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2011 - Battle Creek Park

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2011 Clues




 

TickTack

PP boards are saying that the gates to HF might be open now...?
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:01 AM Permalink
witchdoctor

Last stanza of the pre-clue *truck*

  • job is always* ford reference

    hunt rough is job description for "rangers"

    rangers are not touchy-feely.

    load up now and be foretold

    dispatch ye deep into ice and cold -- dispatch == quickly end or bury
  • Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:06 AM Permalink
    TickTack

    I'm more inclined (ha, ha) to believe that a reference to 32 degrees (if any) means just that, 32 degrees. How far? Maybe we haven't been told yet.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:10 AM Permalink
    zephyrus

    I like it!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:19 AM Permalink
    queenmalley

    The TLC Reality TV show "My strange obsession" is about a man's love affair with a blow-up doll. Seriously. So Goodhue is a head of the time. The restroom reference may tie in with that foot-tapping guy at the Mpls airport?
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:56 AM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    Hmmm, 32 degrees. Maybe we need to find a 32nd degree Mason and follow him around!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:56 AM Permalink
    queenmalley

    good noodle.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:59 AM Permalink
    diggorius rex

    knew it.. darn Illuminati, rule the world not the hunt :wink:
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 9:22 AM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    The Illuminati light the path.

    Cleveland was a Mason.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 9:29 AM Permalink
    Eags

    :smile:

    (where's the ROTFL emoticon when you need it?)

    PRIME JOE!!! (Thanks, Diggorius Rex, for the idea!)
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 9:29 AM Permalink
    diggorius rex

    missed the PRIME JOE by one..
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 9:30 AM Permalink
    'mom'

    I dunno, I'm tired and have a BAAAAAD headache, so probably not thinking clearly.

    Water to ice made me think of FROST. I've not scouted parks at all yet this year, and have no helpful insights that haven't been posted already.

    Of course, I'm always one to find *something* along the routes I normally drive, so Monday, I was keeping an eye out down by the high bridge (Goodhue and Cliff street) - nothing you could really call a park, but there is a walking path overlooking the river....and the really big green chair on the other side of Smith. <sigh> But so far, nothing is jumping out at me.

    Lots of good noodles, but more the kind like "yeah, that could fit" -- at least in my fuzzy head.

    Time will tell, I guess....hopefully tonights clue will give something that makes more sense to me. I don't think I've really been able to zero in on a park early since the Conway hunt. Clues just aren't written for *me* anymore.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:15 AM Permalink
    Wabbit Hutch

    I doubt this. I walked down it on Saturday and Monday. It's very walkable, but it hasn't been plowed for some time. It's packed down. It wouldn't be easy to plow out. I will be going there at 3:30. I will report back if it's open.

    Just cause it's not open, I wouldn't rule it out. 32 degrees as in temp or 32 degrees as an angle?
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:17 AM Permalink
    Wabbit Hutch

    That last message was regarding the gate at Hidden Falls. (North)
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:17 AM Permalink
    Wabbit Hutch

    picnic pavillion at Hidden Falls is listed at 1313. Thirteen is prime.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:18 AM Permalink
    Andrea

    But 1313 isn't.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:19 AM Permalink
    Wabbit Hutch

    Yes, true. Both 1 and 3 are though....
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:20 AM Permalink
    Wabbit Hutch

    Off to walk the levee (wide as triple E) at Harriet, and then to Hidden Falls.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:22 AM Permalink
    Posen

    "Prime" location has to be Lock and Dam number 1, although as I hear/tell, 1 is not a prime number.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:40 AM Permalink
    Posen

    And you could add 7th to the primes...
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:45 AM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    the 45 degree latitude reference is slightly north of larpenteur.

    It's more evenly aligned with roselawn and frost aves.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:46 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Well being a math guy with a degree in Civil Engineering I can tell you that it is much debated amongst scholars if 1 is prime or not... Technically 2 is the first prime.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:46 AM Permalink
    Posen

    45th Ran through my backyard as a child...one block north of Roselawn...
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:47 AM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    1/1=1.

    1 has only one distinct natural divisor that yields itself or 1.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:48 AM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    So does that make 1 "subprime"?
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:12 AM Permalink
    becksie

    I like the noodle that it's 32 steps off the path. Furthermore, "the nearest path" leads me to wonder if it's at a park with just one entrance.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:12 AM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    It makes 1 the big UNIT.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:20 AM Permalink
    excavating stud

    As an actuary and an expert in numbers, I'd like to applaud your theories on prime numbers. :grin:
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:20 AM Permalink
    leelabell

    My mathematician husband disagrees. He says 1 is prime.

    What the debate says to me is that we'll never know which way the clue writer is thinking.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:22 AM Permalink
    Posen

    Prime number

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    "Prime" redirects here. For other uses, see Prime (disambiguation).

    A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself. The smallest twenty-five prime numbers (all the prime numbers under 100) are:

    2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97.[1]
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:25 AM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    I agree with posen. 1 is not prime.

    Prime numbers have only TWO DISTINCT divisors.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:31 AM Permalink
    green

    Robrt Burns wasa a Mason. :grin:
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:34 AM Permalink
    Art Vandelay

    I guess I need to invite him to my next house party!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:35 AM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    Alright then, Burns Rec Center it is!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:42 AM Permalink
    Art Vandelay

    Well, I've been priming the pump for about 20 minutes and still no medallion. Now I need a Pepsi and a nap.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:43 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    :lipsealed:
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:09 PM Permalink
    Mad_Dach5und

    I seriously doubt any validity to any 'paces from' ANY marker by the fourth clue. As far as I can tell they've never given X paces from anything this early in the hunt. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I don't think it's been done. It's just too specific.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:10 PM Permalink
    tim_the_hunter

    Finally the clue J has been waiting years for!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:11 PM Permalink
    PilotsHatGuy

    I randomly pulled that image off the interweb and didn't even notice the 3200 steps part.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:32 PM Permalink
    me2

    I posted as History under posts on that site telling them at least 3 or 4 that were misplaced. Marydale, State Capitol, 35e at Victoria that was found at 35e across the river.

    DUMB!
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:49 PM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    32 paces doesn't define anything specific other than 32 paces.

    There are an infinite number of hiding spots that are 32 paces from a

    path. The path and marker will be revealed in later clues.

    Hidden Falls alone has 6.7 miles of paved trails. To shovel it all

    would be like doing a sidewalk 13.4 miles long.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:57 PM Permalink
    TickTack

    When do we think it was actually hidden? Is that ever released? I ask because it would be helpful to know which 'layer' of snow it's in. Anybody that's been digging already knows what I mean.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:03 PM Permalink
    Posen

    The video from last year showed him plunging the puck down deep and putting handfuls of snow on top of it....
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:05 PM Permalink
    l and a mommy

    :ooh:
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:18 PM Permalink
    Posen

    Literature Annotations

    Twain, Mark

    "Was It Heaven? Or Hell?"

    On-Line Text

    Genre Short Story

    Just a Twain reference...in case anyone has a park near a major river...
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:20 PM Permalink
    Andrea

    :sillygrin:

    I can't think of ANY.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:22 PM Permalink
    Artemis The Huntress

    My take on the # of steps off the path -

    the "nearest path" is in the 4th line To pay for this

    2 pa 4 th - 2+4=6
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:36 PM Permalink
    witchdoctor

    I tried pouring Pepsi on the pump.

    It doesn't help.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:41 PM Permalink
    tim_the_hunter

    That's assuming you can estimate 32 paces to within a sidewalk's width which I know I cannot.

    32 paces from a path wouldn't be giving too much away IMO.
    Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:47 PM Permalink