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
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
Deed is Done http://tinyurl.com/CwMessage
Clue 1 http://tinyurl.com/Clue1Video
Clue 2 http://tinyurl.com/clue2videonew
Clue 3 http://tinyurl.com/clue3video
Clue 4 http://tinyurl.com/clue4video
Clue 5 http://tinyurl.com/clue5videonew
Clue 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14Z7enoJmo
Clue 7 http://www.twincities.com/sharedvideo/?bcpid=58071989001&bctid=62974493001
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Dammit.
This is clue 7. Just over the half way mark to the 12th clue.
There are good noodles that would and could still fit more than one park depending on interpretation.
Though some of these noodles are favored by a larger group for Lilydale, that is just part of a larger regional park area.
I think it's certainly a possibility that later clues could send us somewhere either near Lilydale (Harriet, Cherokee) or across town.
If I were to assign my personal feelings as a percentage, it'd be:
Lilydale: 50%
Hidden Falls: 30%
Harriet: 10%
Other: 10%
Very good!!
They use liederhosen to say German, sombrero for mexican. Stereotype? Yes. Racist? Nah...
Scouted lilydale last night and saw several line of sight clues. Lights on bridge- blink in 2 long dashes... 1 bank visible to the east of a smokestack, moving water, county line. I almost posted this the other day but thought it was a stretch: hot pursuitis a term law enforcement uses when they are allowed to cross jurisdictions if they are chasing someone.
Don't think it's so silly anymore!
Heading out to dig soon, see you all out there :smile:
It does need improvements that is for sure!
If you look at Google maps there is a two-tone color change through the river and Pickerel Lake - that IS the county line - meaning only about 1/3 of the northern island (railroad brige) area is actually IN Ramsey County. Doesn't mean the visual references are not going to south of the hiding spot, but it also shortens the search area considerably.
Echos repeat what you say.
didnt get the clue til this morning, and lilydale jumps out, here also.....
I think the cw is stalking me.... hiding it, in places where I spent a majority of time, growing up.... Mounds, Swede, ETC..... Lilydale, we used to run wild down there, in the woods and caves, and the old brickyards..... I would LOVE for it to be there!
heading down in a bit.
http://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3426
Not ruling out the other side of the river either - yet. Like the shepard road area down from the "landmark" brewery too.
But don't know that we'll be out to actually dig this year anyway...probably gonna just be an armchair hunter this time out.
http://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/upload/MRTG_Map6.pdf
Wondered how it got its name.
Lilydale Regional Park has two areas of note within it. The Brickyards of St. Paul is the location of the former Twin City Brick Company.
New St. Paul parks group's first initiative is upgrading Lilydale Regional Park.
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/06/19/9641/new_st_paul_parks_groups_first_initiative_is_upgrading_lilydale_regional_park
The new St. Paul Parks Conservancy — set up last year to provide funding and other support for parks and recreational facilities in the city — is launching its first big initiative with big plans for improvements at Lilydale Regional Park (PDF).
The area of Lilydale is owned by the City of St. Paul. The road responsibility though is shared by both the City on the Ramsey side and Dakota county.
So does the county line mean so much if its owned by the City? It's one of those ongoing discussions for parks like Phalen and Battle Creek.
Lilydale is slated for some major improvements and once the road is improved, the City of St. Paul or Ramsey County will take over the plowing and maintenance of that road through the Lilydale park area.
I've been watching the process closely, because we used to run around that place so much, back in the day...
In this case all the indicators are pointing to the area right on the border, but on the Ramsey side of the border.
My guess is the next few clues are not going to narrow down much. They're just going to keep telling us what we already know in different ways to give other people more chances to figure it out. I would say though we have it narrowed down to a pretty small area already.
Could end up being very nice.
I agree with the county border in this case, but that could get muddied especially if the hider screws up.