The Art of CommuNYcation 2010 Box
Clues
Okay, I lied! I posted these a little early because
I wanted to print them out, but this is NO guarantee that these are done and
work well. If you search for these prior to Wednesday night, you hunt at your
own risk!
Unlike years past, there’s really only one place
to find the stamps carved for this year and it’s not actually in the park
proper. You’ll want to leave the park and drive to where you dead end at Route 18
(Lake Road). Turn right, then make the very next right onto Route 18F. This
takes you across the highway, where the first right is Woodcliff Drive. Turn
there and the trailhead is located at the dead end of Woodcliff . There’s a small
space for two cars to park and a sign reminding you that the area closes at
dusk. The boxes are in two separate series, but the second picks up where the
first left off. Watch the clues for spots to backtrack if you need to. Note: The place you’ll end up is the
little road you see to your right just as you turn onto Woodcliff, which also
dead ends. You may want to go in pairs and park one car at the beginning and
another at the end, otherwise, count on an extra hike when you’re done back
along the road to your car. We’ve marked spots where you can easily get back to
the car with ***.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all these boxes are
permanent placements, so don’t worry if you can’t get them all in one
weekend…you’ve got the rest of your life (or until the muggles
find them, whichever comes first!) The box donators’ trailnames
are listed above each series, so be sure to thank these kind souls for
providing you with this summer’s entertainment.
Hallowed Grounds Tour 2009: West
Route (1 Box)
Okay, this stamp is actually just #12 of the west
section of our Hallowed
Grounds Tour from October 2009, but since you’re going to pass it at LEAST twice,
you might as well do it. If you have time this weekend, definitely try the rest
of the series!
Oakland Rural Cemetery—This is, by far, the Highlander’s and my favorite cemetery. It
has an upper wooded area and a lower grassy area that you’ll see as you enter. To
get to it, leave Four Mile Creek Park and drive straight until you dead end
into Route 18 (Lake Road). Instead of turning right toward the other stamp
series, turn LEFT. You’ll see a cemetery on your left. Pass the little parking
lot and drive in on the road at the far end. It takes you down the hill to park
up on the other side. Walk into the wooded plots on the left on the hilltop. If
you walk near the back and look down to the grassy lower area, you’ll see a two
faded grassy paths leading down to it. Take the one that has a marker stone for
Spencer on the left side of the path. Face it and look on the edge of the right
side.
Should you decide to try more from this series, the rest of the clues are listed here: http://www.atlasquest.com/boxes/clue/?gBoxId=129319 If not, simply back track out to the main road and turn right. Pass the park entrance drive and turn at the next right onto Route 18 F. This takes you across the highway, where the first right is Woodcliff Drive. Turn there and the trailhead is located at the dead end of Woodcliff . There’s a small space for two cars to park and a sign reminding you that the area closes at dusk. From here, you can start with the ASL series’ clues below
Art of CommuNYcation: ASL Alphabet
Series (26 Boxes)
These
boxes were all carved by Celtic Quinn. Since there’s 26 total letters, we put
the logbook in the final box only. Start by taking the path that leads straight
into the woods by the sign (the direction your car would have gone if the road
continued). Note: To save time, all the boxes in this series are in orange
pill bottle containers with no logbook until the very last box. The last box is
a Lock and Lock and has the logbook for the whole series!
A. Starting at the top of the path by the
sign, take about 20 steps and look for the small clearing on our right. Check the
roots of the tree in this clearing for the stamp.
B. Continue down the path
and look about 18 steps off the path to the left for a large tree with a broken
dead limb up high. Check down in roots for this stamp.
C. Follow the path again past
where it forks (the fork backtracks along the lake, so leave this alone). Continue
straight to the first large tree on the right. Check down in between the roots
for the stamp.
D. Follow the path down a dip and past another
break in the path to the two big trees. Stand between them with your back to
the lake and look 14 steps off the path uphill on the left for the tree you
want. Check down between the roots for the stamp.
