thrill of the chaseThe complete list of Weekly Words can be found here:

Weekly Words from Forrest Fenn

Weekly Words for Feb. 26th, 2016 are as follows:

*Sage says don’t try to carry it home in one trip

 

Best of luck with The Thrill of the Chase and whatever else you may seek!

 

Other links of interest:

Six Questions with Forrest Fenn: Five years of The Thrill of the Chase

Forrest Fenn Favorite Quotes

Rennes le Chateau Research Books and Links

The Chimney of Buford’s Tavern and Location of the Beale Treasure

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    3. Jenny, your reference to Yoda also reminded me of the Pig Pen text of the Maranatha, and what looks like a grouping of references to Star Wars in the pp. 22, 24.

      Here’s JEDIS KT on the left SIDE, and others (the last has a curious grouping of letters that looks like FORREST SANTA FE).

      http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g396/astree0/Maranatha/Maranatha%20Pig%20Pen/M_PigPen_22_StarWars_27Feb16_zpsinfabogt.jpg

      http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g396/astree0/Maranatha/Maranatha%20Pig%20Pen/M_PigPen_24_StarWars_27Feb16_zps7qlsngpp.jpg

      http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g396/astree0/Maranatha/Maranatha%20Pig%20Pen/M_PigPen_24_StarWars_Forrest_27Feb16_zpsdw3hizgd.jpg

      astree

        1. Thanks, Jenny.

          Here’s one for you, since you are using the * in front of the Weekly Words:

          We are familiar with the significance of 42 (and 24) to the chest (and rainbow’s angle) and poem. If you hold the ALT key on the computer keyboard while typing “42”, you get this * . (If you don’t have a 10-key number pad, you need to hold down the usually blue Fn+ALT+(corresponding letter, U=4, K=2). And 24 (KU) gives ↑. .

          Just thought that was a neat synchronization into the Weekly Words.

          astree

          astree

    1. Thanks 23kachinas…I enjoyed checking out “The Philosopher in Meditation”. When I was quite young I watched a scary movie called ‘The Spiral Staircase’ (1946)…I have been intrigued ever since. I’ve only been to Santa Fe once and made sure to check out the staircase at the Loretto Chapel.

      Loved the ‘trip’ connection to the sage/salvia plant’s hallucinogenic properties. Maybe you will “see” double/twin staircases and do the ‘two-step’. Or, perhaps it does take “two to tango” to carry it home.

      Ellen

      1. Years ago I booked a room at the Loretto when they were the only ones in Santa Fe with TTOTC books. When I got there they didn’t have any more TTOTC books so they let me cancel my hotel reservation ($400 a night is too expensive anyways) but I got to keep my Loretto chapel tour pass so yes I did see the spiral staircase.

        I have a story about that “two to tango.” Maybe I have a book to write before I turn 80 🙂

        I’d call it Little Bird talks to Wise Woman. By then I should be wise.

        23kachinas

    2. Hello 23Kachinas and Ellen…et al. I enjoyed seeing “The Philosopher in Meditation”. I hadn’t seen that before. What an incredible play with light and dark and mystery all contained within a single frame. Or is it really contained at all? …since it is experienced by each person differently.

      Where is Love bred? In the heart or in the head? (@:44)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3M6j1XAk4

      Perhaps The Sage is telling us to bring a wheelbarrow. Perhaps the chest is hidden under a large chunk of petrified, opalized wood…i.e. “in the wood”…and Forrest knows that the finder will definitely want to take that as well. Whatever it is…it must be something really heavy…heavier than a 42 pound box of treasure.

      And nice choice on the Yoda picture, Jenny. I like Yoda, too. 🙂

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMpDHEVaI1k

      “Well I’m not the kind that would argue with Fenn
      So it looks like I’m gonna start all over again” 🙂

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/yoda.html

      Thanks for the sage advice, Forrest and Jenny and Yoda. I certainly wouldn’t even THINK of carrying it home in one trip after reading this.

      JC1117

  4. One thought that came to my mind with this too….is Forrest does use ‘it’ for the treasure chest….and so in the poem…it might just be that in the line ‘take it in the canyon down’…..of course at other times, it is something else.

    Jenny Kile

    1. I think in the poem, “it” is your quest, journey, or chase rather than the chest itself. “Begin [your journey] where warm waters halt…” “take [your quest] in the canyon down”. So if this snippet refers to that “it”, the message might be something along the lines of don’t try to cram all the fun of the Chase (the memories you take home) into one trip.

