I have hidden this Letterbox Hybrid in one of my favorite places
in the forests of the south end of Letchworth State Park. The
posted coordinates will take you to a place where you will find
yourself standing in the middle of 4 monarchs of the forest. There
will be 3 different types of trees in this place. There is a very
large sugar maple, a cucumber tree, and 2 tulip trees surrounding
you. One of these tulip trees is enormous and one of the largest
trees of this type I have seen in the park. Try to imagine though
that these trees can get much larger if they were in a virgin
forest. All the land at one time in this area was cleared and
farmed, so the huge trees that you see here are second growth.
There are some very large beech trees in this area and they can be
identified as the trees you see with the smooth gray bark. Another
thing you may care to notice is a small stump in the area of the 4
giants because this stump is the remains of a long dead American
Chestnut tree. If you look toward the northwest you can spot a huge
ash tree with a very large trunk.
OK, now that you have arrived in the area the coordinates take
you to, I ask that you first take a few moments and stand amongst
the giants around you and take in the ambiance that a place like
this offers. It will make you feel rather small and much younger
when you consider the age of the 4 living creatures standing around
you. Then you need to look South/Southwest and walk about 100 -
110 feet or 52 normal paces in that direction to arrive in the
area where the cache is hidden. I ask that you please refrain from
digging, tearing off bark or pieces of the trees in your search
because it will not be necessary for finding the cache. My goal
here is to show you a beautiful natural setting in an old forest
and I would like the area to look as though it had never been
visited before, so that each cacher can enjoy the unspoiled beauty
of the forest. Please replace the cache exactly how you found it,
and make sure that the container is sealed. A simple rule of the
forest to remember is this, leave only foot prints but take away
some wonderful memories with you. If you are doing the GPS-O cache
there is a marker over the hill to the north of the start
coordinates.
There will be a stamp pad in the cache along with the usual
cache swag. First finder gets a handmade Paleoman arrowhead. The
next 5 finders can grab a scratch off lottery ticket and try their
luck. Please be honest and only take one ticket per finder.
I wish to extend my “Thanks” to Roland Beck,
Letchworth Park Manager, for reviewing and approving the placement
of this cache.