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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.



 

Gilby

Big Joe :grin:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
Terry

That site says shelters and under other amenities it states gazebo as in one.

I do think for the clue writer, they might interpret the shelters as gazebos.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

from the master plan

SUMMARY OF IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED IN 2000:

BUILDINGS

• Beach building with restrooms/changing area/

Lifeguard room/vending alcove and storage 2,400 s.f.

• Gazebo

master plan
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Just about any picnic shelter is a 'Gazebo' - unless it is an enclosed building with doors & windows
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

I think there used to be a dome in the park, but I don't see it anymore on googlemaps.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:56 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Sounding like the front end of the park.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:57 PM Permalink
leelabell

Based on the map that green team posted, I would say there is a specific gazebo.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:58 PM Permalink
queenmalley

good find.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:58 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Hence, I think it's gazebo-specific rather than shelter. Just a guess.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
Gilby

The irony would be awesome if it ends up right by the parking lot where for days people have quickly parked and then walked mile after mile out into and around the parks. :pbpt:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Follow your nose to the smell?

There's too many words in this one and too many combinations to translate - screw it I'd rather wait an hour
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:59 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Gazebo from master plan document

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Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:00 PM Permalink
Terry

There was a domed shelter in 1988 a bit further east than where the medallion was found. I don't know when that was changed, but it's not there now.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:01 PM Permalink
Gilby

Nicely done
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:01 PM Permalink
queenmalley

good one!!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:01 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

how about the "gazebo's on a playground...just sayin' those covered areas look like gazebo's ... ok shutting up now because even to my ears thats ridiculous.... I'll noodle more when the actual clue comes out rather than noodling the scramble...
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:01 PM Permalink
excavating stud

i've almost cracked the first section
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:01 PM Permalink
leelabell

3m, you're rocking' it this year.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
ares

i've got a hunch that when you do the second part shares a very similar pattern.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Ugliest gazebo I've seen!! Aren't gazebos kinda romantic and round and decorative?!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:02 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

There are 3 gazebos...one in park, 2 on private property
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:03 PM Permalink
ares

yeah i thought the same thing.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:04 PM Permalink
OT

I bet the private ones are prettier and probably have hot tubs in them.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

yawn, I really want to catch some zzz's but my brain won't let me without knowing the whole clue...glad I decided to stay home tonight I really need the rest
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink
westy3789

I was at that part of the park by the parking lots late last night when clue 9 came out and looked all up the shoreline and I did some more today. Lots of leaves in that area but pretty well searched over. I sure hope it's someplace I didn't walk over otherwise I'll have to live with that!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:06 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

well at least you'd have the knowledge that you didn't actually have it in your hand and then put it back.... :lipsealed: If I had to chose I'd rather walk over it.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Gilby

51 members currently online
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

A 'Gazebo' is any free-standing structure that is open on all sides - wood, brick, romantic, functional - doesn't matter
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Terry

westy - we have walked over it at Wakefield, TSP, sat on it at Newell in 84. You do live with it knowing you were close.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
Terry

But a pretty one is much more romantic. :sillygrin:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

funny thing is most of those 51 members are probably sitting online in a bar like Flarety's or Gabes on there cell phones :wink:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

I had planned to be out but I have a migraine due to lack of sleep:-( I can never sleep good when the hunt is on! :frown:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

They are nicer...some one posted about the garage one the other day. Pink I think....The other one is just off E2 on the north side of tracks as you enter the trail from the north
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Elmer Andersen Memorial Trail entrance area w/flower beds:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink
ares

terry.......
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:10 PM Permalink
queenmalley

those are no fun. feel better soon!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
Terry

ares.......
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Yuck hope you feel better!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

thats not at the park. Dont think itll help any one.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:11 PM Permalink
ares

aren't we forgetting something?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Ahh, I remember seeing those when I was there in the summer, a few years back. Nice find.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
Terry

Somethings one never forgets ares.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Thanks. Tried napping this eve but no luck. Probably pop a couple more pills and try again after clue is out. Then again, I just might need fresh air:-)
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:12 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

She likes to pretend she's a river in Africa it's called DeNile :wink:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
Gilby

"Gazebos" plural, so if one is by the beach and another is on E2 probably just bringing us to the south end
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
Terry

Maybe its the smell of fresh air...or the port-a-pot at the boat launch.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
ares

we just don't talk about them then? or do we let others talk about them?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
ares

you better duck!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
Terry

There is a difference from walking over - and whatever the H you're getting at ares. :pbpt:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:14 PM Permalink