I was out at Como today and walked around the frog pond. I just thought of how little snow there was, and if it was there, how easy it would be to find it! That's a really small area. A thought, though was that there are pools of water under the trees in the east grounds. Also, there was a mysterious man with a large camera who had parked a big black sedan near the frog pond and took off across the east grounds. He seemed to be on a mission...stopped to take a photo of people walking the east grounds. In 2014, there was a similar lurker at Como when I was hunting down there trying to strike up a conversation with me. He creeped me out, so I avoided him. A few days later, it was found nearby. It made me wonder if he was the CR!
It seems there hasn't been a lot of noodling on the boards about what the medallion looks like or what it might be in. It seems in past hunts the clues for the puck and what it is in would be given by now, but maybe that's my bad memory.
If, for example, the puck's image is of the capitol dome, then that would change the thought process for picking a park.
As for what it is in, how about a Kit Kat wrapper? "Trick or tweet", sweet and "break" as in "give me a break" from the candy bar's jingle.
Chatter on the PP boards seems to indicate that there might be an anagram in clue 6. It feels like an anagram clue to me, but I can't find anything useful.
That makes sense Mikey and is my favorite park this year.
The only other ancient thing that I can think of is the artifacts and dinosaurs at the Science Museum that can be seen from Harriet Island with the cathedral dome in view and I thought the pool reference might be a nod to the public baths that used to be there.
I was just thinking about Round Lake north of Phalen in Maplewood. I went walking there this summer and there is plenty of mire, a couple of fishing bridges and a pretty good parking lot. There is also a restroom Pavillion. Maybe I'll pop up there tomorrow for a bit...
Possibly the Any Fool referencing a swimming pool could mean that a beach is intended instead. Like wise a bathroom with no stall may mean changing rooms like at a beach.
Lake Phalen has a beach and the historic bathhouse to boot.
The Dome by the Mire may reference the island in between those swampy creeks possibly? A stretch,
The youth hockey team for North Saint Paul/Johnson/ Como are called the Polar Devils, they used to be just called the devils before NSP was added, and they play a mite (5yr old) hockey tourney at Phalen Rec Center, which is called the Winter Carnival Mite Jamboree. A loooong stretch but it kind of fits.
a pool fool can any find
treasure dangle when that itÂ’s we
to gets but revel lucky a devil
by the sleuthing angle perfect
Any fool can find a pool
When it's treasure that we dangle
But a lucky devil gets to revel
By sleuthing the perfect angle.
Wolf parking lot
Pool
Lions Lair//lions parking - closed, no stalls
Pick an angle
Dangle your feet in the water.
Thinking parks with swimming and fishing,perhaps park with a pool and fish play statues such as at highland.
So, right in front of say, Hidden falls.
Fishing Piers
If, for example, the puck's image is of the capitol dome, then that would change the thought process for picking a park.
As for what it is in, how about a Kit Kat wrapper? "Trick or tweet", sweet and "break" as in "give me a break" from the candy bar's jingle.
Pieces of the metrodome roof
We checked out Highland too and about 10 hunters out there.
For a Friday afternoon, one would expect people to believe in their park to be at the digging stage.
None of the hunters we saw were digging though they had digging tools with them.
The only other ancient thing that I can think of is the artifacts and dinosaurs at the Science Museum that can be seen from Harriet Island with the cathedral dome in view and I thought the pool reference might be a nod to the public baths that used to be there.
Lake Phalen has a beach and the historic bathhouse to boot.
The Dome by the Mire may reference the island in between those swampy creeks possibly? A stretch,
The youth hockey team for North Saint Paul/Johnson/ Como are called the Polar Devils, they used to be just called the devils before NSP was added, and they play a mite (5yr old) hockey tourney at Phalen Rec Center, which is called the Winter Carnival Mite Jamboree. A loooong stretch but it kind of fits.
Other historical fun stuff:
https://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentCenter/Government/Parks%20and%20Recreation/Design%20&%20Construction/Archived%20Projects/100108%20History%20sm.pdf
wandering stop your start and pondering
you from rebel must crowd the
the pack for track a look beneath
ignore no bell and please
You must rebel from the crowd
Track for a look beneath the pack
And please ignore no bell
Does this make sense?
From the crowd you must rebel
Look for a track beneath the pack
And please ignore no bell
I think this is better.