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
And thanks for the play by play, leelabell!
Go for a lark in lilydale park
between water street and the river
the city boundary sign and the old rail line
You're outside the pale if you're close to the rail
It is not to be found near the tracks
Be nice and cooperative
respect private property
on public land launch your attack
within this area lies medallion hysteria
a tangle near the river
not too close
about 4 dozen paces from the water line to places
where you should tromp, dig, and freeze your nose
Go for a lark in Lilydale Park
Between Water st. and the river
The city's 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 copperative, respect private property
On public land launch your attacks
With this area lies medallion hysteria
A tangle near the river not too close
About 4 dozen paces from the water line to places
Where you should tromp dig and freeze your nose.
the city boundary sign and the old rail line define the zone that will deliver
you're outside the pale if your outside the rail it's not to be found by the track
respect private property
on public property mount your attack
within this area lies medalion histeria a tange near the river
not too close about four dozen paces from the water line to places where you should tromp dig and freeze your nose
Here's what I made out so far
//and by como I mean my bed.
///guessing it won't be found at night once again
Between Water st. and the river
The city's 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
With this area lies medallion hysteria
A tangle near the river not too close
About 4 dozen paces from the water line to places
Where you should tromp dig and freeze your nose.
125 feet
they write these last clues kinda late in the game
Best of luck to all the Cooler Crew members that are hunting tonight.
Unfortunately, I've in the last hour come down with some sort of stomach junk and can't make the call. And I am PO'd about it. My amateur noodle, if you wouldn't mind sharing it on the call...I notice some have mentioned is there a church re the clue on "praying". I was wondering if there is a headstone or log memorial around there somewhere, where folks might have knelt and prayed (God willing). A headstone and whatever lie on the ground could also be seen as a "seam." (think sewing; two pieces sewn together in a straight line).
others.....
Lilslim - you did a nice job reading the clue. It was very clear.
I am soon going to need to hit the hay.
It's sounding like there's several possibilities of where the exact area may be.
Good luck and good hunting!
Goodnight and SCDs!
Big thanks to LILSLIM for doing the call and to LILMAN for sharing his fire and bailing me and Ry out when Ry's phone died while we were waiting for the clue. :frown: You guys rock.
And I am very sorry to anyone I startled when I loudly screamed. No, I did NOT find the medallion, but a mouse did scamper between my legs as I was kneeling in the snow. Sorry, I startle easily.
Good night all!
I figured out how to download the videos.
:grin: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Take that clue writer. It's just a little payback for the verbal beating today.
Plus, it seems bigslim is a better digger than me :wink:
anyway....just got home - that was fun...didn't get to cold in line on my shift...warmed up @ AB for about an hour, mmmmm antifreeze :wink: then out into the park we went...with, as you know, a Darlin' in line for our team....
I got the clue via the teleconference (nice job slim) and the rest of the darlins' got it from our darlin' (our back up just in case)
We all gave it a good go and plan to be out there a 7am if not found in the dark.....SCD MCL xoxoxo
A little definition from the "New World Dictionary of the American Language":
Pace- 2. Unit of length, equal to the length of a step or stride, variously estimated at from 30 in. to 40 in.:
The regulation military pace is 30 in. or 36 in for double time.
The Roman pace, measured from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot in the next stride, was 5 Roman ft or 58.1in. now known as the "geometric pace", about 5 ft.
We didn't find it... had to leave around 1:15... stuff going on for everyone in the morning. But we gave it the old college try in what we think was the right area.
Thanks to everyone who stood in line. Lilslim did great-- you were clear as a bell.
FYI -- toe warmers work great in your bra ladies. :ooh:
The excitement and joy/glee I have read in the posts this past day have been so fun! I have sit and had so much fun reading the reports from last night. Everyone so happy, up and excited!
Wonder if they would have any interest in selling hot chocolate from their van tonight? Wonder if it would be feasible for them?