Here are clues 1 thru 8. Seven and 8 were released today, but this was the first chance I had to stop and gather all clues. I have posted them all here, and what I think they mean.
Clue #1
Welcome fellow searchers
It’s spring and time to play
Enjoy the hunt and have some fun
The ‘Grand Prize’ is underway
This clue means nothing other than the contest has started.
Clue #2
A secret spot has been selected
By the keeper of the clues
Follow his lead in "The Eagle"
And you may be front page news
This clue says he has picked the location, and will publish the clues in the paper. If you find the prize, you will be on the front page of "The Eagle".
Clue #3
You won’t find me near water
On a sailboats fancy rigging
Nor am I buried underground
So there’ll be no need for digging
You don't need to dig it up (and you never have had to.)
Clue #4
Area names and places
This year I’ll give you some
Sights you’ll see along the way
Depending on how you come
Again, not much info in this clue. He will name some places, and you get to see some sights. Vermont is full of sights, it's BEAUTIFUL!
Clue #5
$1,000.00 in cold hard cash
is indeed an ample bounty
while you may need to travel some
you needn’t leave the county
The location is in Addison County.
Clue #6
If you remember last year’s spot
Was a bridge under repair
Although the Shoreham site was grand
You’ll need to travel north from there
The location is north of Shoreham...but then again, so is most of Addison County!
Clue #7
Come as you are and come as you wish
Choose the route that you think best
But to become $1000.00 richer
22A should be to your west
Not much of Addison County lies to the west of 22A...but 22A ends in Vergennes, so the location is east of 22A, north of Shoreham, and NOT north of Vergennes.
Clue #8
A frosty coke, a tall dark Guiness (sic)
Or milk from a Holstein cow
Any and all can quench your thirst
But only one can help you now
This is where it starts to get a little fuzzy. Guinness Beer was started at the Jame's Gate Brewery. The road that the Monument Farms Dairy is on is James Road. I feel like I am zeroing in already!
1 comments:
I'm sure the guy doesn't plant the grand much before he wants it found. For three years running, I have haunted the sites where it was to be found for weeks, searching carefully, but I didn't find the thing.
According to the subsequent story in the Eagle, it was just where I had looked, too.
Last year was a cake taker. By the time the pin-in-a-map clue was given, the bridge was off limits due to construction. I like bucks, but I didn't want the law on my back for trespassing. Or worse, having to explain how I injured myself on a construction site, on state property, that was clearly marked in day-glow tape, various barriers, and "keep out" and "no trespassing" signs.
"Hey dumb-ass, can't you read?" they say. "Um, um, um," I cleverly retort. I can see it now.
I don't know if he wants to optimize his advertising gimmick or if he wants some particular one to win. Maybe there is no grand, who knows.
This year I'm not spending much time on it.
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