you pose a good question. Highland does have a softball field, but that is not the clue in #5. Clues 4 & 5 have not been deciphered yet, it's time for the Coooler Clowns to start brainstorming oustide the box on these two clues....
add this to that train...."newell" ..."well"...drill/well connection to the drill tower/firefighter tower near midway. Assuming it can be seen from newell.
Which direction does one look to see 'phalen' or 'downtown' from newell? Northeast or southeast? Trying to make the boreaus connection to newell. I was thinking boreous being coronated at roy wilkins (downtown) or x-country contest bearing his name at phalin (northeast of newell)??? Need some help on this one. Does looking at one of these locales from newell keep towers in sight, especially midway ones? May need to drive out there one of these days!
Boreas is the dictionary says the north wind. According to Winter Carnival legend Boreas was the King of the Winds and he had his four younger brothers be in charge of each direction of the winds. Titan-north wind Euros-east wind Zephyrus-west wind Notos-south wind The castle of the King is Landmark Center.
There are more towers than you can shake a stick at! The ones I saw at 2:00 a.m. could not be seen in the bright light of day. But I did see other towers, same direction, in daylight that I can't remember if I saw at 2:00 a.m!!! Which leads me to believe that I didn't, or else took them for granted... Guess I'll have to go bock tonite...
Can I tell you??? You will NEVER believe this!
I'm skulking around... Noodling, walking all over, wracking my brain, lining up points. Nuttin's clicking like it did at 2:00 a.m. Sos, I decided to call it quits as I needed a bio-break and I've only had 1.5 hours sleep since 11:30 last nite.
I'm heading bock to the car, see? And I look in front o'me... And what did I see???
PURPLE!!! YES!!!
I, green, won The Medallion Hunt Boobie Prize! Yup! I found a genuine, real, honest-to-gods PURPLE VIKING EAR WARMER!!!
Man. Talk about acing the clues w/o acing them! :>
my gut is telling me that it is definately not at a large park...I think it is going to be at another small park that no one is thinking of or possibly Newell or Linwood....Are there any other small parks that haven't been mentioned?
another gut feeling i have is that it isn't newell or linwood but because of all the hype PP is trying to make us think that it fits those parks when really it is at a totally different park what do you think?
ok guys and gals, I did some thinking while I fed my kids lunch. Princess- I made that same connection with the Well in #4, now add to that the NEW obsession in clue #1 NEW WELL = Newell. Also I still like my theory of the railroad tracks extract = X-track (railroad) Also, does anyone remember being out there last year and seeing the peaks on the bathrooms? Maybe those are our towers or two??? Whacha guys think???????????????
Sheesh! There is no other prizes given out then the ones PP has indicated.
Haven't you guys ever heard of "winning a boobie prize"???? Ittiz like a non-prize; similar to when someone gives you a left-handed compliment - ittiz not a compliment, but a slam.
Everybody thought The Med would be hidden in SOMETHING Viking... And I found a Viking's ear warmer!
Pleasant runs right below Linwood which is where the compost is (foul) but didn't see any grills and one large building no outdoor pavillions that I saw
could be MF. What happened to mears downtown? I like newell from all the talk but.... until I see it with my own eyes, I'm just going on brainstorming, maps, the web, etc.
duh...ok...nice going on the booby prize. We virgin hunters will likely never fully know what is real in all this and what's not! :) Alas, still fun being a part of this sub-society culture! :)
opposites attract=st paul, maplewood if your mood's cloudy or foul=there is a marsh in the northern part of the park foul=baseball fields extract could mean its hidden at the base of a tree bacause an extraction in math is to find the root of a number
think it's safe to say that anyone actually finding the Medallion is not going to be on here telling us about it. We had plenty of those false alarms last year and all the while the Niedorf dude was cashing in...
I like that extract may refer to X-track, as has already been mentioned. Any tracks/old tracks converted into running paths near any of these parks? (pace clue in 2)
are there any tennis domes near any park? I was pondering clue #4, and the word "serve" doesn't fit the rhyming scheme very well, so I think it's a clue. And when you want to "serve" away from the rain, you seek out a tennis dome. Any comments?
