hey everybody! just in time for the holidays! a new
box in eastern massachusetts. this is my first in a
series of HAIKU-CLUE boxes.

you'll want to be the first on your block to get this
one...

trey




T U R T L E P O N D
letterbox
Belmont, Massachusetts
(Middlesex County)

NOTES:

1. Bearing = degrees from TRUE north, NOT magnetic
north (magnetic declination: 16 degrees west).

2. Pace = one footfall of either foot (I'm tall and
have a relatively long stride).

3. Step = same as a pace (strange but true). Used
only because the plurals do not contain the same
number of syllables--important for the haiku clue
construction.

4. T = a "T" intersection.

5. Y = a "Y" intersection.

6. X = a variable that you must figure out.

7. Clue Difficulty = 2 (1 is easy, 5 is almost
impossible).

8. Terrain Difficulty = 1 (same scale).

9. Hike Length = About one mile (round trip).

10. There is poison ivy at Habitat, but the area near
the box and the access paths are generally ivy-free
(your dog will be able to find some, however). If you
ever accidentally touch some, get a bottle of TECNU
from CVS--the stuff really works if you wash with it
within 2 to 8 hours!

11. Directions to Habitat: Take Rt. 2 to exit 59
(Rt. 60, Belmont Ctr./Arlington Ctr.) and take Rt.
60/Pleasant Street west. Follow Pleasant Street for .6
miles and take a right at the second traffic light
onto Clifton Street. Take the first left onto Fletcher
Road. Bear left at the fork and take the next left
onto Juniper Road. The sanctuary entrance is .2 miles
ahead on the right.



CLUES:

Park at Habitat,
(10 Juniper in Belmont)
A quite special place.

Pay nominal fee--
Free for Audubon members!
(You KNOW you should join...)

'Tween house and garage,
Find the Pinus Rigida.
Head west on hard path.

Just before greenhouse,
Take path left (up hill)
To stand of tall pines.