I'm starting to think that many of the clues with a numerical equivalent are referring to stops on the Sculpture Tour. A week =7 days --> Stop 7. "Circle of stones" also maps to Stop 7. Two weeks = 14 days --> Stop 14. That piece is titled Still = "stay"? Delta is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet --> Stop 4 = flood. Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet --> Stop 15 = heart of hearts? Located in upper middle of perimeter formed by the other tour stops. I think I'm onto something here with the tour stop numbers... just can't quite decide where best to dig.
"all of us spring from the mud" = Sculpture titled Archenteron - the description of the piece is:
The title Archenteron, refers to an early developmental state that all living creatures take before developing into their own distinctive biological directions.
Agreed. It appears that we can interpret the clues more literally than in most years.
An anagram for marathon is Roman hat. IDK if it means anything, but seems a curious tie to legions in Clue 8? Another is MN oat rah = CHEERios!? LOL. Still another is at no harm = Search, don't destroy
I definitely made the mistake again of thinking the cluewriter had come up with clever riddles to solve. But no, they were just throwing out the names of things they saw in the park.
One of the sculptures on display is entitled Eterne = Life Eternal. Another sculpture, Thoughts From the Earth, is literally a circle of stones. LOL. Can't believe I didn't realize this sooner!
Salvation Army really fits. A Legion is said to be many, a roman army of 6000. Some say 3000-6000. The Swine were 2000 in number for the unclean legion of spirits that entered the swine.For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Starting to feel like the ol red herring hunt maybe just started to reveal itself. Stuff here still works for silverwood - but it’s moving a bit away IMO. Legions refers to an army it seems maybe the Salvation Army…but “Legions/Regions” rather than “legion/region” is entirely unnecessary unless they were pointing to two “regional” parks occupying closely - eg vadnais snail or say HF/Crosby Two weeks is a “Fort”nite after all. If it is down there- we will go the distance I imagine- lots of ground, lots of snow.
Clue #8If saving souls is among your goals Then this hunt is for you Bring your legions to these regions And stay a week or two
Clue #7
Scale the heights, look for the brights
Where nature inspires the arts
Is it life eternal or heat infernal
That strikes at your heart of hearts?
Clue #6
Ride this rhyme for a trip through time
From stone circles to the flood
From a raised elevation you'll make observation
That all of us spring from the mud
Clue #5
When the buttons showed up, we screamed out ‘what?!?’
Still, we didn’t cancel the order
So when we hid the puck, we pushed our luck
And hid it so close to a border.
Clue #4
An item hot is the current lot
Of at-home tests for COVID
Ours is nice, in block of ice
Inside the medallion's hid
Clue #3
Far from the path that leads to a bath
The treasure waits so alone
Step out of the dark and go to the park
But avoid obstacles of cone
Clue #2
Get out of your bed if you want some hunt cred
Don’t wait ‘til temps hit the 30s
With the prize as your driver be a vigorous striver
For success means a life of ease
Clue #1
From delta to omicron, what a marathon
Getting from last year to this
Strap on your mask, get down to the task
Let fresh treasure be your bliss
Salem may fit the "life internal heat infernal" clue. Salem witch trials - those found guilty were burned at the stake. Innocents killed would presumably go to heaven.
There are churches in the area, though there are churches most everywhere. Maybe it's a reference to "salvation"? As in the Salvation Army used to own that site I think. It could be something in the park too as I have yet to ever go there.
Silverwood seems inevitable—but solves involving Crosby/Hidden, Hansen, and even things like Furness Park were all very intriguing.
CW could've gotten a lot of extra play out of something like "saintly" (St. Anthony/St. Paul) or "high five" (artwork/highway) if they hadn't so specifically referenced "arts" in this latest clue, but I get that it was probably time to do so.
Recovering from the whiplash lol — back out tonight and tomorrow, hopefully.
One of the roads is blocked off, not by cones but….. could that be the cones reference? Or reference to the sign “ Restoring Native Species Project” so cone could be a pine cone for tree or seedling?? Grasping here
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