We headed out to do the Deer Lake boxes yesterday with much excitement,
having I've been heard about Fat Man Squeeze from the summer camp hikers.

The ranger greeted us by saying that the property really isn't open to the
public, its for Scouts only.

"B-b-but we're letterboxers!" I replied with my lower lip trembling. At
first he regarded this with some suspicion but then recalled someone else
saying the same thing recently...and also someone telling him about the
boxes and the website (maybe the person who planted them is my guess) but he
never really had time to followup on it...so sizing us up as looking
wholesome enough he let us head out into the woods.

Then our big hairy dog Gordo jumped out of the car, and he told us no dogs
are allowed on the property! I promised him that we'd pick up after and he
said OK but to let other letterboxers know that positively no dogs allowed.

He seemd to be OK with letterboxers showing up as long as we behave
ourselves nicely. (Scouts honor!;-) So leave your dogs at home for this one!
Also, I'm sure this won't be accessible when they have camp going on next
summer.

It'd be a very good idea to check in with the ranger when doing these
trails, as a point of good will. And, anyway, we found the trail map he
gave us essential, in some places we couldn't find blazes to let us know if
we were on the right trails otherwise.

Fat Man Squeeze lived up to my expectations and beyond, really a fun
climb/hike/scramble after we stamped in -In our family its been re-named Yo
Mama's Been Squeezed.

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