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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
 



 

CerealKiller

I said It last year and I will say it again this year I am not Diggin tell the 8th clue!! it makes no sence if all the hunts for the most part have been 8th clue hunts 8th to the 12th 4 clues sounds about right!!!

for the hunt I dont need all the extra filler that they have to sell papers!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:18 PM Permalink
tom

Does anyone here know Morse Code REALY GOOD?

I think its not WHO the avatar dresses up as, but its almost they are giving us MORSE CODE. Clue 3, the freak with a stick he was pointing perty damn fast. I said this earlier, if the PP tells us who supplied the customes it has nothing to do with the clues.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:19 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Any one want to buy a few hunting books!! I got 2 sets and would give a good deal on them I dont need 2 sets any more sold one set last year so I guess I am getting farther from the hunt every year!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:19 PM Permalink
excavating stud

tick tock tick tock
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:20 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I could really go for an anagram tonight
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:22 PM Permalink
queenmalley

"Freak with a stick" !! Great!

Mr. Tom, what do you mean that because the PP tells us who supplies the costumes it has nothing to do with the clues.....
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:24 PM Permalink
wolfpac

Hi Kath.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:24 PM Permalink
wolfpac

Hi Wolffie
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:27 PM Permalink
ares

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.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:30 PM Permalink
Terry

That's really cooler!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:31 PM Permalink
OT

Thanks ares!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:31 PM Permalink
ry

The fire stack where teen parties have been held in como?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:33 PM Permalink
excavating stud

figures = numbers?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:33 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Is it westerly "tack" or "track"
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:34 PM Permalink
leelabell

The avatar looks sort of like a man in a sombrero (I was texted a crappy pix)
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:34 PM Permalink
leelabell

Pretty sure it is tack
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:35 PM Permalink
tom

By them telling us who supplies the customes, it means one more person knows what the remaining customs are. Its not everyday someone walks into a small, private magic shop asking for 12 costumes, bascailly it could cause a leak on what all the customes are.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:36 PM Permalink
excavating stud

tack means approach (makes more sense to me now)
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:37 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I guess a smoke stack would be an uncouthe landmark
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:38 PM Permalink
OT

Tack in sailing means turn into the wind
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:39 PM Permalink
ry

this does not feel like a clue five to me. much too direct. Feels like a much later clue
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:39 PM Permalink
excavating stud

where are there smokestacks visible in St Paul?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:40 PM Permalink
Terry

On the western side of Como, on Midway Parkway, is the house with the lion statues. I don't know if that has anything to do with this clue, but it was the first thing I thought of reading it the first time.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:40 PM Permalink
excavating stud

stack = mounds

IM

take a westerly track from the mounds "up" on the hill down the trail
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:42 PM Permalink
Nimrod

wasnt there a smokestack blown up-demolished this year-
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:43 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:43 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

They are talking about the smoke stack on the river that they demolished a couple of years ago.... west of there HF & Crosby & highland
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:43 PM Permalink
OT

I know exactly what you're talking about, Terry.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:44 PM Permalink
diggin4it

NSP/Excel smokestack took down = uncouth? west = Highland? up= como?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:44 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Think stacks leans away from Como....?

Link to Video?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:45 PM Permalink
Terry

If it is indeed the old stack on the river, that would give us Cherokee and I can't remember if that was visible from IM, but I think so.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:45 PM Permalink
queenmalley

wow, great point, Mr. T
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:46 PM Permalink
diggin4it

Grand in scale = grand ave?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:46 PM Permalink
queenmalley

I thought of Cherokee with the stacks as well...

green will like that!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:46 PM Permalink
queenmalley

thought same, Diggin.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:47 PM Permalink
Terry

So what would the "Figures grand in scale" be at Cherokee?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:47 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Cherokee is east of the stack. The approach is to the west. Take a westerly tack (approach)
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:50 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

They are saying to Go west of the stack

Tack is a also a sailing term ...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:50 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

ok so the last two lines don't make sense to me...

Figures grand in scale point to a trail

Of footprints left by our sleuth

A sleuth is a detective or a bloodhound according to dictionary.com why would we want to follow the footprints of a detective and not the footprints of the hider? Stikes me as odd.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:50 PM Permalink
Terry

or an uncouth landmark?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:50 PM Permalink
queenmalley

From book "The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St Paul" is this entry:

"...To Pelham Blvd, Mississippi River Blvd,to Edgecumbe Road, and back to Como Park, to complete one loop of the figure eight..."

page 111 if one has this book; I only got this snippet from Google books.

Reference to Figure 8.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:52 PM Permalink
excavating stud

"sleuth" = watson (ave)?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:53 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

ITS IN HIGHLAND LETS FACE IT!!

THE COP SHOP!!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:53 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Figures grand in scale could refer to numbers (addresses?) over 1000. The line of addresses that are 1000 west would go through Como in the north and Jimmy Lee (Cassandra Lee from Clue #2?) in the south.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:53 PM Permalink
excavating stud

figures grand in scale = large numbers?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:54 PM Permalink
OT

If you tack into a westerly wind, your bow turns to the east. At least I think that's how it works in sailing.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:54 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

I think the last two clues have had sailing terms in them...Set your course and tack.

We went boating once on White Bear Lake and I remember seeing a TON of Sailboats on that lake. Many of us are still thinking St. Paul what if it isn't...I don't know Ramsey County at all outside of St. Paul so I'll be useless to noodle out of St. Paul.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:55 PM Permalink
excavating stud

stack = pigs eye brewery?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Terry

That smoke stack was very near the high bridge...which is east of Cherokee. Going west would put you up river...

Unless I'm all backwards.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:59 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

That was the first stack I though of actually as well.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:00 PM Permalink