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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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My DSL went down this afternoon and didn't come back until a couple minutes ago. I was down a Mounds and saw a couple BIG guys scrambling up a hill to their car - about 7:40 pm.
Reminded me of a defensive lineman recovering a fumble and scrambling for a TD. They ran all the way from the firepit area to their car at the top of the hill hear the old shelter.
I heard one of them say "I think I got Something" and got discouraged. Spent about 2-1/2 hours around the Tot lot and firepit area - I was glad to see lots of 'Gammas' and Kidlets running around with their parents. Kinda surprised to see no 'finder' has posted yet.
Other years we have been at the right park early and never left.
We wanted a long hunt and got one.
Last year, the hunt was over in 3 clues. The second hunt went further, but was shorter than the usual 12 clues.
This year Inks and I finally settled on Mounds Park and were fairly certain.
I'm happy. I managed to noodle myself into the right park.
...but I'm off for the night...out in the morning....thanks to all for the conference call! Hunt on! :sillygrin:
Goodnight and SCDs!
May coolerheads prevail!
I was wondering who said that. Way fricken funny :sillygrin:
Can make out the trails through the tree.
Can't zoom enough to see the "fallen tree and the old rusted drum" though. At least might be out of the wind a bit back in there.
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one is flattened.
the other is barrel-shaped.
there are two people on the conference call who are at the barrel-shaped barrel now.
sounds like there are a lot of others around them, but not seeing any other Cooler Crew right now.
sick of woods and clues that bring you to a park but never narrow it down....
I sure hope a cooler picks it up tonight
Good hunt, but it doesn't seem as fun when you cant decifer clues to get to the right spot - it is just a mad rush
100's of cars still there when we left about 1/2 hour ago.
Anybody still on the phone with whose down there?
there is a post on the PP boards that looks like it could be it.
and here's a story on PP:
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_8115114
College student finds Treasure Hunt medallion in Indian Mounds Regional Park
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 01/30/2008 01:28:39 AM CST
Andrew Burke, a 21-year-old college student from Knapp, Wis., found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion shortly after midnight Wednesday, winning himself the $10,000 in prize money.
The medallion was found in Indian Mounds Regional Park under a fallen tree. It was concealed in an invisible tape cartoon. As soon as he found the box, Burke said he knew he had the medallion. He quickly spirited the box out of the park, past hundreds of others searching in the night.
"Excited, stoked," was how Burke described himself right after Pioneer Press officials confirmed the medallion to be authentic.
It was the second year Burke and his sister Jessica French, of Baldwin, Wis., took part in the medallion hunt. The pair typically began searching at 9 p.m. each evening and would spend six to eight hours hunting.
The clues published each day in the Pioneer Press weren't always clear, he said.
"A lot of clues still don't make a lot of sense to me," Burke said.
Despite below zero temperatures hundreds of people were in Indian Mounds park searching late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning, Burke said.
A freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Burke said he can use the money to help with paying for his education. He is studying hotel, restaurant and tourism management.
Look for updates on the Treasure Hunt at twincities.com later this morning.
Can someone invite him for Sunday? Would be great if we could meet him at the park before the RHB, and hear his story. Then show him some Cooler Crew hospitality at the pot luck!
It was awesome to be on the conference call. I think I was on for about 2.5 hours - LOL. It was exciting to hear reports from the field. Kind of like being at the press conference last year, courtesy of Santa Dave and his cell phone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Eastern_Star
"Members of the Order are aged 18 and older; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons."
It's smaller than I thought! It has kind of a blue-hue, and my buddy says it's a new design.
It says "over fifty years" and has a treasure chest on it.
I hope he calls/brings it in soon, too.
WAY TO GO BUDDY!
Me and the Zephster parked exactly in fron of the path the clue led us down.
However, most went down the wrong path. There are 2 paths and there were 2 barrels with a barrel on each path. Regman found the right path. Its the smaller path just west of the path with the rocks. Its NOT THE ONE WITH THE ROCKS! The correct path has a tree 300 paces down that the path goes under.
The wrong path has all the cut wood by it. We didn't figure it out untill we saw regman. (Thanks Regman!)
Also, this year, I don't feel so bad about it being found by someone else. I wasn't anywhere near IM for the majority of the clues and even tonight, I headed down the wrong path. Thanks to New Daddy, I was directed to the correct one. In years past, I was upset because I was "this close".
Now, the only way I'll get upset is if the CW has lame explanations for his clues. We all tend to over analyze the clues and I think the CW should respect that and use it to his advantage.
I played a sick joke on my sister yesterday when she went to her car to get something I hid a scotch tape box in the spot she was digging. She found it and started shaking, dropped to her knees, and freaked out when she shook it. She opened it and found a roll of tape, and said "YOU BITCH". I howled and almost pissed myself laughing. She was mad for about 2 minutes then thought it was so hysterical she did the same thing to her husband when he showed up later.
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