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2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

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2012 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - Tony Schmidt Park
2012 Clues 

So its back to the drawing board for next year 
to find a spot so deep and drear. 
Harder to reach all you whiners 
than those buried Chilean miners. 

Next year's clues will inspire dread 
requiring knowledge of languages dead, 
Higher math rocket science 
disbanding every hunters alliance. 

I take your leave. I bid adieu. 
I go in search of the perfect clue. 
Prepare to hike hard dig deep and delve. 
Will have a grand party in 2012.



 

KITCH

History- Before the 1850s the Sioux tribe used Lake Johanna as a resting point on their journey to Rice Lake for the fall wild-rice harvest. Then, in 1850, Charles Perry was the first settler to break ground and plant potatoes on three acres next to Lake Johanna. During this time the land was part of Mounds View Township.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:54 PM Permalink
Terry

They came miles to reap their yield

From the watery fall field
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:55 PM Permalink
OT

What was the first link? It won't load for me.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:55 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

So the word "fall" in the clue likely refers to autumn.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
Terry

The rest of this though is escaping me. Of course if the first two lines are wrong, the rest won't work either.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:57 PM Permalink
queenmalley

I've had a few bouts with pneumonia; so glad she was diagnosed correctly! It can come on suddenly and you feel like you were hit by a truck!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:57 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

"Como Park History Tour Part 1"? That one?
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:58 PM Permalink
ares

thats exactly what happened too.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:58 PM Permalink
Terry

Glad she got help right away and didn't wait.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
OT

Yes, that one.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

.bout the best i can come up with..

to reap the a night fall stay

on they came from two miles a way

to their delicacy of riches can yield

or then around the watery field
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Thank goodness y'all took this seriously and went to the doctor right away. My dad nearly died a few years ago from pneumonia. Very scary! Prayers for a speedy recovery.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:00 PM Permalink
ares

is there an obvious pattern to the scrambling in the words tonight?
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:00 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

It said:

Prior to the arrival of Europeans this area was home

to the Dakota. They followed trails through here to reach

more northern hunting grounds and wild rice harvesting

lakes.

In 1848, Charles Perry took possession of a 160-acre

claim on land that would later become Como Park. For a

year, he raised cattle and grew potatoes by the lake he

called Lake Como, after the famous lake near his

birthplace in the Swiss-Italian Alps. However because

his neighbors were “becoming too thick and interfered

with his cattle-raising,” he moved further north to Lake

Johanna in 1849, where he became the first settler of

what is now Arden Hills.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:00 PM Permalink
'mom'

It's not making any sense to me....and it's too long until the *real* clue comes out (not likely going to be out tonight anyway)...

I will catch up with y'all in the AM.

Goodnight and SCD's to all!!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
ares

not 100% sure that's right given the history. they didn't come miles to reap their yield at johanna; they reaped it at rice lake.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
Eags

Each clue gives us more items to bring to the rehash bash. Will be interesting to see what creative recipes people come up with using potatoes and wild rice.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
Terry

The obvious pattern is the scrambled words don't make snese.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

There's a lot of swampland at TS. Is that off limits? I was out in it today, as I wanted to look at a very large beaver dam close up. For some reason, beavers fascinate me. That and I've had more than my share of dam run-ins while out canoeing. The engineering is amazing!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:03 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I think we're missing words...in fact it would not surprise me if "ground" is one of the words to complete the phrase..."they fall around or on the (ground)"
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

My best guess

Came from miles to reap their fall yield

A delicacy of the watery field

A night or two they can stay

Then on to riches around the way
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink
hjarta

My husband was interested in the beaver dam too, but thought he would accidentally wake a hibernating beaver, which would lead to disastrous consequences.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink
excavating stud

is it me or are their only four verbs?
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:06 PM Permalink
Terry

They came miles around to reap their yield

From the riches of the watery fall field
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:06 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Good luck sleeping! I tried but the hunt won't allow it. I see visions of parks every time I close my eyes. That and nightmares of Jake finding it before i do! :sillygrin:
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:06 PM Permalink
excavating stud

sounds pretty good to me
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:07 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

insert beaver jokes here: :sillygrin:
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

I thought about that, too, but only after i got out there. Lol
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
40below

The Sioux didn't reap their riches by Lake Johanna though, did they? I thought they just used it as a resting point.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

On the way to reap their yield

..........delicacy of a watery field

................they came to stay

.............two miles a way

Whew when I put two and miles together I hope they weren't telling us como, but I googled it and it's 6 miles.

what else would go with two except miles or riches?
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
OT

I hope Sue feels better soon, ares. Take good care of her.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

I figured as much!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

They came to stay on their way...
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:10 PM Permalink
mucluck

from miles around they came to stay

a night or two then on their way

to reap the riches of a watery field

the delicacy fall can yield
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:10 PM Permalink
zephyrus

To get you started..

A night stay

Around the fall of night stay

Riches from the watery yield

The fall of night they stay

Two miles a delicacy to yield

To reap the fall yield

I got nuttin else yet...
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
Terry

OT - I tried that, but something I did created nothing - literally.

I haven't been to that site previously.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
ares

mucky wins it!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
40below

Is that the real clue? If not, I bet it's dang close. Nice.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
OT

Ok, thanks for trying :smile:
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
excavating stud

a slight alternative to your guess

they Came from miles to reap their yield

A delicacy of the watery field

A night or two fall can stay

Then on to riches around the way
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
mucluck

just gotta find the patterns
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

That sound right...

monkey was right .... historical clue.

ho-hum... I posted that tidbit last night while looking for more info on Charles Perry.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Excellent!
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
OT

Nice job! Definitely right brained.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:14 PM Permalink
Terry

15 minutes to the PiPress version. I bet that's really close.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:14 PM Permalink
KITCH

so what do we do for the next 15 mins....ha
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:15 PM Permalink
OT

I like these scrambled clues. Gives us something to do during that long hour before the clue comes out. And let's some of us get to bed earlier too.
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:16 PM Permalink