Watson Trail
Letterbox Series includes:
#1:
Castor canadensis
#2:
Halie's meadow
#3:
Tabanidae chrysops
#4:
Inukshuk
This is a letterbox, there are no trade
items.
I have placed my custom stamp in it plus an ink pad but bring
your own ink just in case mine runs dry (Crayola
wash
able markers make great ink
tools if you don't have an ink pad). If you have a stamp, please
stamp the log book. If you do not have a stamp, leave a drawing
(
stick figure drawings and
happy faces would be just fine you do not have to be a
Picasso or a Da
Vinci), or a sticker or a
fingerprint or pawprint, or
try a nature print using a leaf or flower as a
nature stamp, and sign the log. Stamps are really
cheap at Michael's and similar places, try Staples for an office
stamp or
make your own with an eraser and an exacto knife.
Join the fun!
Collect letterbox stamp images: use my stamp (i.e. the letterbox's
stamp) to stamp into your personal journal/log book.
Please, don't take my stamp!
For more information about letterboxing see: http://www.atlasquest.com
Halie's Meadow
BYOI bring your own ink. Cache
contains hand-carved stamp, logbook and pencil.
Satellite coverage in the summer months is poor because of the
overhanging trees along the main trail. It makes for a shady walk
though. Coverage at the cache is OK, let the gps settle when you
get close.
I found this spot while walking my dog. I was touched that
someone loved their little dog so much that they would pay tribute
to her, by placing a plaque in her memory. In Halie's honour I made
this LB.
UPDATE JULY 2006: the plaque has disappeared. Here's what it looked
like:
Next letterbox:
Tabanidae chrysops
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Letterboxing-style directions:
A map of the trail with the LBs marked is
available via the WTL Castor Canadensis page.
Time is based on a leisurely walk of about 4 km/hr.
14 min from trailhead, 6 mins from Castor canadensis; 956 metres
from trailhead, 336 metres from Castor canadensis
You have arrived at Halie's Meadow. A very small patch of meadow on
the right of the trail (with a slight downward slope) and a small
patch of meadow on the left of the trail (with an upward slope).
(20 steps ahead is a small trail to the left that goes up a rocky
edge and into the forest. If you see this then you've gone a little
too far). The entrance to the small patch on the right is flanked
by 2 deciduous plants - a small maple tree (about 4 inches in
circumference) and a woody deciduous bush (it might be a dogwood
but I'm not sure).
I've placed a small rock cairn to mark the spot where the plaque
once stood but I can't guarantee it'll stay there.
Stand in approximately the middle of the small grassy/rocky area
in a NE direction. You'll see a space between 2 large cedar trees.
The LB is on the cedar on the right of the space. Just hanging
around. Lower branches. |