Ridley Creek Box

Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near Gradyville, PA,
placed by Arbo on 6/12/02
A 2-3 hour hike located in the outer Philly suburbs in beautiful
Ridley Creek State Park.
Getting there: From I-476 South, Take exit 3 (Rt.1 South). Turn right
onto PA 352 North. Pass by Granite Run Mall. At 4th stoplight turn
right onto Gradyville Rd. At stop sign turn right. Continue on that
road past the park office to picnic area #14. From there the game's
afoot.

Clues

Blue is a color you should know, follow this trail Northeast bound
you go.

Through tunneled foliage lush and green, across hard pavement where
cars careen.

Past a settler house old and crumbled, treasure you seek be not
humbled.

At the juncture with an end, go by a tree that once had been.

Continue on down blue pathway, around many turns along the way.

Up a hill with blue and yellow, your time is short with this cowardly
fellow.

Continue on with Mr. Blue, the shiny loot calls to you.

Cross a road man has built, pass a pole with blue-white hilt.

Over the bridge across the stream, then up the hill a hiker's dream.

Up the hill first left then right, Mr. Blue's here do not fright.

At the top a green grass ocean, continue right around the commotion.

Find the path the color of light, "Not much farther", Mr. White knows
right.

Down the hill and to the arrow, continue on down the 360 degree
narrow.

Past the trees with carvings askew, soon Ridley Creek will come into
view.

At the bottom where rapids flow, with the current you will go.

To the second fallen tree, a bridge Mother Nature built for free.

Across this sidewalk you will go, to find a letterbox a secret to
know.

Here the path is hard to see, you will pick it up at One-ten degree.

Continue on down the way, along the angler's pathway.

Spy a bench on a boulder, continue along the water's shoulder.

Three boulders you come to on a turn, turn right through the pathway
your feet do yearn.

Watch the stream along the way, many rocks you might say.

But you'll find these rocks with two large trees, your compass will
work from one of these.