Little Flower Creek

August 21st, 2004

Nearest City: Montague, MI
County: Muskegon
Planted By: SpringChick
Date Planted: August 21, 2004
Terrain: Easy to Moderate — Sandy trail with some uphill
Time/Distance: Less than 1 mile round trip
Status: Retired

 

This box is planted at Meinert County Park, located along Lake Michigan in northern Muskegon County. There is a daily entry fee. Park hours are 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Clues…

Locate the wooden footbridge that crosses Little Flower Creek. Walk parallel to the lake, following the sandy dune ridge trail southward to a point where 275° = an unadorned silver sentry, 165° = a gathering of small beech trees and 55° = a log lying at the edge of the woods. Skirt the sand bowl and make your way to this log. From the log, use the map to complete your quest.

Map

 
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Swan Cemetery

August 1st, 2004

(quite a snug little place)

Nearest City: ???
County: Muskegon County, MI
Planted By: SpringChick
Date Planted: August 2004
Terrain: Moderate — sand/dirt trail with a few wet spots; some steep hills and exposed roots
Time/Distance: A little over a mile in and back
Status: Active (verified 5/2006)

 

Use the numbered list of puzzle clues below to find the words that fit into the puzzle. Each of the 35 words replaces an asterisk (*) in the clue; the number in parentheses following each set of asterisks indicates the total number of letters in the words in that grouping (spaces are not counted).

 
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Puzzles Clues…

  1. Close
  2. Extent of space
  3. No longer upright
  4. Strip of land along the water
  5. Number of children fathered by JS Bach
  6. College titles
  7. To moisten or sprinkle
  8. Place to prepare food
  9. A sailor’s footlocker
  10. Number of people in Albom’s divine social circle
  11. Irving’s superstitious schoolmaster
  12. (opp.) Angels
  13. Trinity
  14. A Benjamin
  15. One located near another
  16. The altar end of a church
  17. Mentally or emotionally disturbed
  18. To lag behind
  19. Animal skins
  20. Remaining firm
  21. Restrict to a definite amount
  22. 1996 movie starring Rupert Everett (1st word)
  23. To place in a position
  24. Intermediate interval
  25. Shapes wood
  26. Securely
  27. Cold minus 100
  28. Jurisdiction of a bishop
  29. Shrub commonly used for hedges
  30. Noisily encourages the home team
  31. Subordinate
  32. Secondary menu selection
  33. Larger than a hamlet
  34. A window projecting outward
  35. Cygnus

The Clue…

Nestled **** (26) and lumbertown **, * (15) the * (4) of the **** (18),
the ** (12) lies along * (4) the * (9). In this *, *** (22) between the * (5)
and the * (5) to the * (4). Three **** (24) from the ** (12), the *** (13)
the * (5) of a ** (14).

 

Serendipity

July 5th, 2004

Nearest City: ???
County: Lake County, MI
Planted By: SpringChick
Date Planted: July 5, 2004
Terrain: A bit complicated
Time/Distance: About 1/2 mile round trip
Status: Active (verified 8/2006)

Clues…

Use the following clues to determine where this letterbox is located, and then refer to the map to get there.

The map indicates:

1 city, 2 lakes, 3 roads — each corresponding with one of the following:

  • Bony body part
  • Bo Derek + 1/2 Mile
  • Freshwater Fish + Body of Water
  • Fe + s
  • Park Attendant + 5th consonent
  • Stella’s PTA - Low Point

Map

 
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