Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt — January 2020

BoreasRex

Clue #1

There’s just enough snow and temperatures low
To rouse us from our snoozing
And hide the MacGuffin, no we ain’t bluffin,
In a park of our very own choosing.

The Vikings are done, the Twins yet begun
What excuse do you have to dawdle?
Gather your kin, prepare for the win
And be sure to bring a hot bottle

BoreasRex

Clue #2

Though the times be quite peachy, we do so beseech ye,
To venture out of doors for a romp
As you traipse through the snow, your medallions aglow,
Careful of what flora you stomp

BoreasRex

Clue #3

This hunt’s guarantor settles that forevermore
Noodlers treasure noggins; keep that in mind.
So doff your warm cap, study dog-eared map
And genuflect in the presence of the find.

BoreasRex

Clue #4

One patterned neat and trim, one salvaged life and limb
Did the two cutters who lived down the way.
Herringbones or sawbones?
You decide which will play.

BoreasRex

Clue #5

We will protect each clue from the GRU
Nyet hackers! Have you no shame?
They may fix our elections, but we’ll spark insurrection,
If they try to interfere with our game

BoreasRex

Clue #6

Once at the summit, it did quite plummet
Before it got to the bluff
Starting and stopping, winding and hopping
It will eventually lead to the stuff

BoreasRex

Clue #7

If you’re in town, swing on down
To a park lit up some nights
Before it gets hotter, line three bodies water
And you’ll have it in your sites

BoreasRex

Clue #8

Water is grand in our hunt’s land
Up above our site and lower.
You won’t need suit nor rubber boot
If you walk amongst the bower.

BoreasRex

Clue #9

A coal man had a plan
To lay down roots in St. Paul.
His path proffers good math –
Even though short of hill it does fall.

BoreasRex

Clue #10

A lover’s fix under tangle of sticks
The medallion scratches hunters’ itches.
Where bridge spans a gap; nearby a trap.
Line up putts that are pitches

BoreasRex

Clue #11

This is our pledge if you’re on edge
We’ll get you to the prize.
As you toss your cares, pay heed to stares
And get low to avoid the cries.

BoreasRex

Clue #12

If you’ve found you’ve been around
Every park in the county,
You need to go with those in the know
Highland Park’s where we hid the bounty.

Our talk of pitches and of itches
Leads to an important fact:
‘Tween holes 13 and 14, in a wooded ravine
Is a spot about to be sacked.

At the bottom of the stairs, in singles or pairs,
Start your journey to dry pool.
Step over small tree, then strides seven plus three
Lead to something very cool.

Down to the right, at squirrel’s height
Is a recess in a small pile of brush.
Reach inside and withdraw with pride
The noggin that will give you a rush

TC Treasure