      I don’t know what it means, if anything, but that’s a nice takeaway.

      Jeremy P.

        1. Right, that too. “Sage says don’t try to carry it home in one trip” can easily be said as “Wise man says don’t try to complete it in one trip”… if “it” is the “it” from the poem, and the “it” from the poem is the quest, both messages are synonymous.

          Jeremy P.

          1. For some 40 plus pounds of dead weight might be too strenuous to tackle in one trip. If we take it literally, but FF words are always littered with more than one interpretation. It could be both. Which would you leave behind, the gold or the chest?If you take the gold then go back for the chest and someone breaks into your vehicle I can not imagine the disappointment or maybe that is a poor choice in words.
            jl

            JL

              1. Jeremy,
                Right, you would be except for the fact as I was contemplating all of this the thought would cross my mind that if I could figure it out so could all the others. It would be terrible to sit there for six years…..or however long and, in the end, come down to a foot race.
                jl

                JL

    3. Don’t try to carry IT home in one “TrIp”

      Don’t cry to tarry it home in one trip
      .
      Lots of interesting structure in the sentence. If you start with the last letters in “says” and skip to every eighth letter, you get

      STRIP ( TRIPS ) – this is in addition to the word TRIP already in the sentence
      .

      astree

  8. All,

    Here is a silly answer to this. If in fact the TC is located in a NP and as Forrest has said “to take it to the park Superintendent”. Why not take just the empty chest to the Super, and the contents home. That would be wise in my opinion.

    Seannm.

    Seannm

    1. Hello Seannm. Interesting thought. Unfortunately, the treasure chest is well known to the National Park System. Could one just take the contents? It’s possible, but why turn in an empty treasure chest to the Superintendent? I think I would see warning flags if someone did that.

      pdenver

    1. Great find, WiseOne. One of my favorite Scrapbooks. I think he put a whole lot into that.

      http://dalneitzel.com/2013/11/15/scrapbook-forty-nine/

      “Another jar. Why would anyone want two full jars of cloves?”, and a picture of him holding a jar of cloves. Yet later, a picture of the 3 jars. I;m going to take a look around the picture of the draw er.

      By the way, “sage” has a numerical value of 32. And begins with AS.

      Yesterday, my daughter said, “Dad, someone said you look like an owl” “Who?” “Yeah, and you sound like one too”

      astree

    2. http://dalneitzel.com/2013/11/15/scrapbook-forty-nine/

      More on the drawer.

      The very first spice (upper left) says TRY. The spice #3 is actually a double of two shorts, so 33 again.

      CLOVES were hinted at. The first jar of cloves is row 2, jar 4.

      TRY ….(been there, done that… feet were swollen for a week) 🙁

      I guess the sage jars could be said to both be in position 6 (F=6, ff), if you include the two double shorts in the first row. But using the columns, it give FE. ( you can also see the F=6 on the binder holes on the front of “Too Far to Walk”, if I recall correctly).

      Here’s goes my Saturday … lol, I’m going to have to pull away from this in a bit.
      .

      astree

      1. Astree, I agree. There’s a WHOLE lot going on in this spice drawer! Good catch on the 1st bottle saying try. I see try ing. It also appears the jar of whole cloves has gone missing. I don’t see it in the drawer. Maybe it’s on the bottom layer hidden.
        I wish I could make out the small print on some of the jars. It’s a blur. Where’s my magnifying glass? Oh, and don’t forget about the “scratch” made on the wood table. This has to mean something 😉 This will take up most of my day as well! Thanks for your replies.

        WiseOne

  26. REPOST FROM CHASE CHAT

    snowman745 Wrote:
    Hello, how many of you have read Ritt Jordan’s book and his hunt in CO? He tends to hint at the end (and in the title) that he has indeed found the treasure and that Forest Fenn has no way to verify it’s taken.

    What is everyone’s opinion on this? Ritt won’t tell me himself (he is keeping it a secret).

    Forest told me it’s still out there, but really, how would Forest Fenn know if it’s found or not unless he goes to the site?

    If someone takes it anonymously we would have no idea that we are hunting for nothing (and really taking it anonymously is probably the best way to go to avoid the IRS and the like).

    Thoughts?

    Did Forrest check it?

    Someone recently was asking about bracelet offers, its possible…..blogs are shrouded in secrecy.

    Juan Valdez

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