2003 Find The Golden Ticket!

Main Entry: 2wrought
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of worken to work
Date: 14th century
1 : worked into shape by artistry or effort
<carefully wrought essays>
2 : elaborately embellished : ORNAMENTED
3 : processed for use : MANUFACTURED
<wrought silk>
4 : beaten into shape by tools : HAMMERED -- used of metals
5 : deeply stirred : EXCITED -- often used with up
<gets easily wrought up over nothing>

A SAINT BOG IN = Giant Bonsai

leave your shoes nearby

shoe repair ?

Naw, I think Japanese dining. It's customary when in a Japanese house that you take your shoes off.

giant bonsai

http://www.scooptheloot.co.uk/Bonsai.htm

TWINS win !

Wow good ideas me2 and tmk I love the ski and pier !

1st thing I thought of was by the metrodome--I mean inside first but that makes no sense. So somewhere around the outside. But that is still far out.

What about the MAll OF America--Thats private right?????

Wirth does look the best so far--there is a ski jump (like at battle creek) and a pond where folks fish (piers). The murders were scary
me2 but I think that was just the place the bodies where found not where they were ubducted! But it is inbetween a good part of town and a VERY bad part!

Well if it's there - odd as it is - I was through there today after a home visit. Weird.

An explorer and a president?
You may already be a resident.Wiser are those over 62.
Up a creek is too far, drop that paddle and get into your car,
Look for a cage not a zoo.

batting cages?

President----TheodoreRosevelt
Explorer-----Manfred Wirth

over 62 would be GOLDEN years!

I guess this would be a JOE!

Get out there marly!!!

yellow back and forth--golden valley road or 4th st

Leave your shoes near by---theodore theDOOR
<-----(outtamymind)

Im on my way!

Only 3 hours to drive! : > (

I didn't totally get me2's thought, but there is a bog at Theo Wirth

the Quaking Bog

This is the largest regional park in the system incorporating the Eloise Bulter Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, the J.D. Rivers' 4H Children's Garden, the Daylily-Perennnial Garden, a renant tamarack bog, an 18-hole and a Par 3 golf course, and the natural woodlands that surround these features. In addition, water features include Birch Pond, Wirth Lake, and the lagoons of Bassett's Creek.

Amenities
Archery
     Beach

Biking Path
     Cross Country Skiing

Drinking Fountain
     Fishing Dock

Garden
     Pay Parking Lot

Picnic Area
     Restroom Facilities

Skiing/Tubing
     Soccer Field

Tennis Court
     Tot Lot/Playground

Walking Path
     Water Pump

Wells

joe!

26th and Theodore Wirth Parkway by some bird cages

Hooligan = tough rowdy rogue rascal outlaw gangster criminal barbarian bandit - Anything stand out?

Clue 1

If you're looking to the sky wave bye-bye,
Although bird watching here is a big deal.
Hooligans to the north, south is yellow back & forth,
Making like A.J. never had more appeal.

Clue 2

Are the clues an irritation?
Cover them to get your destination.
Now that hint is worth alot.
Leave your shoes near by and look for giant bonsai,
Gold is what you've wrought.

Clue 3

An explorer and a president?
You may already be a resident.Wiser are those over 62.
Up a creek is too far, drop that paddle and get into your car,
Look for a cage not a zoo.

Are these on the web?

what color is the new light rail that just went up in minnapolis. now that it runs back and forth right by minnhaha falls park.

this thought occurred to me this afternoon while on the phone with me2, and i'm not sure if i like it better than marley's golden years noodle, but what if 62 is a reference to the crosstown? any takers?

What if over 62 means south of 62nd St? Is that even still in Minneapolis?

Main Entry: 1cage
Pronunciation: 'kAj
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea cavity, cage, from cavus hollow -- more at CAVE
Date: 13th century
1 : a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (as birds)
2 a : a barred cell for confining prisoners b : a fenced area for prisoners of war
3 : a framework serving as support
<the steel cage of a skyscraper>
4 a : an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose b : an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
5 a : a screen placed behind home plate to stop baseballs during batting practice b : a goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey)
6 : a large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events
- cage·ful /-"ful/ noun

Oh wait, 62 is 62nd St. Nevermind.

