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Canada Goose -- 20 Bucks Letterbox

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Canada Goose -- 20 Bucks Letterbox

From: Sora Colvin (mac47@cornell.edu) | Date: 2002-07-28 20:45:33 UTC-07:00
I was delighted to be the first to stamp the 20 Bucks Letterbox this
evening, after a -- let us say -- "persistent" search!

From the initial starting point, the clues are a bit vague. There are so
very many benches and signs in the area, and one can't read any of the
signs from a distance. After several false starts down the hill in various
directions, trying to reach a bench on the correct number of paces, I gave
up and just looked for the "sorry" sign. Once I had that, finding the
correct location was not difficult -- but the box was EXTREMELY well
hidden. After poking about in the gorse, brambles and thistles with a bit
of driftwood for a good 15 minutes I moved some pieces of wood under a good
deal of dried cut grass and thistles and was elated to see a plastic lid
peeking up at me.

I never did make the first set of paces from the Beacon to the rest stop
match up. I suspect the number may be wrong on the clue. A compass
direction to the "sorry" sign might be easier; I had little trouble from
that point on.

Sora for the vacationing Chicken-counters in Victoria, B.C.