2012 Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt

The repeated phrase "how we" is a homonym for "Howie" which in turn is short for "Howard". Howard St. runs next to the park and Howard Ct. actually points towards the treasure. Also, "In truth", you will find the name "ruth" as Ruth St. is another street that runs along the park. Finally, the official name of the park is Conway Heights Park, which is alluded to by the "heights of glory". The "Oh", "For", and "Oh", can be rearranged to make 400. The famous address from the 1999 hunt was in the 400's.

The personal lore referred to here is the Heritage Estates, an apartment building across the street from the park, which, being private property, is itself in forbidden territory. The singular score refers to the fact that Conway has been the host to just one Winter Carnival hunt.

Lining up your shots refers to the basketball court. If you line up to the two baskets, the treasure is hidden along that line. Traveling east from the court, you end up in the field where you can clearly see the water tower.

Conway is on the edge of St. Paul, but the treasure is in the middle of the park (on the north/south axis). Also, there are power lines going up the middle of the park. From the treasure's hiding spot you can see two parking lots, hence "double parked".

This clue, unlike the 2008 winter carnival clue, actually asks you to look at a dollar bill. In the clue, the letter X sits right below the letter I. If you look at the back of a dollar right below the eye, you will see a pyramid. The pyramids of Sun Ray are visible from the hiding spot. Staying under three refers to the park being located just under 3rd St. on the map.

"Do we dot" should make you think of the Dewey Decimal System which in turn alludes to the library in the park. "Check your books" should also make you think of a library.

"In slow" is an anagram for "Wilson", another street that borders the park. The leisurely walk refers to the paved trail near the hiding spot. While the reference to the sun may make you think of Sun Ray, which does help get you to the right spot, it actually alludes to the sun like logo of the BP sign which looms in the sky over the treasure's hiding spot.

The places to play refers to there being both a playground there as well as a variety of sport fields. Three thousand, in Roman numerals would be MMM which alludes to the 3M sign visible from the hiding spot (as does "might make me"). "Party like a prince" refers to the Prince song where he is going to party like it's 1999. 1999 of course was the year the Winter Carnival medallion was hidden at Conway.

This tells you that if you haven't figured out the right park yet, it's one with lots of sport fields. However the treasure is not near them, but rather located in a line between the basketball court and Howard Ct.

The reference to being knighted should make anyone not yet at the park think of McKnight St. To be nearsighted is to be 20/40, 20/60 or something higher. Being beyond that hints that you're looking for an address above 2100 and that the treasure is hidden on the east side of the park.

The first letter of each word in the first two lines spells out "Conway". The last line tells you to specifically look for the treasure out in an open field.

This just tells you that the treasure is hidden at Conway. Go to the basketball court, line up the baskets and walk east along that line. The medallion is just sitting on the ground in the grass before you hit the walking path.