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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

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Clue #1 You've joined the hunt for the regal runt 
To prove searching does pay 
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole 
And the golf course is out of play 

Last year Jake took home the cake 
With a clue a bit off level 
This year we'll rinse off all our prints 
Lest this hunt go to the devil 

Clue #2 The point of all this is so that you won't miss 
Your big chance to grab all the cash 
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise 
You'll have to do something quite rash 

Clue #3 We've scanned the county to hide our bounty 
And keep you on your toes 
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible 
Although it might just stick to your nose. 

Clue #4 How fun is the snow how far will we go 
You really ought to go see 
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin' 
Get into the game-it's all free 

Clue #5 There once was a clue that drove you-know-who 
To threaten a heinous act 
We'd use it again but we're afraid of his pen 
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact 

Clue #6 All ye who look should honor the book 
As one who stood for hope 
Much was built in the name of the kilt 
Look sharp now and never mope 

Clue #7 If you should go look high then low 
One could see it from a bower 
If it's your bent you might seek a tent 
To protect in case of shower 

Take note of the wood and do what you should 
To extract the prize for yourself 
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem 
Leave nothing behind on the shelf 

Clue #8 Look at the buck to acquire good luck 
In finding the grail this year 
Link a jar,a line, a star lawyer divine 
While crying in your beer 

He won, then lost and the nation was tossed 
Into strife that was far from civil 
The point I'm making is yours for the taking 
Believe me - not the message board drivel 

Clue #9 This name brings tears, elation and cheers 
And occasionally even outrages 
It sits on walls and rides the halls 
And fills a dozen pages 

The hills are alive and you'll have arrived 
Refrain from the very injurious 
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save 
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious 

Clue #10 Look for the sight you hope is just right 
You're doubtful and you're torn 
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds 
And part of a rose with a horn 

Through flames and flow this park where you'll go 
Is the site of sacred relics 
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please 
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix 

Clue #11 Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds 
Far from the graves take your entourage 
Twixt Burns and Thorn, an icy pathway is born 
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage 

Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path 
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter 
The path not official contains footprints beneficial 
Some 300 trudges in - quest for a quitter 

This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow 
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum 
From here you must search for a hillside path perch 
Wherein lies the center of fun

 

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OT

I like that!
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:35 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Arcade Street is at Phalen

Gateway Trail = How far can we go?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:39 PM Permalink
Terry

County Road C runs into Lake Gervais - further north than Spoon Lake.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:42 PM Permalink
Terry

Would they really do Central again?!?

Maybe see is just that. The word - not a county road.

Or the opposite of blind=see. Not Helen Keller.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:44 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

doesn't spooner park in little canada - have a wishing well? I think they used to at one point when I was a kid.

and little canada days is free - no admission. It's up northern ramsey county ...

cant make anything else fit off the top of my head tho.

st johns church you can hear the bells from the park.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:47 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

I've got a busy day at work tomorrow - I'll probably post again tomorrow afternoon when I'm going to Matty B's - see ya on the flip sideQ
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:48 PM Permalink
Terry

Vino - Its nice you are noodling and helping with these clues.

I'm heading back to the sheets. Maybe sleeping on it will clear things up and I'll see my way clearly to a park - Battle Creek?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:49 PM Permalink
Terry

Goodnight and SCDs to coolerheads everywhere. We will prevail!
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:50 PM Permalink
Randahl

yes night night for me as well - i have a date with a "clown nose" !!
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:50 PM Permalink
OT

Good night you two.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:53 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Darn, it looks like someone else posted about Arcade before I got a chance. I figured that out once I got home. I like Johnson space center. Something to do with astronauts was my first thought on that one but couldn't think of anything that worked.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:53 PM Permalink
excavating stud

mission and wishin = hope church? Any of these around?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:55 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Sorry AW - I'll give you the next one :smile:
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:56 PM Permalink
mucluck

good night all :grin:
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:59 PM Permalink
leelabell

Re: free game - the first thing that came to mind was a free game in pinball, bringing us back to Arcade.

But more importantly, something is going on with the wording in this clue. Two lines starting with Get? I guess some anagramming is in order.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

CM - prince of peace church on the corner of victoria and Cty Rd C?

I believe the street behind it was overlook drive...
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Are you telling me that I need to go to church? I didn't think you could see inside my mind from that far away.

Feeling guilty now.

Night Vino - Night all

SCD's & MCL to everyone out there.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:06 PM Permalink
leelabell

What is the furthest geographic park away from St. Paul proper?

Long Lake? Bald Eagle/Otter?

What if the distance referenced in the first line means how far in the county the puck is placed? Or, how far will we have to walk from our parking place. Or, something like that.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:07 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

bocci ball is free

weren't there bocci courts at roseville last year (or were they horse shoes)

hey - horseshoes are free

playground rides are free

the makeshift ice rinks in the parking lots are free.

the softball/football/soccer fields are free

frisbee golf at acorn - free
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:09 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

There is indeed something suspicious about the phrasing of this clue, especially the two gets. Is there someone named Getz that is a clue?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:13 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

well CM - normally we would have a full moon too (and let me say there is nothing quite like the full moon on the pacific ocean - when it's not fogged in)

but!! we are in 10 days of rain - so it's cloudy here - and colder than frozen dog crap - so no moon for me, but the clouds are an errie color of light grey.

and we still have snow on all our mountain tops - which is a total trip to look at during the day from my office - maybe tomorrow i'll remember the camera.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:14 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Well I'm ready for bed. Will have to ponder it more in the morning.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:21 PM Permalink
brasscat

A play on words Otter = ought to... :barf:
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:35 PM Permalink
brasscat

