thrill of the chase treasure huntDear Forrest,

You often say imagination is more important than knowlege. Using your imagination, what do you think your hidden ‘Treasure Chest’ would be saying, if it could talk?  Do you think it likes where it is at?  Is it enjoying the weather?  Does it feel lonely?  Is it anxious to be found? or just what might it be thinking?

 ~thanks, Jenny

 

Jenny,

Thanks for misspelling knowledge for me. I am sure the treasure chest relishes her guardianship of the rich objects that are concealed in her care, and over which she stands sentinel. They are still in hibernation, but will soon waken as the spring warmth gestures for the Long Tailed Ermine to start turning back into weasels, and the bears start peeking out. I think the gold will again become alert to the tromp and vibrations of hiking boots. Are they hopefully anticipating? I don’t know. f

 

Best of Luck with all that you seek!  And always Treasure the Adventure!

 

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  4. Thank you Forrest and Jenny! I’ve enjoyed all the winter reading including this post! Hopeful anticipation. I imagine anyone planning a trip this season feels hopeful anticipation. I know I do. I am reminded of memories of my childhood eagerly awaiting for school to end and summers’ adventures to begin! If I am so blessed perhaps my hiking boots will take to the right spot on my next trek. No matter what happens I can be certain this season they will take me to a place where my senses will be filled with amazing sights sounds and smells and where I may enjoy a moment of peaceful solitude basking in the surrounding beauty while forgetting for a moment all the distractions of our modern world. Thank you Forrest for the adventure of a lifetime! Blessings to all and stay safe!

    Point Foot

  6. Such an interest set of questions to contemplate. Thank you SOOO much Forrest and Jenny. You always find a way to get us thinking. Spring is
    almost here, and many things will soon be coming out from their burrows after a “Long Winter’s Nap”. Thanks again Forrest and Jenny – JDA

    JDA

      1. Hello, Jeremy.

        With the…redhead…brunette…blond? 🙂 I give up.

        LOL! You gotta be careful. Some women are downright dangerous. Word on the street is that some of them are…*leaning closer and whispering*…bombshells. Shhh…

        Lucky me. I’m happily married. It took a while…but I finally found her.

        My serious answer to your question is “candlestick”…since I don’t recall one of those really long, heavy, seven-C-cell Maglites in the game of Clue. If they did then that would be a great weapon of choice. I’d grab that one all day long…

        …if I don’t grab the Brunette first…

        …my Wife I mean. 🙂

        Thanks for the question and answer, Jenny and Forrest. I’m anxiously anticipating the next round.

        I don’t want to be a weasel…but will that happen faster if we all badger you? 🙂

        JC1117

            1. True that, Strawshadow.

              I reckon it should come as no surprise that the honey barber’s conservation status is…wait for it…”Least Concern”.

              I guess that’s just their “nature”…no pun intended.

              They sound as mean as that killer bunny on Monty Python’s Holy Grail. LOL!

              The Chuck Norris of the animal kingdom.

              I would give him/her my pimento cheese sandwich just for looking at it…and not asking…and throw in a free back rub.

              JC1117

  11. .
    Thanks, you two! This one’s great fun, and there’s that darn sentinel again. What’s it take to slip past a silent sentinel ? ( for those doing “Breakfast Tea..”, check out the “nels” in there ). Just the write effort.

    astree

          1. Oh yeah its all better, had “welder’s burn”. No biggie. Back is sore as hell, and I took vacation Thursday from work to help get over it. Had to go to the store earlier and looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame trying to get from the front door to the car 😛 I’m sure tomorrow morning is going to hurt a lot 🙁

            Iron Will

    2. IW: if you don’t already have one, buy yourself an inversion table. They really work wonders and will save you a bundle on chiropractor visits! I had lower back issues for over a decade (degenerative disc disease), but since getting the table I’ve been pain-free for over a year.

      Zaphod73491

  18. Here is the update that I have been hoping to see.

    Forrest may not feel like there is a comfortable way to update his, “within 500 feet,” and, “within 200 feet,” comments (that are rather dated) but he his a very, very creative and deep thinking man.

    “I think the gold -will again- become alert to the tromp and -vibrations- of hiking boots.” says it all.

    Thank you Forrest!
    Thank you Jenny for hosting this update (and -possibly- writing the question)!

    Can’t wait to go trout fishing. Do they bite when the water is warm?

    LMN

  20. I have a dumb question for anyone that will answer.

    “Long Tailed Ermine” congers visions of beauty and “weasel”, quite the opposite. Same animal so why are they not named ” Winter Long Tailed Weasel” and ” Summer Long Tailed Weasel”.

    I know, crazy question.

    BW

  21. Where do weasels live in the US?
    Three species of weasels live in North America. The most abundant and widespread is the long-tailed weasel. Some that occur in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico have a dark “mask” and are often called bridled weasels.

