The "Get Over It!" Box

This box is located in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee.

Overton Park is home of a municipal golf course, the Memphis Zoo, the Memphis College of Art, an Art Museum, a veteran's memorial, and the Levitt Shell.

Drive into Overton Park, headed towards the Abe Goodman Golf Clubhouse.

1. Turn on the street next to the clubhouse. The clubhouse should be on your left, and the Art Museum and Levitt Shell should be behind you after you make this turn.

2. Park.

3. Walk ahead, and the road continues but is blocked off to cars. As you walk, you will go over a bridge. There will be golf greens on your left and right.

4. Continue on the road past the golf greens. The road will split. Take the left fork.

5. Get on the walking path that is alongside the road. You will see the Goodman bench and water fountain on the left. Memphis has some of the best municipal water in the world, so have a sip if you're thirsty after your little walk. Seriously, it's good water. We used to live in Holland, where they are known for their municipal water, and Memphis' water is just as good. We're right on top of a spring. Good stuff.

6. Continue further. You will see a tree on your left with an odd wooden vine growing from its base to its branches. See it in this picture? Its base is the second to the left in this picture. If you don't see it, don't worry. The road also does something at the point where your box is located...

7. A few trees down from this, you will see on your right, that the road joins with another road. If you were coming from the opposite direction, it would be a fork... But you're not coming from the opposite direction--you're coming from this direction, so I don't know what it's called... It is the opposite of a fork. My husband wants me to call it an intersection, but I think that's misleading for some reason. Anyway, roads join almost adjacent to where you need to be.

8. When you get to this reverse-fork thingy (on your right), walk just a little bit further and turn around. Okay? That was the most confusing part of this journey. Everything from here should be pretty easy.

9. Now you have turned around. Walking past the reverse-fork and turning around is very important! The road is now on your left and you are on a walking path (backtracking) and just ahead on your left, the reverse-fork in the road is now a totally legit fork.

10. Backtrack until you see a tree on your left with a sign propped up against it that indicates it is a "Black Oak" -- tilt the sign toward you and find the box (well, really, it's just a zip-lock baggy) hidden at the base of the tree. See the sign below. This tree should be pretty near the fork in the road. When you're backtracking, it's a little past the fork.