"On a day like today
 We'd pass the time away
 Writing ---- letters in the sand."
                     - - Pat Boone 

Hider:   Tom Cooch 
Clues:   Moderate
Terrain: Moderate 
Hidden:  06/29/00

Mt. Desert Island is located in Maine's Penobscot Bay, and contains Acadia National Park The park is small but exceptionally lovely, and receives the most visitors per square foot of all the national parks in America. 

Sand Beach is a small sandy beach nestled in a deep crescent cove and surrounded by spectacular cliffs. It would be remarkable even if it were not the only non-rocky beach on all of Mt. Desert Island!
 

DIRECTIONS

Take Maine Route 3 south one mile east of Ellsworth, and proceed to Bar Harbor. Take Route 233 west for 1.1 miles. The entrance to the park will be on your right  (You will immediately loop back over a bridge to proceed southwards). After 0.4 miles, make a sharp left onto the Park Loop Road (which here becomes one-way). Proceed about 10 miles along this beautiful drive. There is a toll station along the way where you will be required to pay a $10 fee, good for a week. However, if you come early in the morning you can avoid both the fee and the traffic! There are signs and a parking area at the Sand Beach site. 

Click here for a map, or to visit the Acadia National Park web site.
 

CLUES

I hid my box and then discovered that I had no pencil or paper with me. So I wrote my clues quickly in the sand. When I returned with writing materials, I found the tide had washed some letters away. I couldn't remember the clues. Guess I'm showing my age. Sorry! Hope you can still figure it out.

          ---K B---W ST-N-S IN H----W --G AT AB---M-ST ---R---K
 
 

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This letterbox is #14 placed by The Orient Express.