OK ~ I'll have to 'fess up now. Please be kind, but I
kinda took a wrong turn when I went out to test clues for
the letterbox this weekend. My kids will never let me live
it down, I think. The first entry in their letterbox journals ~
oh, it's just too comic-horrible to think about!
I realized while on the trail that I would have to rewrite with
just a couple more descriptive details ~ when I wrote the
clues I was using a pedometer, and when I went back I didn't
take it with me, and now it turns out that I am also distance-
challenged. So, I want to add a bit to the clues so that you
won't need to know how far you've gone to follow them!
Correction first, then I'll include the whole
set of clues below that...

Correction: To get to the park, turn right on Olin Turville Ct.
(the street is E. Olin Ave. to the left, and Olin Turville Ct. to the
right.) The Conservation Park parking lot is the first one.

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Madison Tribute Series
Letterbox #1 - David Lewis Crosby

Turville Point Conservation Park
Olin Turville Ct., Madison WI

This letterbox is dedicated to the memory of
David Lewis Crosby of the Madison Chamber Orchestra,
in gratitude for the magic he created at Madison's
Concerts on the Square.

The parking lot for the conservation park is to
the south of the main entrance of Olin Turville Park,
the first lot after turning onto Olin Turville Ct.
The trail heads east from the parking lot.

Clues:
Follow the main trail from the parking lot about 1/10th mile
to a major fork in the trail where it is clear that you must
go left or right. (There are trails that split off/converge before
this, but keep heading east on the main trail). In front of you
is a very large fallen tree. Take the trail to the left.
At the next fork in the trail (about 2/10th mile from start, the
trail intersection looks like a "T"), take the trail going to the right.
The trail meanders along the lake to the left and sometimes
into the woods to the right. Eventually you will walk through
a large stand of trees ~ the path goes through this stand to
the left back towards the lake.
About =BD mile from the start of the trail, and very shortly after
leaving the stand of trees, you will see a tiny short footpath
leading up to a view of the lake. At the top of this path is
a ring of stones and the tall jagged remains of a fire-charred
tree. After admiring the skyline view of central Madison,
which includes the State Capitol where the Concerts on the
Square take place, turn and look inside the tree for the letterbox.
Notes:
Turville Point Conservation Park is about .5 mi. north
from the John Nolan Drive exit off Hwy 12-18, turn right
on Olin Turville Ct. (East Olin Ave) from John Nolan Drive.
If you=92d like to bike, the trail is about 2 miles from
Williamson Bicycle Works, which is at the other end of
John Nolan Drive. This store rents bikes and other
equipment, and the bike path practically leaves from
their door! The park allows no bikes, though I presume
it would be fine to walk them through.



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