Charlottesville, Virginia
Finds: 105
Plants: 4
I always thought that the trail that starts on Route 53 and leads up to Monticello would be an excellent place to plant a letterbox! There are now 3 there. We found the first one last year, another today, and attempted the third but just didn't seem to find the area where it was supposed to be hidden.
This was maybe our 3rd or 4th time on the trail. And what a nice park it is. Apparently it is a 2 mile trail, although we've only just gone just over a mile. Our first time we got the farthest - up to behind Mitchie Tavern. The trees at the beginning of the trail are all labeled so you know what they are. And they are all native trees. (Michael was quite interested in some of them for planting around the community.) The boys were quite troopers, William hoofing it the entire way.
At the pond, we got to see 11 little goslings waddling around and swimming, with mama and papa keeping a close look out. Quite a large brood.
On the way out, we attempted to find another letterbox, but there is no granite monument that we can find near the west end of the trail. Unless it is hidden up one of the side trails, but I kind of doubt it as I would think that it would be labeled as such.
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