Fair Oaks Letterbox
Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California

Placed by Nebiru on November 2, 2002
Missing as of January 2003
New placement May 28th, 2004

Terrain: Moderate, approximately 1/3 mile of sometimes rocky and uneven trail (wear sturdy shoes!)
Clues: Moderate

1. A fear of chickens is called (29) (  ) (19) (30) (  ) (16) (  ) (22) phobia.

2. Chicken restaurant entrepreneur (10) (  ) (36) (  ) (  ) (  ) (  )   (18) (6) (  ) (  ) (  ) (35) (24) was born in 1890.

3. The acronym for America's first poultry organization is (3) (  ) (  ).

4. A young hen is called a (  ) (  ) (  ) (  ) (34) (4).

5. (38) (15) (25) (  ) (  ) (11) (8)   (39) (  ) (  ) (33) is breaded and stuffed with herbed butter.

6. A rooster is the logo for the (1) (  ) (27) (14) (  ) (  ) publishing company.

7. Strangely enough, the (  ) (12) (31) (  ) (2) (  ) (  ) (40) of a hen will generally determine the color of her (  ) (26) (  ) (20)!

8. Eggshells are composed mostly of (9) (  ) (5) (  ) (32) (7) (  )   (  ) (  ) (17) (  ) (28) (  ) (  ) (  ) (23).

9. Inside a maturing egg, the (  ) (21) (  ) (  ) (  ) gets its nourishment from the (  ) (37) (  ) (  )   (13) (  ) (  ).


Fair Oaks is a quaint little village twenty miles northeast of Sacramento, on the bluffs above the American River. The box is situated along the American River Parkway trail system, consisting of level, woodsy paved bike and sand equestrian paths. It makes a fine walk, particularly on a cool fall evening. Wear old shoes, as part of the trail consists of a fine, ruddy dust.

The village is most easily reached via I-50, exiting at Sunrise Blvd. and heading north for about three miles. After crossing the river, you'll see an intersection with a light - turn right onto Bridge Street, and take it the few blocks to its end (though if you bring a backpack, you may want to detour north on Fair Oaks Blvd. and stop at the Coffeehouse & Deli across from the village park to grab a delicious sandwich or two for a trailside picnic). Just park along the side of the road - watching out for the roaming resident chickens that make the village famous!

Walk to the middle of the old orange rail bridge. Look far below for salmon, ducks, and rafters, and watch the trusses above for pigeons, gulls, and magpies. Look down to the east, and see a (1) (2) (3) (4)   (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10). That's your first goal.

Once you reach the goal area, you should see an equestrian trail. Head (11) (12) (13) (14). Beware of loose river rocks (and trail muffins)! Eventually you'll see another (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)   (24) (25) (26) (27) to the right of the trail. 25 paces beforehand and to the left of the trail grows an (28) (29) (30) that "crawls". The box is located beneath large (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)   (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) at the base.

The trail is fairly well-travelled, so please take care when locating and replacing the box. Report any problems with the box to letterbox@nebiru.com

Enjoy!
Darin & Jennie

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