Carved this stamp way back in August for my neice, Sara's first birthday. Finally hid the box in October and just found my notes today and realized that this was just one of many hidden boxes that I had not yet posted clues for. So I am starting out the new year by tying up all those loose ends. Here is the first of 4 (Hope thats all of them)

Melissa



Sara's 1st Birthday

Placed: 8/7/02

Waterford, Connecticut

Easy walk, bring a compass


Park at the Jordan Green on the corner of Rte 156 and Avery Lane in Waterford.


After parking, get out of your car,

Head east up the gravel path, but don't walk too far.


On your left you will see a place to sit and tie your shoe

Find the date it was placed, put the 1st letter of the month in space number 2.

Date on the bench:_____________________________(month, date, year)


Next to the bench you see a house of yellow,

You need to find the last name of this fellow.


Put the first letter in space number 5.

Write the last letter in space number 4.


Number of windows on the front of the house:_____

Number of panes per window:_______

Number of doors in front:______

Number of chimneys:_______


Now to the Jordan Schoolhouse on the right.

Find the year that this school was built __________

Here the children learned reading, writing and arithmetic.

They learned their numbers and letters A-___ (Place the missing letter in space 3)

Number of panes per window:_________

Looking at the front of the school:

Number of windows_______

Number of doors_________

Number of chimneys_______


Continue on gravel, to the left you should stay,

Through fence posts, across lawn to a building of ______


What color is this old building?

Write the 1st letter of the color in space 1.


In the open lawn find the lonely boulder and take the trail at 350.

Pass a backwards Y, then come to another. To the left is a chain linked fence.

Take the path at 86. Walk along the fence and go straight at its end.


At a 4 way intersection, take the path at 98. Then take another path at 18.

Just before a home for missing _____, (use the vowel in this word for space 6) there will be a T-go 120