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
I appologize to those I offended.
I'm gonna go hide in park for a while.
:pbpt:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14259344
I support Mikey's post 100%. It's in Lilydale, and if you're too stubborn to admit that then you're just as foolish as those who know "for sure" where it is after clue 2. That said, keep being stubborn, the more people hunting at Harriet or Hidden Falls the less people looking with me in Lilydale.
//needed to rant about this
///probably cause I'm still a bit irritated from that game yesterday
I picked my newspaper off the porch floor this morning and took it directly to my paper recycle bin. I can't even read about it.
Also right next to the "JIM" as in Lifetime Fitness "GYM"... Just sayin'
hope to get out to the park this afternoon, and I sincerely hope like I said that somebody who's been sharing noodles and debating on here finds it :smile:
Good luck!
Clue 1- It's in Ramsey County
Clue 2- This doesn't fit with Lilydale nicely, so I think this is primarily telling what it is hidden in, or a really obscure historical clue. I have considered that the first two lines could be referencing some trees which were scorched by fire in the park.
Clue 3- The picturesque route I think is the road which goes through Lilydale, or a path within the park that you use to get to the treasure. There are paths which go throughout the park, which indicate biking and walking, and these are ways to travel away from the gravel. I think this could also mean that you have to travel off one of the gravel paths in the park to get to the treasure.
Clue 4- To me this clue is talking about the parking lot that is by the St Paul city limit sign. There are wooden fences that have "to (two) long dashes" that are dotting the landscape. You would park here to get to the treasure, so this narrows down where in the park to look. I think the great escape just means that you can escape the city life, the hustle and bustle and enjoy this nature sanctuary.
Clue 5- In the park there is a grouping of huge bricks/stones. I think this is the stack that is most uncouth. If you go in a westerly direction from this stack, you go up a hill. I am not sure what the figures grand in scale are though, if they reference trees or the bricks themselves. There are what look like some skiing paths that go towards the river and down a paved trail. I think you will end up going down one of these paths in the last clue to get to the treasure.
Clue 6- I had not thought of the Lilydale reference being a shopping spot in the sense of the Dales around town. My feeling on this though is it is referencing the Lilydale shopping center, where Moose Country is. Diamond Jim's is no longer in business there, and it sounds like it was the Anchor store of that mall. I also believe right in front of that shopping center or near it is the road which leads down to Lilydale. I think this is the main drag which you would go down.
Clue 7- The water bubbling or gurgling like a stream references the aerator that is in Lake Pickerel, which is right next to the parking lot I referenced earlier. Lilydale is right on the margin of Ramsey County/St Paul as evidenced by the St Paul city limit sign there. I think the productive seam reference means that it is hidden in a tree seam.
Clue 8- The first stanza was written to keep with current events. The second stanza I think was the original clue. Across the river from Lilydale there is the grain silo which has 15 stacks. In the area of the park where there is the hill by the brick landmark, you can see this structure pretty well. I know that some people say you can see it from Harriet, but this is more prominent in Lilydale and later in the clues they will get you closer to the park, not further away.
Clue 9- Stones and ancient bones references the fossils and brick company that was/are in the park. Jim references Diamond Jim. "yield all" anagrams to Lilydale. Hitting the bricks references the bricks that are at the landmark, although there is a second set of bricks closer to the river itself. This clue could mean to go closer to the river itself to find the treasure.
http://www.johnweeks.com/bridges/pages/r04.html
I kinda like railroading stuff so I thought it was a cool read. Nice pictures, too.
Anyone think they'd be nuts enough to put the puck on TOP of that 'bale' of bricks by the railroad bridge? That's a scary thought.
Located on the top of the road leading to Lilydale. Could be the "energy you need".
also there are red flashing lights in front of the grain towers you can see from the park. They flash 2 long flashes/dashes and then pause. Thats the code morse. They are visible at night only
I'm heading down with some McDoubles for some CC members in about 5 minutes.
Funny we were talking about Diamond Jim before that clue came out...
about it? I would call the line! And wouldnt trust any one other then the line!
but on that note I am not hunting at all and dont think I am going to be on the boards much anymore!!! at all!
I have a family more or less but I am dealing with my stuff at home first and for most!
I need to be here to help and be strong for her!
oh, and well said. i could see you being like, a professor or something after you get done with school. that kind of logic can't be bought! :wink:
a.t.o.t.y.l.
cover yo a$$ first
and that of those you love.
Clue 12, my girl will wait in line, but we need to do shifts during the day.
Is anyone interested? If so, Ares, can you please change the karaoke thread to a line sign-up thread? I am thinking 2 hour shifts from 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. she can do the final stretch.
Redbear, any possibility of a conference call??