    Fennatical

  23. He said he thinks the gold will be vibrated, but he knows it will. Also by saying ARE THEY, meaning he’s been alerted that they know something that’s going to put them closer then two hundred feet to the chest. He also said the word hopefully, meaning they did the work but has not retrieve the chest yet but needs to act before someone else does. Also I believe there’s a part of Forrest that really want someone to find the chest before he passes because of that feeling we get when we speak the truth about something but it’s something that others find it hard to believe and you can’t prove yourself, it just eats at you, know what I mean.

    thomas

  26. Ermine as possibly another reference to “serge” or twill…ermine as used in heraldry displays a similar pattern. Heraldry, yet another horizontal reference to corona/coronation/crown. Indeed, the bears and perhaps Indulgence will soon be peeking out of their SUBterrnean dens. Sure have been a lot of SUB prefixes used lately by our favorite story teller. And lastly, an uncommon capitalization sequence. A big reminder to us all that Mr Fenn capitalizes the way he see fit. I needed that reminder.

    Sandy

  30. Thanks a lot Jenny and f. My mother used to always correct me when I used pronouns instead of proper names. She would snap, “Who is her?” I was a distracted kid and didn’t remember her name, of course, which is why I used the pronoun.

    Muset

  36. Wow, somebody must be really close. I sure hope it’s not mdavis!!! (although I miss that guy). It’s been an amazing adventure anyway.

    Congrats to whoever! (but please let us know when this is actually over)

    Milan

    Milan

  39. Thank you Forrest and Jenny.

    I do have a question about the above information you have given us. You said “Long Tailed Ermine “and capitalized each word.
    I did some research and the Ermine is considered to be a stout and not long tailed? I’m confused? There doesn’t seem to be a Long Tailed Ermine and tailed should not be capitalized. Am I correct with my research or is Wikipedia incorrect?

    DPT

  40. Thanks Jenny & FF. Always interesting.

    Didn’t Forrest tell a story about Ralph Lauren wanting to purchase a beautiful Native American head dress with long ermine tails. Could it be one that hangs on ffs den wall above the bear hide from JH Sharpes collection? Weasels/Ermine borrow sod dens from other animals like chipmunks and den under tree stumps and rock piles

    Ermine black-tipped tails once were traditional trimmings on the robes of kings and Catholic clergy. I found this documented story of Sacajawea touching.

    The captains saw their first white weasel “(Taile excepted which was black at the end)” at Fort Mandan on November 9, 1804. Its pelt may have been among those in “Package No. 11” that they shipped back East the following April.2 On August 14, 1805, during aid negotiations with the Shoshones, Lewis promised Cameahwait that his people would soon be able to satisfy their needs from American traders “in exchange for the skins of the beaver Otter and Ermin so abundant in their country.”

    *At Fort Clatsop on Christmas Day, 1805, Sacagawea gave Clark “2 Doz wesels tales,” though there is no hint of when, where or how she got them. En route home on April 17, 1806, near present The Dalles, Oregon, her husband Charbonneau bargained for a horse with “Hurmen [Clark undoubtedly meant “ermine”], Elks Teeth, a belt and Some other articles of no great value.”]

    Lia

    1. A spinner’s weasel consists of a wheel which is revolved by the spinner in order to measure off thread or yarn after it has been produced on the spinning wheel. The weasel is usually built so that the circumference is six feet, so that 40 revolutions produces 80 yards of yarn, which is a skein. It has wooden gears inside and a cam, designed to cause a popping sound after the 40th revolution, telling the spinner that she has completed the skein.
      -wiki

      All around the cobblers bench…..

      Jonsey1

          1. clue (n.) Look up clue at Dictionary.com
            1590s, spelling variant of clew “a ball of thread or yarn,” in this sense with reference to the one Theseus used as a guide out of the Labyrinth. The purely figurative sense of “that which points the way” is from 1620s. As something which a bewildered person does not have, by 1948
            -etymonline

            Jonsey1

  46. Good information page on weasels:

    http://wildlifeofct.com/short-tailed%20weasel%20and%20long-tailed%20weasel.html

    ………..
    The Short-tailed Weasel or Ermine has brown fur on the top and white fur on their belly. There is a black tip on the end of the 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inch tail. Their feet are white. In the winter Ermines gradually molt, replacing their brown fur with white except for the black-tip of the tail. In our region weasels molt to white between October and December and back to brown between March and May. The molts are controlled by hormones which respond to the length of the period of daylight. Short-tailed weasels weigh 2 to 6 1/2 oz with bodies 7 1/2 to 13 1/2 inches long.

    DelaYah

  49. The trove has been in hibernation for seven years, it’s about to be awaken once again, the only tromps and vibrations that the trove has felt were that of Mr Fenn’s the day he put it in there. ” Yes the gold will again become alert to the tromps and vibrations of hiking boots .” No one has been closer than 200′, but soon will be, and Mr Fenn knows this.

    thomas

  50. Here is my take on f’s post. When approaching the treasure beware of bears and weasels. Weasels stink worse than skunks when threatened. Someone (with hiking boots) has already stood over the chest. They will return in the spring to retrieve the treasure. I wonder if f is saying the chest is encased in a Sentinel vault to protect it from the elements. Or is he saying the park rangers come by at mid morning and mid afternoon? The mention of misspelling ties this post to the previous post. Actually the last three posts are related. Catsup goes with relish. There must be a diner close by the treasure site … I’m guessing. You can probably get a soda or beer there too. The Cheshire Cat seems to be in the neighborhood too.

    Iceman

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