Hello,

I have placed my first letterbox in Ithaca, NY - at the plantations.

Name: Cindy DeRosa
Date placed: July 6th, 2002
Letterbox name: Snoop doggy
State placed in: Ithaca, NY
Ithaca
E-mail address: dderosa@optonline.net

Clues to the Letterbox:
The Snoop Doggy Letterbox
ITHACA, NY



WELCOME TO ITHACA ENJOY YOUR
LETTERBOXING

Ithaca is a unique, small city in
central New York (Tompkins County). It is located on
Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes
formed thousands of years ago by huge glaciers
which left behind spectacular gorges.
Ithaca is home to 29,000 residents and nearly as
many college students.

The Cornell Plantations is an outdoor
museum where you can enjoy over three thousand
acres of natural beauty adjacent to the
Cornell University campus. The botanical garden
features fourteen specialty gardens,
and the campus collections contain many unusual
plants for horticultural study. The
natural areas include bogs, fens, gorges, meadows and
woodlands, all protected for research
and education. The F. R. Newman Arboretum
includes maples, oaks, flowering trees,
pines and other species in 150 acres of a park-like
setting. To ensure the health of the
plant collections, and to preserve them for generations
to come, please leash and clean up
after your pets, and do not collect or remove any
flowers, fruits or plants. (information
taken from a brochure)

GETTING TO THE PLANTATIONS:

Coming from the West by one of three
route numbers (79,96 or 89), go down a hill into
Ithaca, and turn left onto Route 13
North. If you are coming from the East on Route 79,
go down the hill, and in Ithaca, turn
right onto Route 13 North.
Continue on Route 13 North past the
Cayuga Heights Exit and the Pyramid Mall Exit.
Continue to the stoplight where you
will make a right turn onto Warren Road. Continue
on that road for a mile. At the
four-way stop, stay on Warren Road which will take you
past a golf course and down a steep
hill to a stop sign where you turn left. This road
winds across a one-way bridge; coming
off the bridge, turn left onto Forest Home Drive.
Proceed for six tenths of a mile along
the creek to the first parking area on the left where
you can leave your car.

Specific Clues: Cross the road, and
enter through the gate. Walking stright in at first, make the
first right. Walking stright you
will come to the 1st path. The path will be on your right hand side.
You will see an Umbrella Magnolia tree
to enter the path. Go stright on the path and cross a bridge.
Continue on the path you will see a
steep wooden staircase at the end of the path. Go to the top of
the stairs. Cross the road and
straight across you will see a clearing up the hill with a wooden bench
against a stone wall. The Ralph T.
Reeve Bench. Between 2 trees or 20 paces in back of the bench
and on the right you will find your
path. Take 37 Paces. On the right you will see your big rock and
tree. In between you will find me.

Please e-mail me an let me know you
found the box. dderosa@optonline.net
I live on Long Island, NY and was
visiting my sister and had to plant my first box here. A piece of me
left behind for letterboxers to enjoy.