Planted at the Ruby & Elizabeth Cohen Woodlands on McDonald Rd in Colchester, CT. Coming from Hebron on route 85, drive through Colchester Center until you come to a Y which is the intersection of routes 85 and the beginning of route 354 also known as Parum Road. Bear left at the Y and go onto route 354. Travel less than a half mile to McDonald Rd. Turn right onto McDonald Rd. Go .7 of a mile up McDonald Road to the Ruby & Elizabeth Cohen Woodlands. Park on the right.

This is the same starting point as the "Feeding the Geese" Letterbox planted by Mamabear which can be done on the way to the Christmas Carol letterboxes.

Follow a line of trees along the side of the pond. You will come to a large wooden sign on the right. Go past the sign down the trail. The trail is wide as it heads into the woods. Pass an information sign about burls on the left, then one about shagbark hickory trees on the right. You then come to a Y in the trail. Bear right, following the path through a tumbled down stone wall. Follow this tail as it runs for a short distance along the SW side of a wall. This trail will go away from the wall. The trail goes through a stone wall. Continue until you come to a spot where the trail goes through a stone wall. The stone wall runs roughly North-South. Follow the wall on the south side of the trail 30 steps to an opening at the bottom of the wall on it’s east side. There is a rose quartz rock on the ground in front of the walls cavity. If you come to a hunters tree stand, backtrack 7 steps and you will be there. You need not move any rocks to find the "Scrooge" letterbox.

Continue west on the trail. You will pass a sign and foundation of an old barn on the left. Pass a sign telling you about a wolf tree on the left. You come to the remnants of a stone wall as the trail is about to pass through an opening. The wall runs to your left. Follow the wall 14 steps on the northeast side of the wall to an opening in the base of the wall. The opening is hidden with wood. Behind this is the "Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim" letterbox.

Go back to the trail and continue the same way you were traveling. Pass a sign about secondary succession on the right. Next you pass a sign about apple orchards on the left. Go through a stone gateway and quickly come to a Y. Bear right and follow the trail back to your starting point.

"A Christmas Carol" is my favorite Christmas story. At the following links, you can read Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" as it was originally written.

http://www.stormfax.com/dickens.htm
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/christmas-carol/

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