2009 - Swede Hollow

Thanks. It was kind of hostile when the valid goal was canceled by an early whistle. Booooooo.

Almost as bad as the one not too long ago that was a valid goal and was canceled by a late whistle that was "intended" to be earlier?

I was going to head out tonight but feeling a bit under the weather. I think I'll read the clue from home tonight and have at least one day of work where I'm not totally worn out.

I wonder how big the line is tonight at the pp?

Depends on how many people are at Wild Thymes!

Must be a bunch cause it sure has been dead on here all day

tick tock

I hear the key turning in the door

Clue #2

Tramping hill and dell, you may hear tell

About the contests waged of yore

Much of the history remains a mystery

Which we hope to bring to the fore

Hope you feel better soon!

So what hilly park corresponds with a history that is a mystery?

Well then.

Is this the clue? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me and I'm not familiar with the poster. GreenTeam?

Oh...contest=medallion hunt. They are going to tell us about the history of the hunt.

Thanks Dharma

I don't see it online yet. But it makes sense if you think about the "contest" being the hunt.

True and there does seem to be a lot of history about the hunt in the paper. I'm not home, yet, as I'm a flight attendant and on the road until Wednesday.

had someone at the pp call me with it - i'm sure it's correct. although caps and punctuation could be wrong

hill and dell.... "high" "land"?

Not really fitting the definition of 'dell' properly but it just jumped out at me...

Oh, that's why you are "inasuitcase," LOL! I bet we'll have to know or learn a lot about the history of the hunt.

Howdyyyyyy Zephyyyyyyy!

Thanks for the clue dharma!

fore - nearby golf course... Phalen/Keller.... CoNo... etc.?

Isn't the phrase usually "over hill and dale"?

"fore" could = a park with a golf course

That's a good noodle, fore=golf.

dell is a woodsy area

While walking through hills and dells, you may hear

of the fighting/war/conflicts of before.

It's a mystery (Hidden)

Which we'll to make clear to you

sorry, usually brainstorming in person

I think it can be said either way.

Hidden Falls across from Snelling

Too early to be giving us the park but it sure points me to one

Howdy! I was just thinking about you guys the other day. :smile:

You sent the best Jerky :grin: mmmmm...

Fighting/war/conflicts could = medallion hunt.

I agree... I am not narrowed down as of now, but I do recall saying it was too early when I was in Iraq - Bing Crosby in clue 2? Come on!

Awww...That's so nice! Glad you liked the jerky! We got it at a little butcher shop on hwy 61 north of 36.

could

Which may put you over toward Harriet Island, the site of many WC activities in the years past. Or CoNo...

I guess the best thing is to figure out what do they want to tell us...

Battle Creek also jumps to mind. But that might be too obvious.

A contest doesn't have to be a war or a conflict. Could be just that, a contest of some sort. A fishing contest. Lots of tall tales there. There used to be an ice fishing contest on White Bear Lake. I think nimrod will like this clue.

maybe a park with disk golf

but not golf club golf

I love it :smile:

Tall tales - fishing

Great noodle OT!

Oh no...

Cuz you have golf (both kinds), Fishing and Hills and Dells....

If they mention amphibians this will be a long hunt...

or we could get locky and they could mention Palin.... would be fitting with these ideas as well.

Leelabell is gonna come on here and have the clue solved so easily - I know it.

any contest that is for a good cause that you collect money for

like the runs, walks for cancer, MS ect.

Was just thinking... isn't Dell like a Hollow?

How could this fit... Heck of a hill by Swede Hollow isn't there? Down from where the Hamm House was? Think, think, think...

dell - a small wooded hollow

I just need to use the right dictionary...

Hollow - a small valley between the mountains

hmmm....

http://www.tpt.org/lostcity/swede.html

thanks :smile:

nice find

We'll be up front: We devote the hunt

To Box, our friend, now at rest...

Don was an eastsider..... Phalen is on the east side

Thanks Zephy, but you are giving me too much credit.

I'll say that the very first thing that came to mind were historic contests like jousting or other things one might find at the renaissance fest. But, I haven't thought much about how those sorts of contests would relate to the winter carnival. I'll get back to you if I come up with something.

Seems too easy.

wow, alot of things point to Swede here.. but, I don't want to overthink things, it is just clue 2 after all

JOE!

Swede Hollow is like the gateway to the east side... I also found interesting in that link the bottom part about a "boxcar" being used as a chapel in the 20's... hmmm