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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 19, 2020 16:36:03 GMT -5
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Post by canuck on Feb 19, 2020 19:57:00 GMT -5
Is this Sky Glider there year round? It sounds like a temporary summer festival ride like at a carnival. If this ride isn't there year-round then there is zero chance its part of the puzzle. That's without even getting into the age of Sky Glider...
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 19, 2020 20:18:54 GMT -5
Is this Sky Glider there year round? It sounds like a temporary summer festival ride like at a carnival. If this ride isn't there year-round then there is zero chance its part of the puzzle. That's without even getting into the age of Sky Glider... Hi canuck, I'll let you do your research if you are interested. This isn't a ride they tear down and move, it's a part of the park from my understanding. I believe it was there when Priess was there and it is the 92 steps he referred to. Ascend the 92 steps, I believe there are 92 seats on the ride, although I can't say that for certain. anyone who knows please shout out. Some history on the Sky Glider at Henry Maier Festival Park. If you can't load it, It says the Sky Glider was built in the early 70's and it has been there for decades. www.cbs58.com/news/while-the-sky-glider-remains-the-same-the-grounds-below-change-as-improvements-are-made-to-the-summerfest-grounds |
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 19, 2020 20:35:56 GMT -5
Also if you're in favor of the 92 steps being those famed 92 steps, then what is climbing the grand 200 before that? does anyone have that answer?
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 19, 2020 21:17:45 GMT -5
i'll follow up tomorow, but let's start with the first clue. View the 3 stories of Mitchell. The Mitchell building in Milwaulkee has 5 stories, but from Henry Maier Park, if you can get a view of it, you'll only see the top three stories. As you walk the beating of the world, the Summerfest held at Henry Maier Park is known as the largest music festival in the world. Oh, if you wonder why this image doesn't have a clock, it doesn't need one. The symbol of the cicada is the clock, they emerge every June in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that's your clock/month. The flower is a rose, and the jewel is an alexandrite.   Attachments:
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 19, 2020 22:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 20, 2020 13:43:07 GMT -5
Okay, let's move on to the next clue. Again, remember each clue will reveal something that you can see, hear, smell, touch, at the location where Priess described it. At a distance in time, From three who lived there. The two most prominent signs at the park are the Harley Davidson sign and the Miller Lite sign. Frederick Miller founded Miller Brewing company. William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson founded Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company. All were residents of Milwaukee and all at a distance in time. The next clue is out of this world. but I will get to that later.  Attachments:
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 20, 2020 15:42:44 GMT -5
With this clue, you're going to think I'm a total idiot or I'm a genius. Hopefully the latter. At a distance in space, From woman, with harpsichord, Silently playing. I couldn't figure out how something at a distance in space would be relevant unless you could see it. I couldn't find anything close by that could fit the clue until I thought "Space, the final frontier". There's a constellation called Lyra that represents the Lyre, a stringed musical instrument similar to a harp (harpsichord). The brightest star in the constellation is Vega (a star with a woman's name). The constellation is clearly visible in the northeastern sky. One of the definitions of playing is "move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear, flicker" so "silently playing" certainly makes sense.  |
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 8:11:21 GMT -5
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 9:51:29 GMT -5
Step on Nature, Cast in copper. The Summerfest logo is cast in concrete in front of the entrance to Henry Maier Festival Park. The logo is a copper color. You can step on the logo on your way into the park. There are also multiple red brick areas around the park that could be referred to as copper. I think the word cast is a major clue as concrete and or bricks are made from a casting process (made in a mold or form).  Attachments:
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 11:47:31 GMT -5
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Post by catherwood on Feb 21, 2020 15:25:57 GMT -5
" the Lyre, a stringed musical instrument similar to a harp (harpsichord). "
While a lyre is like a smaller hand-held harp, the harpsichord is form of piano, nothing like a lyre.
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 15:35:10 GMT -5
" the Lyre, a stringed musical instrument similar to a harp (harpsichord). " While a lyre is like a smaller hand-held harp, the harpsichord is form of piano, nothing like a lyre. I did mention we may need to use some imagination. Both are stringed instruments, both may contain the word harp in their description. I don't see that it is hard to make the connection. Do you think every clue is totally literal? It seems to me like Priess is a tricky fellow. He like's to use a word that he knows will make you think a certain thing when he means something totally different. At least it seems that way to me. |
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 15:46:19 GMT -5
Pass the compass and reach, The foot of the culvert, Below the bridge. We already know that the compasses are the wheels that drive the Sky Glider. I don't know if you are passing it on the ride or on foot but either way I believe the foot of the culvert is one of two things. It's either the gate which people enter through coming into the park or the fountain inside the gate. A culvert passes under a bridge to allow the flow of water from one side to the other. The foot would be the low side where the water comes out. Water comes out of the fountain but a stream of people come through the gate. Either way I believe the bridge is the arched structure over the gate. it is not a bridge in the since that it has a road or railroad on it but it does have the similar structure to a bridge (again imagination).  Attachments:
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Post by catherwood on Feb 21, 2020 15:49:20 GMT -5
Since you asked, I'll answer and then let it go.
There is a difference between tricky and misleading. IF the clue had been "look for the harp" then I could accept the ambiguity and look for several things (a harp, a lyre, harmonica, a harpoon). BUT, when a clue says "look for a harpsichord" I do believe that rules out the wordplay, because the clue is now more specific.
Have fun.
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