Event #1568

Historic Hudson Valley Trail Hunt

Red Hook Recreation Park, Fruit Bud Ln, Red Hook, NY

Registered Boxes: All Traditional HH/Cootie/Flea Postal LTC Event Box Traveler Other

Starts	Fri September 3, 2010 9:00am
Ends	Sat September 4, 2010 6:00pm
Owner	3 Blind Mice
Admins	3 Blind Mice
Signups	84/∞
Location	Red Hook Recreation Park, Fruit Bud Ln, Red Hook, NY View Map
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Description

We tried resorts, we tried camping, we even tried to convince people to day trip it, finally we decided to not organize it at all. Everyone can pick their own place to stay, eat, and hunt...However....

This two day event we be a TRAIL BOXING event by day, and a EXCHANGE / TRADE / SHARE / TEACH / SOCIALIZE event by night. For those that care to participate, there will be a letterboxing style scavenger hunt interwoven with the event. Prizes will be given. We will post details and a schedule as it solidifies.

Official Schedule

Friday
9:00-10:30am Meet, sign-in, exchange, get "rules" to the scavenger hunt, get special clues.
10:30 Start Box Hunts
1:00 Scheduled Optional lunch meet (suggested meet at Mazza in Rhinebeck on Rt. 9)
2:30 Continue box hunts
5:00 Optional potluck dinner meet (at the Pavilion in the Rec. Park), exchange, LTC swap

Saturday
9:00-10:30am Meet, sign-in, exchange, get "rules" to the scavenger hunt, get special clues.
10:30 Continue box hunts
5:00 Turn in scavenger proofs, announce prizes, exchange, LTC swap

Some Boxes planted for the event
Historic Hudson Valley Series (9)
Henry Hudson, Explorer
A Difficult Choice
Hanzel & Gretel
Legends III (5)
The Truth Is Its Own Reward (3)
Thursday
Our Family Series II (5)
Its the little Things (6)
Wisdom from a Worm
Day of the Dead (2)
More...

Scavenger Hunt:
Obtain Event stamp in logbook. All stamps (boxes) stamped in after the event stamp will count towards your raffle totals. Series on long trails will be counted as a single long trail. (i.e. 12 boxes in a series on a 3 mile trail scores 4 points total). Raffle tickets will be given out for each point verified.

0 Points: Exchanges, event box, PTs, or table toppers
1 Point: Drive by, cootie, picture of a noxer taking a picture of your team or you
2 Points: Box on trails up to 1 mile, picture of you at the abandoned buildings at Mills Norrie State Park, picture of someone planting a cootie with stealth
3 Points: Box on trails 1-3 miles, found hitchhiker, for a photo from a fire tower, ALL the event's in park boxes, picture of you from middle of the walkway over the Hudson
4 Points: Box on trails 3-6 miles, mystery box, picture of you in a waterfall, picture of a snake, turtle, bear, or deer on the trail
5 Points: Box on trails over 6 miles
6 Points: Night box

You must be present at the time of the awards to win.

Start doing your research now. Plan your days carefully. There are literally hundreds of boxes within 30 miles of our location.

The event headquarters will be the Red Hook, NY Recreation Park on Linden Avenue (View Larger Map). From here you will be centrally located to search for boxes on both sides of the great Hudson River.

Want to help?
We need raffle items, planters, & event planners.

A little information on our area for you:

Camping and Cabin Options nearby: Wilcox Park (3rd closest...but close to 2nd) Taconic State Park furthest away Margret Lewis Norrie Point / Staatsburg State Park (2nd closest...but close to 3rd) Ferncliff Contact: 845/876-3196 (closest) There are not chain hotels anywhere real close, but Kingston is about 20 minutes away and Poughkeepsie is about 30 minutes south. Locally you can stay at The Beekman Arms (oldest Inn in America), Madalin, minutes away, Mohonk Mountain House, 35 minutes away or other lodging.	Wine Millbrook Vineyards* Benmarl Vineyards* Alison Vineyard Whitecliff Vineyards* Clinton Vineyards* Applewood Vineyards Baldwood Vineyards Adair Winery & Vineyards and oh so many more...
Unique Mohonk Mountain House Walkway Over the Hudson Wing's Castle Culinary Institute of America Blue Sky Balloons Opus 40 Henry Hudson's Halfmoon The Clearwater Trevor Zoo	Historic Historic Hudson Valley Bannerman Castle Val-Kill, The Elanor Roosevelt Estate FDR Historic Site, Library & Museum Olana Wilderstein Vanderbilt Estate Locust Grove, The Samuel F.B. Morse Estate Mt. Beacon Inclined Railway Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum Woodstock New York City (and all it has to offer is just 1.45 hours south)
Arts Dia: Beacon, world's largest art museum Hessel Museum Frances Lehman Loeb Art Museum Gilmor Glass Hudson Beach Glass	Other neat stuff Scenic Hudson our local parks preservation organization. The Clearwater Sloop Take a historic sail on the Hudson Not to mention the Appalachian Trail, Catskill Mountains, Shawangunks, kayaking on the Hudson, fishing, and apple picking.

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