Pomfret, Ct.
Rating Moderate to Difficult (steep hills)
Placed by Lenny/Kathy THE NEEDEEPS
Placed 10-27-02
Distance 1.28 of a mile
Meadow Ledge Trail (2) Boxes
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Started on 2002-10-27
Meadow Ledge Trail (2) Boxes
From: (needeeps@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-10-27 17:03:46 UTC-05:00
Re: [LbNA] Meadow Ledge Trail (2) Boxes
From: Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-10-27 14:20:05 UTC-08:00
Please list the state abbreviation in the subject line. It makes it much easier sorting through posts. Thanks.
Linda a/k/a Alafair
needeeps@webtv.net wrote:Pomfret, Ct.
Rating Moderate to Difficult (steep hills)
Placed by Lenny/Kathy THE NEEDEEPS
Placed 10-27-02
Distance 1.28 of a mile
Re: [LbNA] Meadow Ledge Trail (2) Boxes
From: needeeps2002 (needeeps@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-10-27 23:08:10 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Alafair wrote:
>
> Please list the state abbreviation in the subject line. It makes it much easier sorting through posts. Thanks.
> Linda a/k/a Alafair
> needeeps@w... wrote:Pomfret, Ct.
> Rating Moderate to Difficult (steep hills)
> Placed by Lenny/Kathy THE NEEDEEPS
> Placed 10-27-02
> Distance 1.28 of a mile
>
>
> From the west pass through the intersection of Rt.44 and 169 and take
> your first left onto Bosworth Rd. From the east on 101, before you get
> to the intersection of 169 you will pass the Dept. of Transportation.
> Take the right, onto Bosworth Rd. You will travel .3 of a mile.Turn in
> on the right and park on the grass. You will see a sign, Walking Trail.
> Take the path and go across the grassy field. Soon you pass a group of
> trees growing from the same trunk with a stone wall that goes off to the
> left. Keep on the path. Then you will come to a sign stating Hidden
> Meadow, just keep on going. After crossing the meadow, enter the woods.
> The trail will bend to the left. There's a sign on the right saying
> Mashamoquet Brook. There's a bench on the left where you can sit and
> enjoy the brook, next to a black birch tree. 15 paces up the trail
> there's a tree with 3 sisters growing and a 4th one that fell over. Your
> prize is in the
> middle, covered with sticks and leaves.
> Contiue on to the second box. Soon there will be a stone wall. Follow a
> little ways with the wall on your right. Shortly after the trail gets
> real small and tricky to follow. Look for the dark blue blazes painted
> on the trees. The trail will bend to the river and then bare left up a
> steep hill. There are rock ledges in the distance off to the left, and
> there will be another stone wall with a sign saying Wyndham Land Trust.
> Follow the blue blazes up the steep hill, when you get to the top you
> come to a T. Take a left here. From the T, count 11 paces. A huge
> boulder is on your left, and to your right is another big boulder with a
> tree that splits into sisters growing out it.Walk through the opening of
> the stone wall to get to the boulder. Go to the back side of the boulder
> and hidden in a crevice in the rock , under a piece of old log and
> sticks is your second letterbox. Go back to the trail. Continue on the
> trail along the stone wall. You will come to another T. Take a right
> into an overgrown field.Then there will be a Y with a sign saying
> Wright's Crossing Rd.,but you stay straight, around the edge of the
> field. The trail will bend back into the woods, and then the trail will
> bend left, right and then left again back into another overgrown field.
> There will be an open area, go to the right and follow down alittle
> more. You will come to a cornfield. Take a left and follow all the way
> down on the edge of the cornfield. Soon there will be a bar way that
> will take you into another cornfield. Just follow the tire marks all the
> way across the field and back to the road and your car. These trails are
> all part of the Audubon Society and the farmers rent the land from them.
> This is not farm land;this is part of the Bafflin Nature Sanctuary.
>
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> Linda a/k/a Alafair
> needeeps@w... wrote:Pomfret, Ct.
> Rating Moderate to Difficult (steep hills)
> Placed by Lenny/Kathy THE NEEDEEPS
> Placed 10-27-02
> Distance 1.28 of a mile
>
>
> From the west pass through the intersection of Rt.44 and 169 and take
> your first left onto Bosworth Rd. From the east on 101, before you get
> to the intersection of 169 you will pass the Dept. of Transportation.
> Take the right, onto Bosworth Rd. You will travel .3 of a mile.Turn in
> on the right and park on the grass. You will see a sign, Walking Trail.
> Take the path and go across the grassy field. Soon you pass a group of
> trees growing from the same trunk with a stone wall that goes off to the
> left. Keep on the path. Then you will come to a sign stating Hidden
> Meadow, just keep on going. After crossing the meadow, enter the woods.
> The trail will bend to the left. There's a sign on the right saying
> Mashamoquet Brook. There's a bench on the left where you can sit and
> enjoy the brook, next to a black birch tree. 15 paces up the trail
> there's a tree with 3 sisters growing and a 4th one that fell over. Your
> prize is in the
> middle, covered with sticks and leaves.
> Contiue on to the second box. Soon there will be a stone wall. Follow a
> little ways with the wall on your right. Shortly after the trail gets
> real small and tricky to follow. Look for the dark blue blazes painted
> on the trees. The trail will bend to the river and then bare left up a
> steep hill. There are rock ledges in the distance off to the left, and
> there will be another stone wall with a sign saying Wyndham Land Trust.
> Follow the blue blazes up the steep hill, when you get to the top you
> come to a T. Take a left here. From the T, count 11 paces. A huge
> boulder is on your left, and to your right is another big boulder with a
> tree that splits into sisters growing out it.Walk through the opening of
> the stone wall to get to the boulder. Go to the back side of the boulder
> and hidden in a crevice in the rock , under a piece of old log and
> sticks is your second letterbox. Go back to the trail. Continue on the
> trail along the stone wall. You will come to another T. Take a right
> into an overgrown field.Then there will be a Y with a sign saying
> Wright's Crossing Rd.,but you stay straight, around the edge of the
> field. The trail will bend back into the woods, and then the trail will
> bend left, right and then left again back into another overgrown field.
> There will be an open area, go to the right and follow down alittle
> more. You will come to a cornfield. Take a left and follow all the way
> down on the edge of the cornfield. Soon there will be a bar way that
> will take you into another cornfield. Just follow the tire marks all the
> way across the field and back to the road and your car. These trails are
> all part of the Audubon Society and the farmers rent the land from them.
> This is not farm land;this is part of the Bafflin Nature Sanctuary.
>
>
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>
> Sorry, still learning but we will put the state in the subject from now on.Thank you Lenny/Kathy
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