New Smyrna Beach, Part 1Apr 27, 2009
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lifesized voodoo doll on path at Atlantic Center for the Arts
Artist's Ark where letterbox is hidden
Great Green Whale
What a busy day this has been! I had quite a few clues for letterboxes in this town and some parks to check out. So, after having breakfast and saying so long to Jeanne & Laurie, off I went.
First stop was the Atlantic Center for the Arts. While there was a sign for it on Route 1, it is at the end of a narrow dead-end street that is otherwise residential. The grounds were open for walking the nature trail but the visitor center was closed. Artists live here, as evidenced by signs along the trail asking us not to go down certain branches as there is an artist in residence. I passed a figure in the middle of the trail made out of dead palm fronds, sea grape leaves, pieces of bark, etc. that gave me pause, wondering if it could cast a spell on passers-by! I then came to an artist ark, as a groundskeeper called it. It is a shelter shaped like the Christian fish people have on their cars. The letterbox was up in an eave right next to a space where a small bird had built a nest! I wonder which came first!
A letterbox planter put one in her front yard and asked us to enter it to find the box hidden under a clay model of her father’s face! She had her father make a clay mask and she made others from it. There must have been at least a dozen clay faces lining the edge of her yard and I had to pick them up, one by one to find the box! I took it to the car to stamp in and she was sitting outside when I brought it back! I bet she saw that I was there. We had a nice conversation, and I bet this was a way she got to meet other letter boxers!
The Community Park has access to the Atlantic at one end and access to the Intracoastal Waterway at the other, with a nice concrete path linking them. From here, I noticed that people can drive on the beach in this town also. I didn’t find the letterbox though.
