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Since I no longer have to defend my NM solve, I’m free to come up with ideas for Wyoming. Maybe someone could look at this and tell me if I’m on the right track.
My current solve is along the Snake River between the south boundary of YNP and the north boundary of GTNP (the north end of Jackson Lake). If this is correct, then it means the treasure was not in a National Park.
WWWH: Shoshone Geyser Basin in YNP. The Shoshone geyser basin contains one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world. It also has hot springs and mudpots.
Zapster You were the one who convinced me that WWWH was is YNP. I think you said something like even a child would think warm waters meant Yellowstone.
Canyon down: Take the Lewis River from Shoshone Lake to Lewis Lake and then continue down to the confluence with the Snake River.
NFBTFTW: It’s 15.4 miles almost due south from where the Lewis River starts at Shoshone Lake to the south boundary of YNP.
PIBTHOB:
I think hoB is the key to the solve. Forrest said there are many places in the Rocky Mountains where WWWH but there is only one hoB.
In North America Grizzly bears are referred to as “Brown bears”. The primary habitat of Brown bears is from the southern border of Yellowstone north into Montana. Here’s the map: https://geology.com/stories/13/bear-areas/
There’s a much smaller map on the Wikipedia Grizzly bear page. The important part is the dot that covers most of Yellowstone.
I think SB 253 with the picture of the grizzlies was a hint. Here’s a quote from the SB: “Sometimes there were as many as 20 grizzlies scavenging at one time and black bears would not dare come around”. Maybe it’s a hint to distinguish between grizzlies (Brown bears) and Black bears. Brown and Black are not just adjectives used to describe the color of the bears; in fact many Black bears are actually brown in color. Brown or Black is the name of the particular species and, in my opinion, should be capitalized.
If hoB is the home of grizzlies, then below the hoB would mean south of Yellowstone.
As far as the “Put in” part, I’m still working on that. There appears to be a boat put-in just below the south entrance of Yellowstone and another one downriver at Flagg Ranch.
It’s interesting to note that just downriver from Flagg Ranch are three creeks that come in on river left with the names QuarterCreek, Nickel Creek, and DimeCreek. Remember all the hints about nickels, dimes, and quarters?
I have some other ideas about this, but that’s probably enough for now.
Does anyone want to help out with this? Has anyone been to this area? I know there’s a lot of lodge pole pine.
Maybe all of us NM/CO/MT searchers can work together to try to come up with a Wyoming solve. Many of us have been involved for at least a couple years. During that time we’ve paid attention to almost everything Forrest has said (Although I now wish I hadn’t paid attention to the pinyon nuts comment). Perhaps we can combine our knowledge and come up with something that works.
My current solve is along the Snake River between the south boundary of YNP and the north boundary of GTNP (the north end of Jackson Lake). If this is correct, then it means the treasure was not in a National Park.
WWWH: Shoshone Geyser Basin in YNP. The Shoshone geyser basin contains one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world. It also has hot springs and mudpots.
Zapster You were the one who convinced me that WWWH was is YNP. I think you said something like even a child would think warm waters meant Yellowstone.
Canyon down: Take the Lewis River from Shoshone Lake to Lewis Lake and then continue down to the confluence with the Snake River.
NFBTFTW: It’s 15.4 miles almost due south from where the Lewis River starts at Shoshone Lake to the south boundary of YNP.
PIBTHOB:
I think hoB is the key to the solve. Forrest said there are many places in the Rocky Mountains where WWWH but there is only one hoB.
In North America Grizzly bears are referred to as “Brown bears”. The primary habitat of Brown bears is from the southern border of Yellowstone north into Montana. Here’s the map: https://geology.com/stories/13/bear-areas/
There’s a much smaller map on the Wikipedia Grizzly bear page. The important part is the dot that covers most of Yellowstone.
I think SB 253 with the picture of the grizzlies was a hint. Here’s a quote from the SB: “Sometimes there were as many as 20 grizzlies scavenging at one time and black bears would not dare come around”. Maybe it’s a hint to distinguish between grizzlies (Brown bears) and Black bears. Brown and Black are not just adjectives used to describe the color of the bears; in fact many Black bears are actually brown in color. Brown or Black is the name of the particular species and, in my opinion, should be capitalized.
If hoB is the home of grizzlies, then below the hoB would mean south of Yellowstone.
As far as the “Put in” part, I’m still working on that. There appears to be a boat put-in just below the south entrance of Yellowstone and another one downriver at Flagg Ranch.
It’s interesting to note that just downriver from Flagg Ranch are three creeks that come in on river left with the names QuarterCreek, Nickel Creek, and DimeCreek. Remember all the hints about nickels, dimes, and quarters?
I have some other ideas about this, but that’s probably enough for now.
Does anyone want to help out with this? Has anyone been to this area? I know there’s a lot of lodge pole pine.
Maybe all of us NM/CO/MT searchers can work together to try to come up with a Wyoming solve. Many of us have been involved for at least a couple years. During that time we’ve paid attention to almost everything Forrest has said (Although I now wish I hadn’t paid attention to the pinyon nuts comment). Perhaps we can combine our knowledge and come up with something that works.
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