The Sweet William Letterbox
planted 9-27-02 by Rubaduc
pretty easy..maybe an hour

This box is planted as a tribute to my summer letterboxing companion, my
grandson Will.
Thank you, Will for all the good times.

Sweet William (according to Webster) is a biennial plant having bracteate
heads of brightly colored flowers.

Directions: From Rt.6 in Bristol turn East onto Hill St. go 0.8 mi. to
James P. Casey Rd. and go right. After 0.6 mi. you'll see the Chippens
Hill Middle School on your left and shortly on your right, a parking
area.

Clues: From your car walk down the paved road till you come to a path on
the right, follow this through an open meadow, watching the hill in front
of you. There are several trails leading up the hill but you want the one
furthest to the left (you will have to cut across the grass to achieve
this). At the top, at the tree line there's a white blazed trail going
both ways, follow it to your right. This area is known as "The Hoppers"
because of the "kettle holes" left 12,000 years ago during the ice age.
As the ice receded over the gravel ground, it left huge depressions
called hoppers, which you can see on both sides of the trail as you
start walking into the woods. Staying on the white trail the whole way
you'll soon see a blue trail enter and join the white for awhile. Going
down a sandy slope you'll see a white arrow pointing right as the blue
leaves us. Some of this area has been devastated by motorized vehicles,
but used to be beautiful hiking trails, I did scare up a deer however.
After a while you can start looking for a cement marker close to the
ground on your right. X marks the spot (almost) from this marker count
off 20 steps and find a path on your left. 15 steps down this path leads
you to a small, fallen tree and at it's base you'll find the Sweet
William plant. Stamp in, rehide carefully and return to the path. Just
ahead is a pretty decent overlook with some houses below but I'd suggest
returning the way you came unless you know the area. When I got back to
the blue trail I took that straight ahead and came out to the same
hilltop but took a different path down.

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