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2010 - Lilydale Regional Park

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Discuss the 2010 Medallion Hunt Here 

13th Annual Rehash Bash and Other End of the Winter Carnival Festivities 

Sunday, January 31, 2010 
Newell Park Pavilion 
900 N. Fairview Ave. 
Saint Paul, MN 55104 
11:30am-2:30pm 

The 13th Annual Rehash Bash will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Newell Park, from 11:30am to 2:30pm. As always, its a potluck, and since we\'ve got the building, there will be plenty of power indoors for crock pots. Donations will be accepted to cover the $136 cost for renting the facility. MrMnMikey has some door prizes available. Since this isn\'t Super Bowl Sunday this year, if people want to stick around past the 2:30 closing time, we can start a fire in one of the fire rings. 

In addition, many of us long-time Coolerheads are loyal servants of Vulcanus Rex. Join us for the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, followed by the Vulcan Victory Dance. Information on the Parade Route is from the 2006 Vulcan Krewe. The best places for viewing the parade are going to be at the end of the parade route, as His Majesty, Vulcanus Rex LXXIII, the true King of the Winter Carnival, overthrows that other guy on the steps of the St. Paul Central Library, across from Rice Park 

 

Conference Call Info for Clue 11:

There was no conference call scheduled for clue 10.


 

  • Phone Number: 1-517-417-5000
  • Pass code: 859597 (clue 12 may be different
  • Everyone will be muted initially
  • Lines open at 11pm
  • lilslim will read the clue twice from start to finish
  • After the clue has been read, she will unmute the call
  • 60 ports are available for the teleconference



Line Placeholder Schedule 

1/26/2010- 
5-6 Redbear 
6-7 Jake 
7-8 Jerilyn 
8-9 Kathy 
9-10 Mikey 
10-Clue Steph 

1/27/2010- 
12-1 Redbear 
1-2 Andrea 
2-3 Nimrod 
3-4 jengerm 
4-5 Barefootguy 
5-6 Wicked Nick 
6-7 Chris Digger 
7-8 Art V 
8-9 CM & Me2 
9-Clue Sara 

 

 
First Video - The Deed is Done 

When January’s slanting snow, 
Makes us dream of Mexico 
St. Paul emerges from Wintery sleep 
To search for treasure buried deep 

Notice to every hunting battalion, 
We have hidden the Pioneer Press Medallion 
Where? You ask in husky shout, 
That’s for us to know, and you to find out 

Turn off the tube, leave your hovel 
Grab your walking stick and shovel, 
Whether you be giant or runt, 
The only way is to join the hunt 

For to the hunter belongs the spoil, 
Hunt by day, or Midnight oil, 
Hunt in boot and sturdy glove, 
Hunt with pal, or old true love 

For you who hunt each and every year, 
We raise a lusty St. Paul cheer 
“Good Luck” 

And now, let us be blunt, 
Get off thy duff, and hunt, hunt, hunt
Clue #1 

All hail, O Fire King, of thee we sing 
Thy blast of winter heat scorches 
When ice was like concrete it would\'ve been so sweet 
If the Vulcans plowed with their torches 

Emerge from the den as we once again 
Offer a bodacious bounty 
And this tip to the frozen: bring thick lederhosen 
To public land in Ramsey County 

Clue #1 Video

Hear ye all crews, now come the clues 
For this task I am the Czar 
With each rhyming gift, this shape I will shift 
Listen well to each avatar
Clue #2 

Kissed by a Vulcan, she left him sulkin\' 
\"Sir Soot, I\'ll not forgive these sins!\" 
Her airs Elizabethan, her language, bleepin\' heathen, 
Our mother once blessed us with twins.
Clue #3 

Look high, look low, wherever you go 
Follow a picturesque route 
There are ways to travel away from the gravel 
That keep you in hot pursuit
Clue #4 

Code by Morse should set your course 
To long dashes that dot the landscape. 
You or your avatar should park your car 
On your way to this great escape.
Clue #5 

Take a westerly tack up from the stack, 
A landmark most uncouth. 
Figures grand in scale point to a trail 
Of footprints left by our sleuth.
Clue #6 

You\'ll want to go shopping where things are hopping 
And storeowners once dropped anchor 
Go down the main drag, but be sure not to lag, 
You\'ll have plenty for which to thank her
Clue #7 

Escape your troubles where the water bubbles 
Or gurgles like a stream. 
You may be chargin\' right up to the margin. 
Look for a productive seam.
Clue #8 

Down on the delta where there\'s no ice to melta 
The purple horde raids a golden legion 
Today before kick off the prize you\'ll pick off 
If you search in just the right region 

To find the seed, energy you need 
In search for your clues to glean 
What once was planted is taken for granted 
Stored in one of fifteen
Clue #9 

Not far from stones and ancient bones 
Lay clues that are fit for Jim 
Lure the egrets to yield all secrets 
And you should satisfy him 

Get your kicks by hitting the bricks 
Admiring the trees and view 
Be ever glad hopping pad to pad 
Like amphibians in\'52
Clue #10 

Stonehenge tumbled down near a crumbled town 
Not far from the lights of the city 
If you would hike away from the pike 
You might stumble on something pretty 

Upstream from the landing lay a place in good standing 
Where people prayed, God willin\' 
Now midst the cocklebur and rusted spur 
Is nothing by murder and killin\' 

This park is a sliver, from ancient beds to a river 
In neither is the prize to be found 
Look for the goods among timber and woods 
Do not dig in the fossil ground
Clue #11 

Go for a lark in Lilydale Park 
Between Water Street and the river 
The city boundary sign and the old rail line 
Define the zone that will deliver 

You\'re outside the pale if you\'re close to the rail 
It\'s not to be found near the tracks 
Be nice and cooperative, respect private property 
On public land launch your attacks 

Within this area lies medallion hysteria 
A tangle near the river - not too close! 
About four dozen paces from the waterline to places 
Where you should tromp, dig and freeze your nose
 



 

Brassmonkey

I know it sucks. The long dashes could be railroad tracks?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 5:56 AM Permalink
KITCH

useless thought...

morse code Originally created for Samuel F. B. Morse's electric telegraph.

