Hi,

First, I want to apologize to the people who couldn't
find the box. Believe me, I hate it when it happens to
me. I guess I learned the instant gratification
syndrome too well from the previous generation.
Anyway, I'm sorry it was so difficult to find. I see
now why it was so hard. The area looks completely
different from when I placed it in March. The hints I
left were too vague for the current conditions.
However, some intepid explorers did find it. Even
though one wrote I was a "maniac". With that said, you
now have an idea of how rugged the area is. I didn't
make that clear either. Believe it or not, I actually
walked right down the actual brook rocks themselves.
It was fun to me, not to others, apparently. That was
the idea, though. I wanted something different.
Nevertheless, you should probably stick terra firma
and not the slippery, wet, mossey, stream rocks.
Although, that isn't 100% safe either. I stepped into
a three foot deep hole that was disguised as a wet
spot of leaves. I still thought it was cool. Use
caution and go with a partner and hopefully you think
I over exaggereated how rough the area is. You will
have to bushwack. NO TRAILS. Hopefully, I don't need
to say this, but bring a compass. To me, the area is
special and beautiful. I find it worth the drive
everytime. I strongly suggest going when it has just
rained heavily. Or better yet, when it is raining
heavily. Much more atmosphere. Of course, much more
dangerous if you walk the rocks.

The Fairy Pool
Glastonbury, Connecticut

Your name: John at liberumarbitrium@yahoo.com
The name of the letterbox: The Fairy Pool
The date you placed it: 03-30-02

Difficulty: No trail to follow!!!! Not long trip,
(1000yards taking .50 of an hour or more, one way) but
rocky, slippery, wet conditions. Heavily overgrown
with green stuff.

Highlights: In the summer, absolutely incredible
amounts of moss. Stunning colors of green. Really neat
glacial till that is exposed from the stream run-off.
It looks like boulder gardens.
Hi,

I placed a box in the Meshomasic State Forest in
Glastonbury. Please wear footwear that will help you
negotiate wet, slippery rocks, and stream crossings.
Glastonbury does have rattlesnakes, so use caution.

From the Hartford area, take exit 10 off of Rt.2 and
take a right onto Rt83 (Manchester Rd.). Go .10 mile
to stop sign and take a left onto New London
Turnpike\Wassauc road.

Coming from the Marlborough area take exit 10 off
Rt.2 and take a left onto Rt.83 (Manchester Rd.). Go
about .25 mile and take left onto New London
Turnpike\Wassauc road.

Now, go about a mile to your first stop sign. At the
stop sign you're at the corner of Wassauc Road and
Country Club Road. Take a right onto Country Club
Road. (On your way home, if you came from the
Marlborough area, you can take a right onto Wassauc Rd
to get Rt.2 about a .5-mile away or just retrace your
route back)

Drive down, then up Country Club Road to an obviously
dangerous intersection. Take Mott Hill Road on the
left. Be EXTREMELY careful at this crossing. It is
blind both ways and people fly down the road from the
actual country club.

(From the start of Mott Hill Road the box is about 2
miles away.)

From the start of Mott Hill drive about 1 mile and
you'll come to a fork. There will be a sign that says
dead end to the left. GO RIGHT. The road quickly turns
to dirt.

You'll be on Del Reeves Road. Drive approx. 1 mile
and you'll pass a large graffitoed boulder on the
left, just before you come to the Fairy Pool. Drive
until you see, on BOTH sides, a small cement culvert.
The right (roughly North) side of the road is your
start point, at the culvert. Park just past it on the
left.

Go to the start point. Today, June 15th, it was about
2-3 feet deep and an aquamarine blue. The heavy rains
make the area magical. This culvert area is the Fairy
Pool. I couldn't hide the box here...too easy and
you'd miss the beauty of the brook.

Follow the brook DOWNSTREAM. You really can't go
wrong if you just follow the brook downstream. Take
time to enjoy the various pools, trees growing on
rocks, moss, and landscape. Today it was amazing. All
the rain made this area energetic and stunning. (In
the spring or fall-Look for the yellow birch that is
growing in the middle of the stream on a rock. Look
for a washing machine sized rock that has a
waffle-pattern of quartz on its Eastern face. These
aren't landmarks, more just FYI's.)

The following directions were written when there was
little growth and you could see around. You can use
them if you want. I would suggest, in the summer, just
following the brook down to the penninsula:

The brook goes roughly North East for about 100-200
paces.

Then juts East for about 20 paces.

Hooks North again for about 70-100 paces. (Again
paces aren't that important here, just follow brook)

Go another 80 paces over more rocks.

The rocks will drop you to an area of what appears to
be an island surrounded by a small rivulet. This small
island\pennisula area seems to get more light than the
surrounding areas in the summer.

To the LEFT or WEST is another stream entering this
mini river. The river is shaped like a horseshoe
pointing away from you.
To the RIGHT or EAST is a Yellow Birch that has fallen
across the stream.
GO LEFT, upstream, towards the rivulet. This is where
you can cross onto the penninsula.

Or get across the river to this peninsula island
anyway you can.

Once on the island find the tree, on the south side of
the island, that has a rectangular hole cut into its
east face about waist level. A beer can has been
placed into the hole. Not that anyone would bother to
pick up litter, but don't expect the can to be there.
I have also places four mellon sized rocks in a rough
circle at, NOT AROUND, the base of this tree too. The
tree is only about a foot or so in diameter inches in
diameter. This tree would be one of the closet tree to
the stream you crossed.

From this tree face North and walk about 10-15 paces
or about 30-35 feet. I've placed three yellow birch
trees, 4-6 inches in diameter, about 4-6 feet long,
laying end to end pointing off in the direction you
want to go. You'll see a fallen, rotted, branchless,
tree lying West to East. It really doesn't look like
much, so don't expect a fallen Live Oak or something
exotic. It's old and rotting and the last person there
didn't even cover up the box and it still wasn't
found. I did cover it, please do to.

Go to the Eastern end of the fallen tree. The tree is
pretty long but skinny.

To go home, just head South back up stream. Thanks
for visiting. Let me know if you have any trouble
finding it, again.

John

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