Randy used the phrase "long way to Mud Pond" a week or so ago, and in
another post to me verified that all the Braintree boxes were in
place and intact after the winter.

His way was long indeed, as he had to drive over 300 miles to a
very obscure little town in Central Vermont, and then follow
lots of little twisting dirt roads up into the hills. Randy, however,
found all four boxes in one day, which I found pretty impressive.

Randy, I think your personal stamp is great - particularly
appropriate this time of year, when all the painted trilliums are
coming out.

I confirmed the Mud Pond box for myself a week later, on the
anniversary of my introduction to letterboxing. A year ago I was just
finishing up an orienteering mini-course with four students, and
another teacher handed me a copy of the Smithsonian magazine,
wondering if I might be interested in this quaint
orienteering-related hobby.

I have been running the course again this spring, combining
orienteering and letterboxing. My four students and I set a two-leg
course up the side of Braintree Hill, bushwhacked for two hours, and
came out right at our goal - the Rolling Rock Road. We set off down
to Mud Pond, where we had lunched, and then they proceeded to find
the box - the last of the four for them. A very pleasant day and a
fitting way to celebrate the anniversary.

Tom


Tom Cooch
tcooch@sover.net

aka The Orient Express
Braintree, VT

"The game is afoot!"

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