Getting the right look for this stamp is a two-part process. While stamping in, you'll want to use red and black. Once you get home (or if you carry colored pencils with you), use a Golden Yellow and a Pine or Forest Green to color the hops and the leaves.

These granite balds can be very slippery after a rain—and even days or weeks afterwards as groundwater seeps out of the mountain. Thankfully the lichen does a good job of roughing up the surface, but still...

And please be especially careful if temps have been below freezing at night. I saw ice hiding in the shadows even after two days and nights of above-freezing temps.

99 Bottles:
Organic Wild Hop Lager

Wild Hop Lager pours to a golden/tan color with a completely clear body and a modest amount of carbonation. This beer offers a rich head of white colored foam. The nose is a little bit piney, a little grainy, and a little bit hoppy.

Wild Hop Lager offers an earthy flavor. The taste of light, sweet, pale malts is noticed first, followed by the flavor of dry hops. The body of this beer is on the light side and it offers a clean, smooth, crisp taste. The aftertaste is a tad grassy with the flavor of light hops remaining on the palate.

This organic brew is made from 100 percent certified organic barley with lager yeast and non- organic hops. It utilizes 100 percent recycled packaging, making it an Earth-friendly product in more ways than one. It is an interesting beer with a very natural taste and it uses mostly organic ingredients, making it a great choice for health food advocates. I don’t consider this a classic brew by a long shot, but it is a respectable effort for an organic beer.

And now, for the clue:

Begin at the 99 Bottles: Bass Ale Letterbox. Step to the right side of the rock that shelters the box and head 100° toward the treeline. A footpath continues uphill, heading about 120°. This path merges with another coming in from the right. Continue along the same general heading (110-120°), past a crooked, forked oak and through the "pillow fields" (you'll see what I mean).

Cross the well-worn marked trail when you get to it and continue on the footpath... same heading. Follow it as it turns to about 170° and goes straight uphill. About 30 steps up, this path intersects with another, more worn path. Turn left to 90-100° and walk. When you get to a fork, take the south fork to the "bald", an area of exposed granite.

Walk along the southern (upslope) treeline 'til you get to a large boulder that's reminiscent of the bow of a ship. A footpath to the right of it leads uphill. The third rock on the right is large and mostly flat. Beyond it, to the west, is a rock that looks like it's got a built-in cleat (of the nautical variety).

Sit on the southern tip of the cleat rock and reach along the back side of the "third rock from the boat" to a nook, nestled in which you'll find what you're looking for. The box is hidden by several carefully arranged rocks and a bunch of fallen leaves.

NOTE: You can climb over the cleat rock to the small clearing beyond it to get a good view of the nook. PLEASE make sure the box is NOT VISIBLE from HERE before you leave!!