The verse says southeast direction. That means you turn left at the waterfall and then I don't know where the rock and soil comes to play. There are steps down then a dirt path towards the soccer field? That might explain the southern foot, football field.
Yeah but the turn Southeast part comes after below the bridge part.
So, let's back up. Any contention of these norms? I'm going to print this stuff out and bring it. (remember I've only been at this a month & 1/2. Most of that has been spent concentrating on the 13th casque.)
three stories of Mitchell -- Mitchell building
beating of the world -- Kenwood Blvd. (although I personally contend that it could be Locust St and BP interpreted a locust's sounds as fast "beating" of their wings like crickets do and locusts are all over the world. The Kenwood thing seems too weird to me. Locusts have a separate organ for making their sound as they flex) The other avenues work with both Locust or Kenwood.
At a distance in time (an interval) equal city blocks as you walk? This clue is weird to me and doesn't really fit just like the
space one below
three who lived there -- Downer, Hackett & Shephard avenues?
At a distance in space / woman, with harpsichord (Marietta) -- are we supposed to combine
space & time and come up with these 4 people who lived in the past and their city blocks are the same distance apart? Seems really quite obscure to me.
Silently playing -- this seems like a completely useless line in the verse if it's meant to be combined with the woman playing the harpsichord in a painting from the 1500's (Marietta). I'm going to look for a different woman playing a harpsichord.
Step on nature -- if you use Locust St. instead of Kenwood, you come out at
Oak Leaf Trail. That's more like stepping on nature than just hitting the park by Lincoln.
This is where it gets fun - and the majority of the rest is more suited to heading North to the small footbridge across Ravine Rd.
You think
Cast in copper is throw pennies into the waterfall. I love this but at this point we'd need to bypass the Grand Staircase to get to the waterfall by turning South. But in the Japanese hints "step on nature/cast in copper" means "a leaf" somehow. Again,
Oak Leaf Trail.
Ascend the
92 steps --- is there any contention out there that this is the 92 of the Grand Staircase? I haven't seen any. Maybe there used to also be 92 steps down by the waterfall? Any old pics of that? You said that was rebuilt.
But why would BP then add
After climbing the grand 200 if it also refers to the Grand Staircase? Doesn't make any sense. And I'm not buying the whole thing about 2 x C's from above it looks like CC for 200. That's really obscure and I've looked - it doesn't. This part makes no sense to me unless it's NOT the grand staircase and a ploy for something else.
Pass the compass - there's a Masonic compass on the right side at the top of the staircase. I'm going to look for others to the left as well. Toward the waterfall. But if the interpretation is that the compass is the North Point Lighthouse then we need to go left or already had been left at the waterfall. But again, that doesn't really work with the 92 steps. Such a strong clue - could it be a ploy?
foot of the culvert -- culvert has never meant "ravine" or "gully" to me. I've tried to find a play on words with this. There must have been a metal culvert back then. Thoughts?
Below the bridge
Walk 100 paces
Southeast over rock soil
To the first young birch -- All set ups for the final location....etc. These are pretty clear and would apply to either of the 3 bridges
Pass three, staying West -- if it's the footbridge then don't go across the Lincoln St connection under the bridge. If it's one of two Lions bridges ... dunno? three.... birches? Lions?
Letter from the country of wonderstone's hearth. -- has been pretty narrowed down to be Germany from the references in the book. Perhaps "G" or "D" for Deutschland. I'll check the writing on that one tree down by the waterfall.
On a proud, tall fifth -- Lions works much better here, of course. So the
three are lions? That would make the 5th one of the first two lions on the second bridge as you walk south.
At its southern foot -- your theory on left foot for southpaw. Cool
Anything else?