Columbus runs into Veteran's Memorial Park just south of 62.

This 3rd clue intrigues me.
not a zoo. so not at COMO? cause of the Japanese garden you may go there? hmmmm but look for a cage...

Cage = Nick Cage
I love that guy!

Giant Bonsai = Big Tree

I looked up GIANT and got BIG TREE and it said...

Main Entry: big tree
Function: noun
Date: 1853
: a California evergreen (Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the bald cypress family that sometimes exceeds 270 feet (about 82 meters) in height -- called also giant sequoia, sequoia

Giant = Large

Bonsai = Tree

I didn't hear the answer but on JEAPORDY just now the question was Theodore Roosevelt

hahahahaha

Minnesota Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Ceremonial Oaks (Quercus macrocarpa), Highway 55, Minneapolis (destroyed)
Four bur oaks aligned to the four directions and sacred to the Mdewakanton Dakota community became the flash point of a two-year protest. The trees, traditionally used in burials and ceremonies for 140 years, stood in the path of a proposed highway reroute. Environmental and Native American groups cooperated in an occupation of the site under constant police surveillance. Ultimately the courts decided the highway had the right-of-way and the state cut down the trees on December 11, 1999. The wood was recovered by the Native community for ceremonial purposes.

American Elms (Ulmus americana), Victory Memorial Drive, Minneapolis
In 1921 the city of Minneapolis planted rows of American Elms along 3.5 miles of road, one tree for each of the World War I soldiers lost from Hennepin County.

Both of those are at Teddy Wirth Park

geesh- these were posted one after the next- ironic

BEST GOLF COURSE

Theodore Wirth Golf Course
1301 Theodore Wirth Parkway
Minneapolis
763.522.4584

One of the oldest public golf courses in the state, this 18-hole stretch is a city gem, smack in the middle of one of Minneapolis's largest parks. After you stop into the Swiss-chalet-style clubhouse, you'll enjoy the sun, the hills (walking the course can provide you a solid physical workout), and the stunning views of the downtown Minneapolis skyline--all while playing a course that's as challenging as it is charming. The front nine, set around Bassett Creek, incorporates a variety of challenging obstacles, from marshes and railroad tracks to manmade lagoons. The back nine, tucked along wooded, rolling hills, will test the skills of even the most seasoned of golfers, regardless of handicap. It's no wonder local linksters love this course; it's tough but true, so you won't feel the need to dunk your clubs in the creek. It's also a bargain: 18 holes cost $25 Monday through Thursday, $27 Friday through Sunday.

Readers' Choice: The Wilds Golf Club

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BEST BATTING CAGE

Rice & Arlington Sports Dome
1500 Rice Street
St. Paul
651.489.4444

Located in a domed sports complex across the street from Arlington High School, this no-frills cage is a great all-weather slugging fix. Even when local teams are practicing on the adjacent indoor diamond, it never seems to get very busy. And there are plenty of off-hours to boot, since the cage is open 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. seven days a week. Best of all, taking a few cuts is cheap and easy. $1.50 will buy you 20 swings; $7 buys 100. Just purchase tokens at the window near the dome's main entrance, grab a bat and helmet, pick a speed--the machines throw up to 50 mph for baseball, and 60 mph for softball--and batter up.

Details tomorrow.

In a bind? They're the hardest thing to find,
Millions of year in the making.
Look out for number one and you're sure to have some fun,
not the liquid but the one that needs raking.

Looking for a clue, here's what you ought to do:
Take a look at Dougie's helmet.
When the tickets in your grip it's not about to slip,
because of six that overwhelm it.

317 ways to be right, four more if left's in sight,
It's time you sat down to think,
Look where things land when they slip through your hand.
Now you're on the brink.

Thats a bummer I was just going out to pick the ticket up! : > (

But that was cool a hunt in my town for once!

Everybody was sharing ideas again toooooooooo! : > )