E. Continue on the path and follow it uphill.
A tree is here on the right with a little twin. Look between these twins for
the stamp.
F. Continue on this path
over a little lump in the path. Look to the left for a mossy fallen log. Check near
this log for the stamp.
G. Step onto the path again and follow it
around the bend, past a little lake path to the NEXT bend. A small clearing is
here with a sort of mossy hill. Stand on this, then look down to the left. Walk
into this little wooded area where you’ll find two downed trees, one that’s
still off the ground a bit. Check the roots of this one for the stamp.
H. Get back on the path and follow it around
past the first little beach area and over a little hill. At the next little
drop off in the path, take about six steps forward, then look on the roots of
the tree to your left for the stamp.
I. Continue on the path down
a little hill and up the hill again to the right. In front of you is a twin
tree with a stick jutting up from the middle. Check the roots to the right of
this tree.
J. Continue on the path uphill to the left and
you’ll get a great view of Lake Ontario! For the stamp, stand where this path
forks to follow the edge of the ridge. Take 3 BACKWARD steps back down the path
you came up (or just backtrack 3 steps and turn to face the lake again), then
check the roots of the tree on your left.
***From here, backtrack to your car (easy
enough if you keep the water to your left the entire time). If you want to
continue the series, just turn to the left as you exit the path (where cars
usually are parked). Walk into the woods in that direction to find the path you
need to start on.
K. Take the path down to where it meets the
lake at a T. Look on the right for a log laying next to a tree and you’ll find
the stamp underneath the log near the tree’s roots.
L. Take the path to the right, keeping the
lake on your left. Look for the GIANT tree on the left and you’ll find the
stamp under some bark on the left side.
M. Continue on the path up a little slope and
down. Look to the right and you’ll see a fallen tree that points to a few
others in the woods a little off the path. Look under where the trees cross
over each other closest to you for the stamp.
N. Continue down the path
looking for the two GIANT trees on your left. Look between them under some bark
for the stamp.
O. Follow the path again past
the two trees on the right, right next to the path. At the second one, take 13
steps and look to the right a few steps off the path for a tree hiding the
stamp in its roots.
P. Continue on the path past the fork that
heads to the right until you come to the clearing on the left. Stand in this
area overlooking the water and you’ll see 3 trees below you. Go down and check
the one with the split in it.
Q. Continue on the path downhill to the twin
trees on the left (the smaller one is dying, it seems). From this point, take
10 steps downhill further and look for the lone tree on the right, a few steps
off the path..
R. Backtrack a little
ways to the clearing where you found P and that fork on the right (now on your
left). Take this downhill and look in the fork of the first twin tree to the
left for the stamp.
S. Continue on the path until you pass between
the two trees close to the path. From this point, take 17 more steps to the
bend, then look off the path to the right for the triple trunked tree that has
all the little tiny offshoot branches on it. Check in the bark about waist high
on this tree.
T. It looks like the path ends below, but it’s
just overgrown a bit. Wade through to the other side and you’ll get back to a
clearer, more wooded portion just before the path makes a new T. Turn left and
there’s a BIG fallen tree with some logs and debris. Check between the logs
that lay parallel to the path at your feet for the stamp.
U. Continue on the path,
looking for the twin tree on the left. Once you see it, look just after it for
a big tree on the right. Check its roots for the stamp.
V. Continue to the stump and fallen tree on
the left. Look behind this stump for the stamp.
W. Continue on the path around the bend and
over the fallen tree. Look under some bark on the right side of the path and the
left side of that tree for the stamp.
X. Head down the path again, down and up the
other side of the gully. In front of you, you can see the bend to the right in
the trail. Head for this and sit on the big downed tree. While resting here,
look at the fork of the twin trees on your right for this stamp.
Y. Continue on the path. Up around the bend, it
looks like there’s a fork to your right and on it sits a big tree. Check the
left side of this tree.
Z.
