find
> SIX the Three-in-One do twine
> SEVEN will be Downed & Quartered
> (this by Man, but what's that matter?)
> EIGHT a Perfect Letterbox Tree
> (Alas, too close to path for Thee!!)
>
> Oh, but NINE! What have we here?
> Aha! Our treasure box is near!
>
> Cross the Curvy Wet but STOP!
> The nubby shoe-sized stump's your lot.
>
> From little stump eleven pace,
> THEN 340 on your "face."
>
> Pace up and 20; you will see
> A straight and upright Hugging Tree.
>
> This is it; now be discreet,
> Find the purple twixt her feet.
>
> Do not call; do not knock.
> Kiss the tree and move the Rock.
>
> When you've stamped, Ladies and Gents,
> Return to the Loop to visit the Ents.
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