I grew up on the North end of Bald Eagle Lake, I always wondered if they would go that far? What do you all think?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:39 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Well, at least I was right in my theory that it wouldn't be found right away. That has made me feel better as I'm out of town with work until tomorrow night. I'll be able to look then and all day on Thursday but where oh where to begin? Keller sounds great but so do a few other parks... To those who have been out, which park has seen the most activity? My hunch is that it's going to be an obscure park that is most definitely not in St. Paul proper.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:39 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

MN doesn't really have the number of missions that I think of (spanish adobe with churches attached) that CA has.

i'm trying to come up with more 'free' things for kids to do that are games.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:45 PM Permalink
brasscat

Get into the game is th Wii slogan

What are there top selling games?
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:47 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

think they don't want us using our treasure hunters guides.. that's what I think.

or it's como :cool:
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:48 PM Permalink
brasscat

I was certain it was phalen

This clue is Killing me and making me sick :barf:

I hate to admit it but I like the ought to = Otter :barf:
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:49 PM Permalink
brasscat

Tamarack nature Center

is HUGE

Lots of Cross Country sking lots of posts to guide you
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:50 PM Permalink
brasscat

I gotta go to bed

I'm dizzy with being tired. I could do searches all nite with all my new thoughts.

Why oh why did BM have to come up with level last year!

I feel as if the clue writer is taunting us cooler crew because

just because he can.
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 11:53 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

i'm tired too - but this thing has been haunting me all day long - the toes and the nose in the same clue - it's been niggling in the back of my head.

When I got home, I looked at my mirror (i have it covered in stickeres) and I have one that's called

Toes on the Nose - its from a surf wear company - the saying comes from nose riding of surf boards. not that I think ya'll have a lot of surf boards there or anything...

but it is a free sport- ha.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:02 AM Permalink
brasscat

R U in the city or posting from somewhere warm outside?
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:12 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Exactly. The cluewriter is saying "Bad medallion hunters, I'm going to punish you by making your treasure hunters guide books and knowledge of st. paul parks useless".
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:12 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

I'm posting from not-warm-at-all & certainly not sunny - california. We have snow. well, *I* don't have snow, I live in the valley, but the hills around me have snow. 10 minutes from work *ding* snow. it's un-orthodox (which is also different than a mission) <- that's the wine talking.

I call it noodle rose`
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:16 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

it also affords them the chance to put it in a smaller park - with less exact clues. They can give us lots of streets (or heck even a stupid french school 3 blocks away) and leave the exact markers - save for perhaps - a tree (wow, only three of those in Ramsey County) sooner.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:18 AM Permalink
brasscat

I believe U R right

I truly believe you have to ask to every clue..What..Where...When ..How .. Why

So I ask that about toes and nose and I believe he is saying

It may be absurd but the puck is invisible (clear) road

or a new puck that's clear

, but it may stick to your nose.

The only question that fits that is Why

Why would it stick to your nose and what sticks to your nose?

Breath right strips stick to your nose or when you chew gum in school my teachers made me stick it on my nose...

So a box of strips or bubble gum circular container would hol the puck
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:18 AM Permalink
LiLMan

I believe that "how far will we go" is in referance to how far will did they go to put it in keller you really only have one entrance to the park and that is through Phalen(on the northend)you could walk for ever in there also the walking path makes a "C" lots of woods picnic areas and golf course well off to bed. now that I put my 2cents in

stick to your nose = frost bite =Frost ave

Game= arcade

don't dig a hole or knock down a pole = electrice lines,gas pipes, sewer pipes (call before you dig Gopher slogan)

see you all in the morning
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:22 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

I'd actually welcome a hunt that ends up outside of the st. paul area (regardless of the fact they did one last year at the last minute). But it would be nice to actually give me some extra direction to go on. Things get more obscure when you get out of the city.

On a whim, we did check out a challenger monument in New Brighton. It's not there, but I was thinking that would have been a cool spot just for the fact it's kind of an unknown to most people.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:23 AM Permalink
brasscat

What bugs me about how fun is snow is

clue writer is not saying anything about summer fun things to do...

Sometimes you have to hear what he isn't saying

What he is saying is fun things in the snow

Thats only a handful of things

Other than the warning about Golf courses

Which is inserted in the clues every year

I remember some bazaar things being done when there were not warnings
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:24 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

Bioré Deep Cleansing Pore Strips - stick to your nose, and come in a box.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:24 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

you can go really far in the snow... on ski's.

and the trails are free.

can't go quite as far - but sledding hills.. also free
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:26 AM Permalink
brasscat

On clue one I was over at Hansen Park just scoping it... I learned a lot about new Brighton.

The first newspaper came from there,

It use to be a Mpls burb, but in the 70's it became a St. Paul burb

The first stoke yards were there, and then South St. Paul aced them out.

And a movie Sugar and Spice was made in one of the old bldgs off old Highway 8
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:28 AM Permalink
brasscat

I was digging in Phalen 2 day I really think it's there but this last clue threw me for a loop.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:32 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

Apparently there is a children's story, i guess from italy - where a man is angry at his wife and he says - I wish the sausage would stick to your nose (and it magically does) the story is called the 3 wishes.

I'm sure Randall will have some comment for me about sausages sticking to noses... and I'll be prepared tomorrow by only drinking non-sticky, clear liquids at my computer.
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:33 AM Permalink
brasscat

I'm kinda with ya, I believe it's Phalen/ Keller but on the Phalen side
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:33 AM Permalink
brasscat

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL so much so my tummy hurts
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:34 AM Permalink
brasscat

Somewhere back in my memory it sounds familiar
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:35 AM Permalink
brasscat

Now I am going to hit the sheets.. morning comes fast when you don't grt ample sleep

Thanks for the good laugh
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 12:37 AM Permalink