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Letterboxing Northeast Local Letterboxes 11 Kiwi Conn·ection A fond farewell to our wonderful friends Linton & Judi, who favored us here in Connecticut with their charm and creativity before returning to their home in New Zealand. Our best wishes travel with this box. White Rock Quarry One place to find them...this stamp was hand cut in situ on a glorious late summer day, the 11th of September, 2003. On the eastern shore of Ledyard's Long Pond the careful eye will discover a hidden amphitheater with gleaming white walls. Find safe parking just north of there and walk back to explore. Ten steps north along the road, spot a big blocky shard of silica up the embankment. A step or two beyond lies treasure. Free Welly East Lyme, CT (Late autumn, 2005: The Whale Trail is no more, auctioned off to benefit charity. Yhe letterbox lives on, in honor of the best little fish house on the shore and the wonderful family who runs it, who we admire so much for their dedication to public service in our community). The Connecticut Whale Trail is a temporary art instillation of over 40 wonderfully painted beluga and sperm whales sprinkled liberally along the shore from Old Lyme to Westerly. (There are also a few well traveled whales in Newport, Providence, and Boston). Check them out a The Whale Trail Website. We invite other letter boxers to add to the boxes on this trail! To stamp in to Free Welly, you must find the Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant, the best seafood place on the Connecticut shore. From I-95 take Exit 74 ("Flanders") and turn left on Rte. 161 North. Just after the stop light, find Flanders Fish Market on your left. Be sure to eat! We are fond of plain old fish & chips and fried clam strips, but some of the daily specials are amazing. The Formica family which owns and runs the restaurant are good friends to the local community and very generous with charitable works. Welly sits out on the front deck and looks northwards. Follow his gaze across the parking lot, hop over a little stone wall, and find the big sign across the driveway. Just past the sign in the tree line you'll find a small trail heading northwards. Follow it a short way to the first large stone on your right. Cut eastwards here into the woods to the stone wall you can see from the trail. Carefully find Free Welly in the top of the wall. Now, about those fish & chips! Updated...Friday, November 18, 2005