So what's the deal with the trip giveaway? Also, it might interest you all to know that on the card that the button comes on, the rules are different. There is no mention of turning in clippings for any part of the prize. Just 5K for finding, 5K for having the button. That's it. It does say that they're the Official Hunt Rules. Check it out for yoursel f. I already wrote the PP about it. They are looking into it.
X-track to me means NP. The problem with the baseball fields at Phalen, there are non. The nearest ones are at the Rec center. on Wheelock Pkwy. on the west side. Does anyone have a map that shows if thats part of Phalen Park?
some thoughts for Newell...
clue 1. a new obsession from the vikings=saints & not a golf course
clue 2. ace=tennis courts (as of last night the tennis courts were barely touched)
clue 3. a tower or two=smokestack and 2 way comm radio tower
clue 4. again plenty of grills and shelter
clue 5. cloudy=smoke from smokestack, foul=foul ball
Yahh Baby...YAHHHH!!!
Barfmaster-How does the fifth clue fit into highland?
vikesfan--
you pose a good question. Highland does have a softball field, but that is not the clue in #5. Clues 4 & 5 have not been deciphered yet, it's time for the Coooler Clowns to start brainstorming oustide the box on these two clues....
Yahh, baby....YAHHH!!!!
the pioneer press is doing a good job this year of keeping us puzzled. i thought the clues in years past were pretty easy compared to this.
newell..."well" from clue 4?~
I like you train of thought climbing princess...
add this to that train...."newell" ..."well"...drill/well connection to the drill tower/firefighter tower near midway. Assuming it can be seen from newell.
Which direction does one look to see 'phalen' or 'downtown' from newell? Northeast or southeast? Trying to make the boreaus connection to newell. I was thinking boreous being coronated at roy wilkins (downtown) or x-country contest bearing his name at phalin (northeast of newell)??? Need some help on this one. Does looking at one of these locales from newell keep towers in sight, especially midway ones? May need to drive out there one of these days!
Boreas is the dictionary says the north wind. According to Winter Carnival legend Boreas was the King of the Winds and he had his four younger brothers be in charge of each direction of the winds. Titan-north wind Euros-east wind Zephyrus-west wind Notos-south wind The castle of the King is Landmark Center.
where is landmark center? Call me dumb on this one...UGH...my mind is full of too much! :)
So much for my triangulation.
There are more towers than you can shake a stick at! The ones I saw at 2:00 a.m. could not be seen in the bright light of day. But I did see other towers, same direction, in daylight that I can't remember if I saw at 2:00 a.m!!! Which leads me to believe that I didn't, or else took them for granted... Guess I'll have to go bock tonite...
Can I tell you??? You will NEVER believe this!
I'm skulking around... Noodling, walking all over, wracking my brain, lining up points. Nuttin's clicking like it did at 2:00 a.m. Sos, I decided to call it quits as I needed a bio-break and I've only had 1.5 hours sleep since 11:30 last nite.
I'm heading bock to the car, see? And I look in front o'me... And what did I see???
PURPLE!!! YES!!!
I, green, won The Medallion Hunt Boobie Prize! Yup! I found a genuine, real, honest-to-gods PURPLE VIKING EAR WARMER!!!
Man. Talk about acing the clues w/o acing them! :>
Landmark Center is across the street from Rice Park where they have the ice sculptures in downtown St. Paul.
didn't even know there was a booby prize....wow...congrats!
my gut is telling me that it is definately not at a large park...I think it is going to be at another small park that no one is thinking of or possibly Newell or Linwood....Are there any other small parks that haven't been mentioned?
didn't even know there was a booby prize....wow...congrats!
another gut feeling i have is that it isn't newell or linwood but because of all the hype PP is trying to make us think that it fits those parks when really it is at a totally different park what do you think?
ok guys and gals, I did some thinking while I fed my kids lunch. Princess- I made that same connection with the Well in #4, now add to that the NEW obsession in clue #1 NEW WELL = Newell. Also I still like my theory of the railroad tracks extract = X-track (railroad) Also, does anyone remember being out there last year and seeing the peaks on the bathrooms? Maybe those are our towers or two??? Whacha guys think???????????????
medallion super freak,
the only other smaller park being mention is Marriam park.
what's all this about a booby prize, c'mon there is no so such thing, is there???