Samuel H. MOrgan Trail (oh that was type on MO but I'll leave it)
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 5:56 AM Permalink
Posen

Down by the river at Harriet, there are several "Picturesque Roots" exposed by the water...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 5:57 AM Permalink
green

Joe

Got it!!!!!!!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 5:57 AM Permalink
green

Bless your heart, Kitch! You have saved me from having to join that horrible coNO bandwagon. I'm still in Harriet!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:00 AM Permalink
KITCH

quick google of "great escape" with "morse code"

top link great escape secrets


The BBC began each coded message with the sound of a bell and spoke in Morse code: one syllable equaled one dot; two syllables was a dash.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:04 AM Permalink
green

I truly believe it's either the road running through Lilydale/Harriet or some hifalutin' bike/ped path that's there. More so the road since one must pa'k the ca'.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:04 AM Permalink
green

I think it simly means we're all in hot pursuit of The Medallion.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:06 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

It reminds me a lot like Cocoa and Mocha a stirring combination.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:09 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

The great escape is also a six flags theme park.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:12 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

There is no other reason to say code of morse instead of morse code.

it's great because it's so simple they have 3 other lines for red herrings.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:13 AM Permalink
green

I had a thought this AM... Remember the year we thought it was Hareriet and then made a mad dash for coNO?

What if this year it seems like coNO, but it's Harriet?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:15 AM Permalink
lilslim

At least we'll have a nice fire pit.

Siiiiighhhh
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:32 AM Permalink
queenmalley

good thought, green.

should re-visit those clues. does anyone have a link to the past clues?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:36 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Well it depends on where in Como but yeah.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:43 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Maybe I'm missing something, but how does your avatar park your car? Isn't an avatar like an image or something similar? Or can avatar be used to reference a spouse or friend or something?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 6:59 AM Permalink
KITCH

70559 is the zip code of Morse, LA

68648 is the zip code of Morse Bluff, NE
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:01 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Or does avatar mean you or your alternate personality (aka Tom or PilotsHatGuy parking my car)
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:02 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Right
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:04 AM Permalink
green

Get this joe
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:09 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Last
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:10 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Vikings
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:10 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Superbowl JOE
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:11 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

The year I was born JOE!!! :grin:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:18 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

The year i was born joe
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:20 AM Permalink
lilslim

You guys are nerds Joe. :pbpt:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:25 AM Permalink
diggin4it

This is the quick editing I mentioned earlier...I was onto the video almost as soon as it came out, and you could hear the f-bomb and "s**t" ...but it was swiflty edited.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:26 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

takes one to know one JOE :grin: lmao
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:27 AM Permalink
East Side Digger

"On your way to this great escape"

might be a reference to a tunnel, just tossing ideas out there.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:31 AM Permalink
ares

joe's the bleepin clue writer.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:32 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I agree and this is his last year.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:33 AM Permalink
green

My knees are getting calloused as I fervently pray...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:36 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I once knew a woman with calloused knees and it wasn't because she spent a lot of time in church! Badabing!!! Heyooo!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:38 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I hate to think it's Como, want to believe its a red herring but being that Como is so huge I have no problem with them giving it to us.

In 2001 they gave it to us on clue 2.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:40 AM Permalink
jREST

Minnesota Distance Running Association's oldest/longest running race (4 mile long) is at the north end of Lake Johanna.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:41 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Happy Birthday!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:44 AM Permalink
New Daddy

I am off to check out Como, Toney Schmidt, newell. harriet

hope to see some of you in the park.

If someone wanted to noodle a list of parks with a tunnel, it would be very helpful.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:46 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Maybe I am totally off, but I want to say that maybe there is a case to be made for Highland Park. If we are thinking that Romulus and Remus are the twins reference, they helped establish Rome. There is a Rome street that runs right into the Highland golf course. We also have hot pursuit and there is a police station right there. Look high look low could be a reference to Cirucus Juventas and their acrobatics. Maybe I am not getting enough, but for some odd reasons these clues make sense to me. Somebody tell me why I am stretching these so I can broaden my scope a little.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:47 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I like that as well.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:47 AM Permalink
green

Why do you blare our seacurts like that? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:48 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I wasn't there until clue 4 with the east/west. Luckily that gave us the west picnic grounds which significantly reduced the area we had to cover.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:48 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Thanks Tim! I will be out tonight. I had early meetings these past two days, but now I am all good to go. I will be out to hang out and hopefully get the clue tonight. What time did they open the doors last night at the PP?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:48 AM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Regardless of whatever gets noodled from the last clue, I would have to say "Should Park Your Car" is a direct order, meaning it's in a Park and not a Rec Center or other such place...

"Thanks for narrowing that down, Mad_Dach5und..." :eyeroll:

No problem. Only here to help. :wink:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:49 AM Permalink
lilslim

thanks J.

I was beginning to think my posts were invisible. :pbpt:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:50 AM Permalink
diggin4it

agreeded! no doubt
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:50 AM Permalink
queenmalley

I like the Co Mo as well, but that name of the first actor portrayal of So and So the Fourth sticks in my head. He was the founder of the Minnesota Pioneer newspaper and did up the Wabasha Bridge and his links to Harriet Island....
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:51 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Missed Joe!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 7:52 AM Permalink