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2013 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - Cherokee Heights Park
OT

I'm on my way, but I don't think I'll see the others. lol
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:07 AM Permalink
Andrea

I have a question... in past hunts that made it to clue 12, we had a plan for picking up the paper and relaying the clue. Is everyone just on their own this year? Are people counting on using their smart phones from the park since the paper hasn't been released that much ahead of the online clue?
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:08 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

People coming out the woodwork now, jake, mrmed,ian,darlings,etc...
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:18 AM Permalink
KT

Oh, my! It would be WONDERFUL if you found it! Finally, a hunt in your area... I hope it's up top, and not in that ravine. That just looks dangerous.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:20 AM Permalink
OT

Well, I'm not quite gone yet. The snow from the top of my car slipped down and covered my windshield with about three inches of what is now ice. So I have the defrost on and will leave shortly.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:24 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

So I'm at work now. Que the group of teenagers playing hooky from school finding the dang thing.

Good luck everyone!
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:38 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

My bet is someone finds it before noon. Now that the sun is up and people are coming back to the park. It's not that large a logical area. Though it looks like people are in the woods. Is IT in the woods? Did we have a "woods" clue? That be a shift.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:53 AM Permalink
mucluck

given prior to this last 4 inches of snow we had most fields were bare grass.. i find it hard to believe it's on third base.....
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 6:56 AM Permalink
Tatergirl

I've said that at least 6 times this hunt... in 3 different parks.

2 anagrams say CHP

Just go to Cherokee... nuff said.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:10 AM Permalink
Tatergirl

Unlike the Ramsey County Sheriffs Dept--- Saint Paul's finest is taking the opportunity to ticket as many people as possible. We saw someone getting a ticket for parking in the handicapped spot. (ouch) They were also ticketing for minor stuff like too close corner, fire hydrants, etc. There are sections of the road where there are no parking signs on one side of the street- so keep an eye out for the signs.

FYI you might get easier access to the park via 35E to hwy 13(lillydale exit), brings you right to Annapolis.

Getting ready to head out...
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:17 AM Permalink
mucluck

sitter is late...grr

noodling clue five again

gobble up//...eaton, ate, eight , 8......

what are we missing?
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:18 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Med found check my fb for location pic
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:27 AM Permalink
Terry

Congratulations to the finder.

Now we can get the PP's explanation of these clues.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:35 AM Permalink
KT

Yay! Thanks for the pics! She looks stunned.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:36 AM Permalink
Terry

She does look stunned. The pictures of the med aren't really clear. Is it rounded on the corners? What's in the middle? Looks red or pinkish.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:41 AM Permalink
Terry

I figured it had to be bluff side without the picnic reference in any of the clues. Good for the finder!

I will be waiting to see the clue explanations.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:44 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Anyone get coordinates?
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:49 AM Permalink
Tatergirl

From Jeremy on FB
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:52 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Bluff side being north side.. like by the high bridge area?
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:54 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I guessed right on the before noon part. I got something right for once this hunt! Actually I had the area pegged last night (bluff side by the pine trees vs across the street in the ravine). I'm curious exactly where it was.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:55 AM Permalink
Tatergirl

I wonder if this is my yellow mashed rice noodle = Arhcimedes -- it would be quite (c)lever.

That's why I like the south end so much.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:01 AM Permalink
Terry

Bluff side across Cherokee from the main park area. Not by the high bridge - more on the west end.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:09 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

hmm ok. Trying to think how much I know about that area.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:10 AM Permalink
leelabell

If you are on the Fb group, there are some pix there.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:11 AM Permalink
queenmalley

FB beat the PP hotline then. and all the other media. They really need to update their dang hotline. Still says hunt is on at 10:12.

Tree growing into a fence is clever.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:13 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Did a cooler find it? Can someone post where it was hidden? Being unable to get on FB at work, this is my lifeline.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:13 AM Permalink
leelabell

Not cooler.

They just left park 15 min ago, so hotline wasn't updated.

Found bluff side by tree with fence growing thru it.

Stuck to ground in dirt and ice.

Not east of anything.

North of the sign.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:15 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Darn not being Cooler. We tried!
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:16 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks for pic.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:16 AM Permalink
queenmalley

For Art "Nature's Will" (FB):
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:22 AM Permalink
leelabell

Tim just up up a pix on fb that shows location.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:22 AM Permalink
queenmalley

posted tree in fence location photo.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:22 AM Permalink
leelabell

Someone else will have to grab. Too hard to do on iPad.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:23 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Non-FB users:

"You are here sign on far left. Medallion near brown coat guy on far right."
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:25 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Everyones at capitol veiw cafe...
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:25 AM Permalink
queenmalley

The "You are here sign" is the small little ground sign far left of group of people.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:27 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks! Never guessed that spot to go in.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:30 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Winter allows what summer forbids... not even explained. Awesome.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:32 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Fastest clues up EVER!
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:32 AM Permalink
queenmalley

It's just gotta be "winter Carnival" Lame.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:33 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Clue 12:

Clue 12 (Location within Park)

We've reprised a location; it's Cherokee Park.

Near a fence that's embedded deep in tree bark.

From the Bruce Vento Trail, near Annapolis Street,

Between sidewalk and woods is the path you must beat.

Nested under the snow the treasure is found --

From the fence search 10 feet on the ground all around.

With treasure in hand and button in tow,

The Pioneer Press is the place you must go.

Clue pinpoints the treasure location and identifies that it's in a nest buried in the snow.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:34 AM Permalink
leelabell

Winter/summer, nothing

Clue two, really meant nothing

Clue six, crazy town
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:36 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Winners announced on PP FB page:

The medallion sadly got chipped as finders Scot Tuma and Lynn Olson-Tuma dug it out of ice with a garden hoe and spade.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:37 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Nice that it was a husband/wife team. cute.
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:38 AM Permalink