Yahh, baby...Yahhh!!!
BB, I mentioned Merriam last night, but I don't remember if it has a picnic area. Do you?
Are there any parks that border on Pleasant Ave.?
Sheesh! There is no other prizes given out then the ones PP has indicated.
Haven't you guys ever heard of "winning a boobie prize"???? Ittiz like a non-prize; similar to when someone gives you a left-handed compliment - ittiz not a compliment, but a slam.
Everybody thought The Med would be hidden in SOMETHING Viking... And I found a Viking's ear warmer!
Green, what do you think about Phalen now?
hey green, how'd your test go?
Well, I found the booby prize, didn't I, Jake? :>
I'm still there... Oh, yeah. Every single clue has been right on the money.
I agree, but are there any baseball fields at Phalen?
Pleasant runs right below Linwood which is where the compost is (foul) but didn't see any grills and one large building no outdoor pavillions that I saw
Diggin', read up a couple. I think I need classes in triangulation, but, again, I found the booby prize! ROFLOLPMP!!!
could be MF. What happened to mears downtown? I like newell from all the talk but.... until I see it with my own eyes, I'm just going on brainstorming, maps, the web, etc.
Green - Would you please go back & read 3817 tell me what you think, no one else will answer me.
I think clue 5 could lead you to the correct park, problem is it is a smaller unknown park that we haven't thought of
Jakey - YOOBETCHA!!!
Thanks duff. In the last clue it says "opposites attract" and then goes on to say something foul. The opposite of foul could be pleasant!!
Phalens the place then.....
duh...ok...nice going on the booby prize. We virgin hunters will likely never fully know what is real in all this and what's not! :) Alas, still fun being a part of this sub-society culture! :)
ok Jake, I thought Phalen too until last nights clue. How do you tie Phalen in with Clue #5?
Jakey... How's class? :)
There's one antynem (sp?) for "cloudy" AND "foul."
is midway lost? I still like that it's a 'park' and on energy 'park' drive.
"places to gain relief" outhouses????
I think I'm back to newell.
opposites attract=st paul, maplewood if your mood's cloudy or foul=there is a marsh in the northern part of the park foul=baseball fields extract could mean its hidden at the base of a tree bacause an extraction in math is to find the root of a number
I think that tonights clue will lead us to the place. Is anyone going to Moms tonight to see if they can win a trip?
think it's safe to say that anyone actually finding the Medallion is not going to be on here telling us about it. We had plenty of those false alarms last year and all the while the Niedorf dude was cashing in...
Hey Green, are you still there?
I like that extract may refer to X-track, as has already been mentioned. Any tracks/old tracks converted into running paths near any of these parks? (pace clue in 2)
are there any tennis domes near any park? I was pondering clue #4, and the word "serve" doesn't fit the rhyming scheme very well, so I think it's a clue. And when you want to "serve" away from the rain, you seek out a tennis dome. Any comments?
At Battle Creek they have some cross country ski trails??? Mabey???
If that is what extract meant, that would bring me back to Mounds....
So what's the deal with the trip giveaway? Also, it might interest you all to know that on the card that the button comes on, the rules are different. There is no mention of turning in clippings for any part of the prize. Just 5K for finding, 5K for having the button. That's it. It does say that they're the Official Hunt Rules. Check it out for yoursel f. I already wrote the PP about it. They are looking into it.
on the web, the rules state clippings...wonder if a printout of the clue from their website counts.
X-track to me means NP. The problem with the baseball fields at Phalen, there are non. The nearest ones are at the Rec center. on Wheelock Pkwy. on the west side. Does anyone have a map that shows if thats part of Phalen Park?