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
"Lure the egrets to yield all secrets" anagram=
LILYDALE CLUE TREE STRESS TOGETHER
Good night and good luck to everyone tomorrow!
Probably nothing related from the link above - but entertaining nonetheless...
I got a Dr. Appt in the morning - so I'll probably be out there noonish - about 60 or so diggers on the hillside tonight, another 30-35 diggers on the riverside - gettin' to be a lot like Christ-mas....
Here is an article (Delta) video = singing in the rain
http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/project/
Not having any luck yet finding out what a male egret is called, though.
I've been a lurker for quite awhile now, and I enjoy all the noodling.
I'm unable to physically get out and hunt for the medallion for the next couple of days, however, I'm always hunting in my head! I've got medallion fever!
If I were able to get out today, I'd give the Brickyards of St. Paul (950 Lilydale Road) a thorough look.
Here's a link: http://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/brickyards.htm
Some of my novice thoughts: ancient bones = fossils
The use of the word lay: bricks are usually "layed" "bricklayer"
It's in the flood zone of '52
"You may be chargin' right up to the margin
Look for a productive seam"
is maybe the hike up the hill from the kiln (the stack?)in the brickyard to the quarries?
From a map that I was looking at this morning, it looks like Omaha Road Bridge #15 is visible to the west from the brickyard.
The brickyard is located in the same area as Crosby, and Lilydale/Harriet Island Regional Park.
And, the brickyard was the site of the Twin Cities Brick Company (mother once blessed us with twins) up until the 1970s.
Oh, and Pickerel Lake is to the west (Today before kickoff the price you'll pick off).
If anyone does go to the brickyards, or has already been there, let me know your thoughts. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone other than me?
Happy Hunting!
gotta agree. I dug 12 hours the other night...2 clues later and its still park,park, park. :barf:
All of Pickerel Lake is Dakota, straight west from annapolis, all of the way to the river.
 In case any one else is wondering....
LILLYDALE!!!
I realize some like to give alternate views of the clues, and thats ok. But i'm pretty sure most know where it is deep down and are only offering alternatives.
I'm sorry to be harsh, but its hard slogging through 800 posts of crap...
Another thing you could do is pay attention to old trees that would have been there in 1952. Then look at the bark for scars from the high water mark. You might be able to find markings left behind on the Omaha bridge or some other structure (electrical poles, etc).
Lastly, here's a few photos from the Historical Society of the flood of 52 showing the general area around Lilydale Park. Haven't come up with any of Lilydale itself, but you can at least see what the flood did to places around it like the NSP plant and Harriet Island.
http://www.riverrides.com/
By the 15th, the High Bridge was the only feasible river crossing for those without a boat, as the approaches of both the Wabasha and Robert Street bridges were under water, and only the river flowed along the recently completed Kellogg Boulevard viaduct.
Noodle -- they only way you can get a feel for if you're in the right spot is to GO OUT AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF. You all have great minds but you are over thinking every word and over noodling every clue.
http://www.nps.gov/miss/historyculture/1952industry.htm
Why is everyone at lilydale, when 4 days ago it was 'for sure' at Hidden Falls?
just giving the alternate...
http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/research/index.php
That is what you are supposed to do. It is how you find the Ann Bilansky's and Edward Phelan's out of the clues. It is when you have noodled it to death, and given each word the proper courtesy it deserves to ensure that you have extracted every possibility from it - that you can make an educated decision as to what the real meaning is.
Being that I have been noodling things to death, "GO OUT AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF" I will take this personally.
I can't.
Have a great year, I was really hoping someone could have found it before I had to sign off. Enjoy the rest of the hunt, I am done for the rest of the hunt.