The Allison Wonderland
The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival every year. While the prize can only go to one winner, The Allison Wonderland is dedicated to the community spirit of treasure hunting. Here, not only will you find out about the Pre-Dig Gig, the Rehash Bash, and various other social events, but we also discuss the clues here in a team effort to decipher them (albeit not always successfully). This is a place to discuss ideas respectfully, report on what's happening "on the ground", and provide each other with useful information. This is a public group so expect that anything posted will be seen by everyone.
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Clue #4
Here is the new clue:
Clue #4
We’re moving ahead, no oncoming dread. Our future’s in our hands. This new term is about what’s firm Let’s avoid the shifting sands.
And the previous clues:
Clue #4
We’re moving ahead, no oncoming dread. Our future’s in our hands. This new term is about what’s firm Let’s avoid the shifting sands.
And the previous clues:
Clue #3
No time, old sport, to play and cavort.
Pursue the grail with your schemes!
Out at night? Then follow the light
To cross the way to your dreams.
Clue #2
Stay away from links and risky hijinks.
Disturb not ground, tree or trail.
Don’t wait for last clue to know what to do;
This year you’ll figure or fail.
Clue #1
Be it turmoil endemic or global pandemic
It’s been a tough year for us all.
So rather than punt, we renewed this year’s hunt:
Join us, it’ll be a ball!
Don’t be odd, stay in your pod.
Keep six feet away from strangers.
Wear a mask when on your task
To keep all safe from dangers.
clue 3 park pic
I want all 10 votes on Battle Creek
Re: Clue #3
2017 Hunt clue about the Hmong sport Tuj Lub, which is about 5000 years old. A field for this sport was put in at Phalen-Keller Regional Park by the archery field.
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (about the search for the Holy Grail) had Sean Connery as a star. Any Indiana streets near a park?
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (about the search for the Holy Grail) had Sean Connery as a star. Any Indiana streets near a park?
Re: Clue #3
Both! Too early to tell. Old Sport is a book reference.
Re: Clue #3
I agree about Gatsby, but the book or the author?
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Re: Clue #3
Also, I just noticed that the finders were from White Bear Lake...
Re: Clue #3
This clue from the 1962 hunt has some interesting parallels with the clues so far:Clue #2Published on Monday, January 29, 1962Join Carnival hi-jinks, come on the run;
The treasure hunt is part of the fun.
A distant landmark in the sky
Blinks its message from on high.Explanation:
Hi-jinks meant Jenks Street was nearby. The distant blinking landmark was the illuminated sign atop the First National Bank.
The treasure hunt is part of the fun.
A distant landmark in the sky
Blinks its message from on high.Explanation:
Hi-jinks meant Jenks Street was nearby. The distant blinking landmark was the illuminated sign atop the First National Bank.
Re: Clue 3 guesses
I am again sticking all 10 park pick guesses on BC.
Re: Clue #3
Fitzgerald’s mother Molly McQuillan was his ties to Saint Paul and his birth home at 481 Laurel is a half block from McQuillan park - a small city neighborhood park dedicated to his second cousin.
good place as any to elk the dog tonight.
good place as any to elk the dog tonight.
Re: Clue #3
The book is said to be inspired by white bear lake.
Re: Clue #3
Is the Fitzgerald statue still in Rice park?
Re: Clue #3
I didn't know this as I hadn't seen the movie and it's been forever since I read the book, but according to "the Google" the phrase "old sport" is indeed connected to the Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived with his parents for a summer at 599 Summit Ave. but it's at least 3 blocks to a park. I do remember the East Egg/West Egg thing in the book so maybe a reference to the East and West picnic grounds at Como? Bit of a stretch though.
Re: Clue #3
No time, old sport, to play and cavort.
Pursue the grail with your schemes!
Out at night? Then follow the light
To cross the way to your dreams.
No Time - Past Time / Old Sport = Baseball = Americas Favorite PastimePurse the grail ( The treasure ) with your schemes (noodling) Also grail may = G rail or Green RailOut at night - Night games at CHS field, then follow the light - Light RAIL - Green line? to downtown St. Paulto CROSS, railroad crossing, light rail crossing, the way to your DREAMS, field of DREAMS. Baseball Movie.St Paul Saints are the new Triple AAA team of the TWINS, its a BIG DEAL folks...just sayin'
Drops the mic
And still has all 10 in Battle Creek, LOL ....But I digress
Flippster
Pursue the grail with your schemes!
Out at night? Then follow the light
To cross the way to your dreams.
No Time - Past Time / Old Sport = Baseball = Americas Favorite PastimePurse the grail ( The treasure ) with your schemes (noodling) Also grail may = G rail or Green RailOut at night - Night games at CHS field, then follow the light - Light RAIL - Green line? to downtown St. Paulto CROSS, railroad crossing, light rail crossing, the way to your DREAMS, field of DREAMS. Baseball Movie.St Paul Saints are the new Triple AAA team of the TWINS, its a BIG DEAL folks...just sayin'
Drops the mic
And still has all 10 in Battle Creek, LOL ....But I digress
Flippster
Re: Clue #3
I immediately thought Gatsby with clue 3... another WBL year? Follow the light could mean head north.
Re: Clue #3
A less literal thought I had was a reference to a dog park. "old sport" could be a nickname for a dog and they would play and cavort in the dog park.
Follow the light could be something like the 3M sign near Battle Creek or the the big "1" downtown.
David B. Allison
Follow the light could be something like the 3M sign near Battle Creek or the the big "1" downtown.
David B. Allison
Re: Clue #3
The thought had crossed my mind too - lacrosse Ave over by Beaver Lake and there are a couple of lacrosse centric spots in the city too - Monroe park always seems to have the nets set up for example.
Re: Clue #3
Food for thought:
DescriptionLacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins in a tribal game played by the indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands and by various other indigenous peoples of North America.
DescriptionLacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins in a tribal game played by the indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands and by various other indigenous peoples of North America.
Re: Clue #3
The couple of small parks near the Fitzgerald home certainly might fit with the “old sport”. Though a literal reading could mean something like the Handball court they put in by Newell park a couple years back - an Old Sport.
Several knights if you go the Arthurian route- McKnight road, the Harding High Knights etc. to my knowledge nothing directly tied to Percival or Galahad directly ( the grail knights)
the “way to dreams” could be sleep? That line feels important but I’m stumped.
Several knights if you go the Arthurian route- McKnight road, the Harding High Knights etc. to my knowledge nothing directly tied to Percival or Galahad directly ( the grail knights)
the “way to dreams” could be sleep? That line feels important but I’m stumped.
Re: Clue #3
Park picks : Battle Creek 5 Hansen Park 5
