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
Mikey - I understand the frustration. There is a solution...mar.
After the past few hunts where the park is revealed late in the game and opposite of what most believe is the correct park, and inevitably it ends up in the woods, some of us get a bit gun shy. I'm not willing to be digging in parks just to be thrown to a different park.
My way of dealing with that is noodling the clues, figure out all the possibilities and then be ready when the time is right.
I know many people believed it was a Lilydale over the weekend. I knew it was a strong contender, but spent my time out figuring what other parks it could be in. In the process, I learned more about places and things in this city and had a great time doing so.
We all hunt our own way and for our own reasons.
I'm glad you're enjoying your way and your reasons.
Nobody is right and noone is wrong. Just having a good time.
So in emails today from him:
There's a stream near that old brick oven back there. I remember it turned the soil around it all red.
And he shared this conversation with his boss late last week:
My boss and I were chuckling that the medallion clues could be in a park adjacent to the river because we both give tours at Lilydale and along the Sam Morgan trail. Hard to believe all that info would ever be useful for a medallion hunt.
Andrea
Here's a link to one of the websites that talks about the park and the plans to upgrade it. http://www.oldmanriver.com/
I have checked out the river side and walked down the hill from up top. those are secondary for me as of right now.
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
This tells us the medallion is hidden and invokes the requisite Winter Carnival imagery. Everyone focused on lederhosen, but the big clue might have been "emerge from the den". If anyone had been following Lily the bear in her den on the internet, it might have led them to Lilydale. The lederhosen reference could have been an allusion to the ice climbing at Lilydale.
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.
The general consensus is that this clue is an homage to Deborah Howell, former editor and "mother" to the PP who died this month in a car crash. While she was editor of the paper, the PP got two Pulitzers. She was said to have a lot of class, but she also swore like a sailor. She doesn't seem to have anything to do with the park though, so I have to assume this clue is what it is hidden in. But if so, the even bigger clue, because she died after the Christmas storm, is that the medallion is not hidden under virgin snow.
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
Lilydale is a hilly park with both high and low terrain. The path through it is rather picturesque. There's a gravel parking lot and a gravel path. It's hard to say if you need to stay away from them entirely, or start there and then move away.
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.
I think the two most likely explanations for this are that the dashes are either something you see on a map, indicating that the park is near a border of some sort, or it is referring to dashes on a pathway as it then goes on to mention parking your car. Either way there is an implication that you will have to walk a ways to get to the treasure spot.
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.
My belief is that the stack in question is at the Island Station Power Plant. A westerly tack implies travel by water which makes sense as going west on the Mississippi at that point would indeed be upriver from that stack. I think the uncouth landmark is actually Fountain Cave, once home to Pig's Eye Parrant which is located right below those grain elevators. I'm not sure what the figures grand in scale might be, but it is interesting to note that right across the river is the intersection of Watson and Drake, both of whom followed in the footsteps of great slueths (Sherlock Holmes and Perry Mason). If you extend those two streets across the river, it does rather define the search area.
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
The "hopping" mall would be Lilydale (as opposed to say Rosedale). Lilydale used to be a city so presumably there were shops there once and they may have even done business from the river. Go down the main drag suggests to me that the treasure is not far off either the road or the main pathway. I suspect the "her" that we would thank is meant to imply a park with a female name, like Lily.
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.
This could be a reference to the aerators in the lake or there is also a small stream that isn't frozen over. Chargin the margin implies it is close to the Ramsey/Dakota border. I think the seam is just the border but it could be a reference to some mining operations that used to be there.
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
The Minnesota-New Orleans reference could easily be taken as a reference to the Mississippi river, especially as they mention a delta. Lilydale is right on the river. They also use the word region which could be a reference to it being a regional park. They use the word "pick" which might be a reference to Pickerel Lake, and that's just the first stanza. The second one talks about storing crops in one of 15. That seems to be a clear reference to the grain elevator where 15 silos are visible from the park. They also mention energy which is probably a reference again to the Island Station Power plant. Again, the search area is generally between those two.
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
This clue is clearly referencing the fossil area and the brickyard. It also hints at Diamond Jim as the Diamond Jim mall is located in Lilydale. "Yield all" anagrams to Lilydale and the Friends of Lilydale website has an egret on it so maybe they have a special significance in that park. The last part likely refers to the 52 flood which given everything else isn't much of a hint to the park in comparison. Maybe there is a flood marker down there or something that talks about the flood.
I don't normally let something like this get to me but I'm really down tonight and it's made me cranky and I don't like feeling like this!!
To the very best of his knowledge, Lilydale doesn't have markings. He thought perhaps there may be some gradation along bluffs in the limestone and sandstone.
What he did say is that at the pavillion at Harriet, there are marks with the year of the floods, but he thinks that is inside. Also. as part of the Samuel Morgan regional trail, directly behind the Science Museum, there are 6 mounds of various heights that show the depth of the floods with markers at the top indicating the year of the flood represented by that particular mound. 1965 is the highest.
Offhand I would guess everything was underwater until you get to the hill going up to Cherokee. And I strongly suspect it is not hidden on the hill. Consequently I'm thinking the actual high water mark is not what we're looking for. Yet it seems that it has to be more than just a park reference.
Post 4431 from PHG
The stacks and the silos are even flooded.
I hope ma press gets an earful...but they won't.. :frown:
I love that they are excited about the hunt. That makes one of my kids.
clue 4--I'd give the Morse as a railroad reference. Both the telegraph poles still there, and the railroad ties are dashes.