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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

Submitted by KITCH on

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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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Terry

Makes me think of the arbor near the frog pond.

That would be the ultimate.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:05 PM Permalink
New Daddy

hi schnoodle I think bower refers to a stick fort like my kids and I like to make. again this is suggesting to me in a wooded place. what do you thin?
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:07 PM Permalink
'mom'

  • Thought* about heading down to Matty B's and the paper tonight, but then got involved with "family" stuff, rented a movie, pizza for the girls...and it got late.

    Sure am glad I didn't get all psyched up to go dig -- I wouldn't know which park to go to.

    Highland doesn't seem as far off base as it did a couple clues ago, I was liking Keller/Phalen, not sure if this one works there.
  • Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:08 PM Permalink
    tom

    Why does this remind me of 03
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:08 PM Permalink
    excavating stud

    I'm goona noodle on Highland for a bit.

    Syndicate St could be a gathering of guys. Wise Gal, Syndi (cindy or Kate).

    Circus Tent

    Golf Course

    Beech"wood" St, Juniper St

    High Arch Bridge over Montreal
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:08 PM Permalink
    Terry

    One of the Highland hunts, the medallion was found not far from that bridge going over Montreal.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:10 PM Permalink
    excavating stud

    I would love for it to be at Highland. I live close by and ever since I moved here in 1997, I've been dying for it to be there. That would be great if this were the year.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:12 PM Permalink
    Terry

    We looked for you Mom. We didn't go to the paper though. Too tired to think about it seriously.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:12 PM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Not too happy, going into the weekend with uncertainty of the park!
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:12 PM Permalink
    Schnoodle

    That could be. What do you think "if it's bent" is referring to? I know the circus tent is in Highland..
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:13 PM Permalink
    Terry

    We live near Como and Marydale. Those are the closest hunts for us...but I prefer to wait a few more years before hunting Como again.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:13 PM Permalink
    'mom'

    I hear ya -- these are the only few days I really have the time available to get out during the daylight -- or night for that matter :frown:
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:14 PM Permalink
    'mom'

    What could it be that when bent, you'd want to seek a tent?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:15 PM Permalink
    Terry

    What I think about that bent part of the clue is a tree that looks like it's being windblown - but that way all the time.

    If you saw something like that, you would seek shelter from the coming rain storm.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:15 PM Permalink
    New Daddy

    they will let us know tom. they will want the masses out on sunday.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:15 PM Permalink
    Randahl

    2nd harvest on 61 /36 :wink:
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:15 PM Permalink
    Terry

    On the line of 2nd harvest, if you were to leave all shelves bare - is there a grocery store that has closed anywhere near Keller?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:17 PM Permalink
    Randahl

    I still love phalen/keller
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:18 PM Permalink
    excavating stud

    Are there any public camp grounds in Ramsey county?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:18 PM Permalink
    tom

    Como got nailed back on the night of August 11th going into August 12. Lot and lot of trees got nailed around the lake and in the park.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:18 PM Permalink
    'mom'

    Not real recently, but there used to be a Supervalu I think it was in Phalen shopping center, near where the BCA is now.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:19 PM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I do really like maplewood
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:19 PM Permalink
    Terry

    It was a mess too.

    They have taken advantage of some of the lost trees and have put some walking paths around that one grove of trees near Lexington just before the circle drive at the fountatin.

    You know how trees - often on an open shoreline - grow into a form that looks like they've been blown that way since it was a seedling? That's the idea I had. Different from a weeping willow that are also often found along the shorline.

    Does that make sense?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:22 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Mom - that could be it - or maybe some mom and pop store along Arcade.

    To clear the shelves could be having a closeout sale - maybe not just groceries.

    I hate to think of people trying to clean out every branch (shelf) of an evergreen.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:25 PM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    feel like they have used the same kind of maplewood clue before to tell us maplewood, can anyone comfirm?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:26 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Or a bookshelf? Bookstore?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:26 PM Permalink
    OT

    shelf (shlf)

    n. pl. shelves (shlvz)

    1.

    a. A flat, usually rectangular structure composed of a rigid material, such as wood, glass, or metal, fixed at right angles to a wall or other vertical surface and used to hold or store objects.

    b. The contents or capacity of such a structure.

    c. Something, such as a projecting ledge of rock or a balcony, that resembles such a structure.

    2. A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

    3. Bedrock.

    Check out definition "c"
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:28 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Brassmonkey - you would have to check the coolercrew.com site. Wakefield and Keller hunts.

    Wakefield was like 71 and was it early 60s? I don't remember the year of Keller - but it's been there before too...long time ago.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:28 PM Permalink
    OT

    According to PP board, cops are telling people the park is closed and to leave or they'll be arrested.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:29 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Thanks OT for the shelf thing - and where are they getting kicked out? Phalen or Keller?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:30 PM Permalink
    OT

    Sorry, Highland
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:31 PM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Feels close to tonights clue

    Clue 8

    Published on Feb. 4, 1983

    Syrup from your pancakes

    comes from these,

    And the making of furniture

    is part of their trees.

    Our Thoughts: Refers to maple and wood - Maplewood, location of the park.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:31 PM Permalink
    OT

    Sitting here staring at my monitor and just realized how cute that monkey is with the binoculars. Is that Curious George?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:35 PM Permalink
    tom

    Wakefeild is too small of a park, am I right?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:37 PM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    it is curious george, he wants to find the medallion
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:37 PM Permalink
    Terry

    And from that same Wakefield hunt - Clue 7

    There are tables and grills and more summer frills

    And trees that weathered the storm.

    Figure it out it means a lot.

    And you'll be getting warm.

    Our Thoughts: The medallion was close to a tree with branches broken by a storm and was visible from the street.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:37 PM Permalink
    brasscat

    which park Wakefeild?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:37 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Wakefield can handle a hunt. It has twice previously.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:38 PM Permalink
    tom

    the corrrect year was 1982
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:40 PM Permalink
    OT

    I'm getting error messages popping up so think I'll log off now. Getting late anyway. Night everyone.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:43 PM Permalink
    40below

    <--- Loving the Phalen / Keller area right now... got the wife on the mission while I stay home with the kids :smile:
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:45 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Keller was 1976.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:46 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Goodnight and SCDs OT!
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:48 PM Permalink
    'mom'

    'Night and SCD's OT! I'm thinking it's about time here too....
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:48 PM Permalink
    Terry

    I knew this would happen - am exhausted, could hardly keep my body verticle and then get here, read the clue and now it's almost 1am.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:49 PM Permalink
    Terry

    Goodnight Mom - and SCDs to you too.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:52 PM Permalink
    tom

    Why does high and low seam so fimular?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:54 PM Permalink
    Terry

    It is familiar - and can be used to describe lots of things up high and down low. Because the medallion is often hidden at ground level, you have to look down while looking up high for other clue pieces.

    Then there is the high bridge, (high) foot bridges, (some high some low) Things you can see that are high like the NSP stack visible from Cherokee and below at river parks especially.
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:59 PM Permalink
    tom

    Has anyone ever heard of Old Roger?
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:02 PM Permalink
    'mom'

    Upper and Lower St. Dennis Rd by Highland, Upper and Lower Afton Rd by Battle Creek.....

    Those always come to mind when I see High and Low
    Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink