Rather that starting "from the beginning" I have been focusing on the blaze. If you can find the blaze, you don't have to make the earlier parts of the journey. Forrest knew the places he was referring to in his poem but he himself didn't have to travel all of those paths to get to where he wanted to lead us. He simply went to where he could drive to the blaze (although if there was a closer road, he could have driven to the final resting place of the treasure) as he again knew the way-points that would lead to it. From the blaze he could walk the distance to treasure island even at his age. Forrest is VERY familiar with YNP. He probably is one of the few that knows many of it's secrets as he has explored that area over many years and would know about these places. I believe part of the poem says "draw nigh". Could he instead of talking about an "ending" mean SUNSET. And the Blaze (mark, sign, way-point) be the fiery lake at sunset or SUNSET LAKE? the phrase "if you've been wise and found the BLAZE, look quickly down your quest to cease".. the phrases up north, down south as in the states depends on where you are in relation to them. "look quickly down" (LOOK DOWN SOUTH to END (cease) YOUR QUEST) Don't spend too much time gawking about the beauty of the box and treasure and the awe that you found it (but tarry scant with marvel gaze) take the chest and leave quietly without making a big deal of it (just take the chest and go in peace). If you think of the poem/clues as points on a map, you do not have to go from point A to point B to point C, you can simply go from point A to point C and you are still on the correct path. Because the treasure is so near to the blaze if it is Sunset Lake, then it's not necessary to work backwards to see if you're right, you simply go to the next point which is the actual location and if the treasure is there, you were right, and if not then you were mistaken.
