I love Letter-Boxing

This box was originally planted as a bonus box with clues in another box. Both boxes came up missing.

Clue.

Place. W350 North Geneva Road, Provo, Utah. Park in trail parking lot on west side

of road and walk west on the Provo River Trail.

Look for the place in photos.Desert Grandpa says a beast is guarding our box. He manages to see all kinds of things in nature, many of which no one else in the family can make out. This beast, however, really does look like a beast -- even to me, so I believe you will be able to recognize it when you see it.

If not ---the tree trunk is about as gnarly as any I've seen,

particularly on this trail.

The box, made for Boxing Day 2009, is plated in the root system at the base of the gnarly trunk on the north side.

PLEA to finder -- I believe I also put a hitchhiker there, but cannot for the life of me recall which one. (Oh, the fun of senility!) Let me know, will you?

ENJOY!

Good luck and Enjoy.

It's not a Weed, Mom, I promise!" - Clock Letterbox

It's not a Weed, Mom, I promise!" - Clock clue can be found at this address:

http://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gBoxId=121047

K.O.A. Letter Box

Placed November 2, 2009

Letterbox:Traditional
Carver PhotoGram
Placers: PhotoGram
Location:Provo, Utah

Status: Active

K.O.A.

When I saw the K.O.A. Campground near where I had planted other boxes, I was immediately reminded of the word Koa which is the name of type of acacia tree that grows in Hawaii. Our eldest son loves the wood from that tree and bought a guitar made of it. He also named one of his pets Koa.

To discover what kind of pet just find this box.

CLUE

You can park in the parking lot at Utah Fort and walk to the K.O.A.Drive.

There is a path (Provo River Parkway) that heads east.

Follow that path until you come to a chain link fence on the right.

You should be able to see an old chair in back of the fence.

See Photo.

Starting at the beginning

of the fence, turn facing the west and count off 20 steps in that direction.

You should see a log fallen log on the right side of the path to the north.

On the right of the log, obscured in the photo by greenery, is a big rock.

The box is under the right edge of the log.

Cheers! Enjoy!

NOTE:

I cannot seem to make this publish witho

ut having some of the words broken up. Just so you know I tried and tried. Now, I give-up.

Fresh from the Slough

As a child and a teen, there is a certain food item that I DID NOT CARE FOR AT ALL! In spite of that fact, I was forced to eat it whenever it was served. I cannot tell you how many times I had to gag it down with my father standing over me to make sure that I ate it all. I remember it as a painful ordeal.

As I grew older I did develop a taste for this food and I actually enjoy it now, although I do still have to be in the right mood for it.

In the 1970s my mother & step father lived in San Diego, and we went to visit them. My step-father, Paul, was a bit of a scavenger and enjoyed collecting items he found around the city in his work for the Street Department. As we sat down to dinner one evening, my mother set a bowl of "The food item" on the table in front of me. Normally

she would not have made a big deal about what I ate as an adult, but on this occasion she kept telling me to taste the food. I kept putting it off until at last, she all but insisted. I politely put one on my plate and thought that would satisfy her. It didn't. She kept saying, " Go ahead and taste it. I really want you to!" SO, I finally gave in and tasted it. It tasted fine.

BUT -----then my mother said proudly, "Paul found those just growing in the slough! Can you believe it?"

I was appalled! To this very day I cannot even see the smaller varieties of this item without thinking of the slough. I still eat them, but I cannot shake the mental picture. Now, I guess I'm passing that mental picture on to any of you who happen to find this letter box. OOPS!

Clue
Start here and take the path east until you come to the first fork in the path. Take the right path. Follow it until you pas

s the one mile marker and the Provo River Parkway Centennial sign. Both of these will be on the right of the path. However, take a close look at the slough on the left and try to imagine food growing there.

Continue on & pass a silver metal electrical box on the right.

Look for a building that is right next to the river with a small window on the side nearest the path as shown below.

Starting at the north-east post of the fence surrounding this structure, count 30 steps continuing east on the path. to your left you should see the tree below. The box which is buried in the crotch of the tree under some leaves, twigs and debris.

YUM!