The Allison Wonderland

I hope these noodles are helpful!
Clue1: viral pandemic is now endemic = McAfee (virus software) = McAfee StreetClue 9: And fields where children playeth = In a Child's World Daycare and Miss Allie's Playhouse and Preschool



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If we're thinking not in Phalen. Has anyone considered that the reference to Ukraine is about the Russian's military use of Z. As in Z is for Zelda, a muse but who also wrote Save me the Waltz. 

The knees (nese) part could be from bring you to your knees. 
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:30 AM Allison Wonderland via groups.io <AllisonWondrland=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 01:01 AM, @alfabob wrote:
'A hero by another name'... could be another way of spelling Zelenksy, President of Ukraine, and refer to Zielinski, one of the Mankato students who found the treasure in Phalen Park in 1973. Here's an example where you were exactly right Alphabob. And didn't you also say "Chin" could be a reference to the Chinese Friendship Garden? Although I just saw someone else point out that it's actually chin + knees for Chinese, but you got the right idea.

I think it’s closer to Frost Ave. frost wrote a few poems about snow. Or the hill is a giant hill of snow, a months worth.

Diamond in rough may be Argyle street. I'm convinced it's at Como. For me, all the clues fit.

I think this clue means that CW has been giving clues that are red herrings to different parks to keep the hunt going longer, but now they will not steer us wrong - rhis clue tells us which park it's in. I miss the old days when everyone was in the same park early on - it was far more engaging.  When everyone was in the same spot, I felt much more compelled to DIG, rather than look up things online and study maps in my living room. One of the years it was in Swede Hollow - many people were there by clue 3 and stayed there, yet it was not found until 10 or 11. My husband's work had out of town visitors and they even went to Swede and dug the night it was found. It was like a packed nightclub -they had never seen anything like it and we all had a blast!

That's not true Bob, I've seen you be right before, and even quite insightful on a few occasions.
David

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 01:00:50 AM CST, <alfabob1@...> wrote:

I've never been right about the clues or the park before, so something is nagging me about Phalen. Secretrose usually guesses the right park before many others who post on here,  so maybe the medallion is in Como.

I've never been right about the clues or the park before, so something is nagging me about Phalen. Secretrose usually guesses the right park before many others who post on here,  so maybe the medallion is in Como.

I think that hill is the spot. Either that or in line with Hoyt which can mean "up on a hill".
David

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 12:39:59 AM CST, <alfabob1@...> wrote:

I have been looking at Phalen Park on Google maps street view for many days now and the only 'hill' I can see in that area is behind or on the south side of the Activities Center.

I have been looking at Phalen Park on Google maps street view for many days now and the only 'hill' I can see in that area is behind or on the south side of the Activities Center.

Clue 5 says "seek diamond in rough". Not *a* diamond, just "diamond". Well diamond is compressed carbon, specifically a C4 molecule. What if C4 is then a clue to the Civilian Conservation Corps Company momument?
David

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 12:19:36 AM CST, Archie Pickerign <acpickerign@...> wrote:

Agreed. Lots of crusty snow out here and a decent amount of ground to cover. As you say there’s not a hill that stands out, some mild berms maybe.

Agreed. Lots of crusty snow out here and a decent amount of ground to cover. As you say there’s not a hill that stands out, some mild berms maybe.

Oh, that is pretty convincing actually, especially with "fields where children playeth". I remember a couple of slight hills in that area, unless they mean a snow bank. But there are also some definite street references further into the park. Clue 9 says they could see the arched light as they entered at night, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's where they stopped.
David

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 12:06:21 AM CST, Archie Pickerign <acpickerign@...> wrote:

I think the arch of light I think might actually be the Rec center.

Light at night comes through the big window when the gym lights are on. Kinda you gotta be there thing.

I think the arch of light I think might actually be the Rec center.

Light at night comes through the big window when the gym lights are on. Kinda you gotta be there thing.

Oh, Frank and Earl, that's a good thought. I'm not so sure about the rec center area even if those streets are there. I kind of feel like the things they mention early on are often closest to the treasure and then they kind of work outwards until the very end. But you never know.
David B. Allison

On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11:49:37 PM CST, Archie Pickerign <acpickerign@...> wrote:

I’ve been wrong before this hunt. But I’d be shocked if direct and dignified weren’t allusions to Frank and Earl streets.

It’s fun to look on Google maps. You can see where the traffic is going. Wheelock pkwy going East and west before and after the south entrance to Phalen have been red and over at como by Churchill street and the streetcar station have been red. No red around Central Park or harriett island. 

I’ve been wrong before this hunt. But I’d be shocked if direct and dignified weren’t allusions to Frank and Earl streets.

So I feel like going long means taking Phalen Dr. deep into the park. If you go as far as you can, there is a Do Not Enter sign on a road that is one way going the other way, which would make sense with them not steering you wrong. I'm not sure about "direct" but "dignified" would make sense with the China Friendship Garden at that spot. There is an arch at the entrance there. It's not lighted, but it has three Chinese characters on it and the middle one means "brightness". I think "No need to wade" means stay away from the beach house end of the park, and not working on your fade can be a golf term, saying stay off of the golf course too. So I'm still thinking it is on a path somewhere between the Lakeside Activity Center and the Picnic Pavilion, perhaps near Hoyt Ave.

Thanks David -

Your formatting is better than mine. As I said in another post, the SW area of Phalen is looking great.