Triumphal Trillium
Date Placed: 10 May 2002
Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania
Closest Town: Wind Ridge
Submitted By: Sarsaparilla


Road Directions:
To get to Enlow Fork Natural Area of Wheeling Creek (Pennsylvania State
Game Lands 302) from I-79, take Exit 14 (old Exit 3), then follow Route 21
West through Waynesburg to Wind Ridge. At the eastern edge of Wind Ridge,
turn north to follow Nebo Ridge Road for about 3 miles. Make a right onto
Walker Hill Road, then left onto Smokey Row, a gravel road that winds down
into the valley. Keep to right until you come to roads end at creek side.
Park in grassy lot. Motorized vehicles are prohibited beyond that point.
Enter emergency roadway on foot. (Please note this is a popular hunting
and fishing area.)

Clues:
Hike or bike the old roadway.
In field or wood, do not stray.
In spring of year, you may see
Flowers wild: blue-eyed Mary,
Larkspur, phlox, geranium,
Fire pinks, Bluebells, and trillium.
Keep the course and you will find
A bridge, the iron-grated kind.
In twenty-two paces cross
Or the cache will be a loss.
Start to count to 219
Or the spot will go unseen.
In "S"-shaped curve, look to right
But do not tread or you might
Step on Jack-in-the-Pulpits
Resting neath rock precipice.
At the end of 219,
Look to your right, being keen
To behold the twin-trunked tree
With knothole base forming the
Chamber for the treasure chest.
25 paces will end your quest.