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Co Added [Was: Re: AK: Totem Bight Letterbox]

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Co Added [Was: Re: AK: Totem Bight Letterbox]

From: mlgainey (mlgainey@yahoo.com) | Date: 2002-09-16 18:53:32 UTC
I have found out the county, so to speak, that Totem Bight State Park
is in. It is the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Hope this helps.

-- Marsha Gainey
7F 8P 1HH 0X

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "mlgainey" wrote:
> The first-ever letterbox was planted in Ketchikan, Alaska on
> September
> 13, 2002, at Totem Bight State Park. (Unfortunately, the county
that
> Ketchikan is in is not known.) It was planted by M. Gainey.
>
> This box does not contain a pencil.
>
> Because this box is an orphan, after you stamp in, could you please
> drop me a note about the box's condition at mlgainey@y...?
> Thanks, and happy boxing!
>
> Go to Totem Bight State Park.
>
> From the car parking lot, take the trail to the clan house and the
> totems.
>
> Take the left fork.
>
> Before you reach the clan house, you will see a trash can, a bench,
> and an informational marker titled "clan house." Go off-trail into
> the
> woods at this point.
>
> Walk toward a massive uprooted tree.
>
> The box is hidden in a hole in the tree. The hole is on the end
> closest to the clan house. The box is covered with bark in the
hole.
>
> Once you have stamped in, please rehide it in the hole and recover
> with bark.