1222. Put a Cork in It: Set #3
Windham, Vermont

As we mentioned in the intro to set #1 of this series, we were delighted when knits gave us a bunch of tiny faces she had carved and stuck onto the backs of wine corks to plant wherever we wanted to on our future travels! They reminded me of the little sun stamps I had once carved and stuck onto the ends of corks that went into a couple of our "Message in a Bottle" letterboxes that we had bought in Florida and mailed as surprises to a few of our earliest letterboxing friends way back then well over twenty years ago now, making them possibly the first "postal letterboxes", a picture of which can be seen on page 86 of mapsurfer's book "The Letterboxer's Companion"!

Anyway, knits stressed the fact that there now seem to be quite a few folks out there who just can't do hikes or walks or even strolls, but love collecting stamps and just want to claim at least something of a letterboxing experience by doing drive-bys as they are able. So, these little corks can serve as a sort of compromise situation for those who may have difficulty getting out of their cars, or just a little something extra for those on their way to bigger letterboxing adventures!

We have occasionally been amused in our travels over the years by finding state numbered roads that still have fairly long sections that are unpaved dirt. One such dirt road is a portion of Highway 121 along Saxtons River between Grafton and Windham, VT. After crossing the bridge that is 2.2 mile west of Houghtonville and 4.2mile east of North Windham, near the Grafton/Windham border, we parked in the pull off on the northwest side of the bridge and put a green-faced cork in the first insert hole inside the guardrail curl, near a wired branch marking the guardrail for snowplows in high snow conditions.

Then we hopped over to the other side of the road to try to leave a red-faced cork over there, but the cork was too small for those holes. So, we returned to the other side and found that the smaller cork, with a couple of little quails showing on it, actually seemed to fit in an unused bolt hole on the far side of the first support post. These corks are very close together, so make sure to keep them straight and put the them back in their proper holes for a snug fit!

This location is the 2nd bridge east of the high voltage power lines crossing of highway 121.

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