This
last stamp is ALSO to your right, so don’t get confused! Follow this path to the next bend, where
you’ll see a metal circle in the path. Look up the hill to your right and you
can see a downed branch that forms a low arch. Climb up to this arch and look
where it touches the ground on the left side for the last stamp in this series
and the logbook.
Getting
back to the shelter or other box series:
To
Communicator Innovator Series: Just
keep on walking! Follow the clues below.
To Shelter: No shortcuts, unfortunately. Simply backtrack to the spot you began. If you keep the lake on your right, it’s not really hard. When you get to your car, follow the road back out to where it ends at 18F. Turn left to cross the bridge and the road ends at Route 18 (Lake Road). Turn left again, then turn left into the main drive for Four Mile Creek Park.
Communicator Innovators Series (6
boxes)
These
boxes were all carved by Riverkat and are of inventors that helped out the
world of communication. To get to this series, just follow the directions for
the ASL series, since it leads right to this one. If you’ve already done that
series, just skip the info for ASL letters A-J and follow the walking clues to
get there. Note: To save time, all the boxes in this series are in orange
pill bottle containers with no logbook until the very last box. The last box is
a Lock and Lock and has the logbook for the whole series!
1.
Guglielmo
Marconi—As you continue
the path, look for rotted chunk of log on your right and
left. Look under the one on the right for the inventor
of the radio.
2.
Samuel
Morse—Continue on
the path, which heads uphill. When you get to the top, look to the left for a
chunk of cinderblock sticking up out of the ground, maybe 10 steps off the path.
Walk to it and look under the right side for the inventor of the telegraph.
3.
Thomas
Edison—Continue on
the path to the edge of the hill and look to the right for a reddish, rotted stump
off the path in the woods. Walk to it and check the debris below on the right
side of this stump for the man who invented tons of things, including the
phonograph and the motion picture camera. Contrary to popular belief, he did
NOT invent the lightbulb, but did improve upon it to make it more practical.
4.
George
Eastman—Get back on
the path and look for a quadruple trunked tree on the left. Check the base of
this tree for the inventor of roll film and head of Eastman Kodak Camera.
5.
Johann
Gutenberg—Continue
on the path and you’ll see a fallen log on the left that’s parallel to the
path. Take 4 steps from the end of this log, then look to the right for the
triple trunked tree. Check its fork for the inventor of the printing press.
6.
Lewis
Waterman—Follow the
path again and look for the SECOND big tree that’s near the edge of the dropoff.
It’s near where the path forks to the right and has a split in it that you’ll
want to investigate to find the inventor of the capillary feed fountain pen, as
well as the logbook for this series.
To
ASL Alphabet: Er…can’t
imagine you walking PAST all those and NOT getting the stamps...!
To
Shelter: From here,
you have two options. From the last stamp, you’ll see that the trail forks.
Take the fainter trail that head off to the right. You’ll go through a little
overgrown area and end up on a path that’s been mowed. Follow this path
straight out and you’ll be at a circle near a house that marks the end of the
park’s property. If you DIDN’T park a car here to drive back to the trailhead,
just follow the road to where it empties out onto Woodcliff (the road you drove
in on). Follow it to the right all the way back to your car. OR simply
backtrack the trail to the spot you began. If you keep the lake on your right,
it’s not really hard.
Either way, when you get to your car, follow the road back to where it ends at 18F. Turn left to cross the bridge and the road ends at Route 18 (Lake Road). Turn left again, then turn left into the main drive for Four Mile Creek Park.
Other Boxes
(NOT the secret kind!)
à Boston Baked Beans,
courtesy of Misplaced Manatee
à Live, Love, Laugh,
courtesy of live laugh bubble bath
à The Ver-Haunt
series, plus newly created night boxes, courtesy of greenmountainhiker
à Our First
Communication, courtesy of Fiddleheads
à The Art of
ComuNYcation & Fireside Chat Event Stamps, courtesy of the Sprite &
the Highlander
à WNY Blue Ribbon
Event Stamp – earned for doing specific things, courtesy of The Sprite
& the Highlander