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
Anyone have any ideas on tax credits I can take?
Just like I was thinking in the bathroom this morning, this is just one movement closer to being home :smile:
I'm happy a CC found it {again}. I'm also happy that I was hunting Lilydale on the right side of Water St. since Sat. Refused to believe it was over by the lake. I was down closer to the bridge most of the time but Tuesday night I was on the county line so I'm content with this hunt don't even have the post hunt blues which is new for me.
I wanted to make it to Yurusso's but y'all went to early for me hopefully I'll be up to comin' to Newell Sunday.
WOW would you look at that Quad JOE!
I am getting closer!
http://www.twincities.com/treasurehunt/ci_14280139
"See a behind the scenes video of the clue writer hiding the medallion at Lilydale park."
I began my movement out of Iraq tha morning after that post.
I know what you mean, but it is very hard to not get excited about the hunt, and work that energy off if you can't go out and look at it. But like what Green likes to say about slogging... "no pain, no gain"
Congrats again to the 2 time finders!
http://www.twincities.com/treasurehunt/ci_14283528
This has been a lifelong bond I have had with my boys and as much as I want to find the puck as a Mom it thrills me to see my son with Jake find it. You always want for your kids more than for yourself, and now Rob and Steph are about to embark on that journey. Finding the puck was a life goal Rob made when he was a child and to see him accomplish it gave me such a remarkable feeling of elation.
I am happy that they found it together now the 2007 chatter should come to an end. God Bless everyone. Nite nite :smile:
A few... under two weeks to my doorstep, I can feel comfortable saying that.
I am surprised to see that it appears that the medallion was found almost exactly across the river from the area that I pointed out earlier, I think I posted a screen shot of the map... So that makes me feel good. :smile:
::SPEW:: Ok my boss is going to want to know why this computer terminal is all sticky tomorrow!!
Sorry it wasn't at Highland, but glad to hear you're in Kuwait. That's gotta be better than Iraq. Hopefully, we'll catch up in person a year from now.
Again, quite a bit of the meanings don't make much sense.
Maybe next year is your year?
Yes, Kuwait is much, much better. When was the last time you have heard of anyone being killed in Kuwait? Last I know of was Mr. Beuhring, in 2003/2004. Not much to do, but soon I'll be where I was before I started :smile:
There are still a lot of obscure things, but that's normal, as they don't want to spell out an exact location.
The constant mention of wildlife and native plants is practically useless. If I'm going to be in the woods, mentioning wildlife is only going to bring up bad old memories of raccoons dragging donuts through the snow.
The hiding style for the last few years of "Find a large patch of Woods, stick the medallion in a tree or log or stump" is getting boring. Older and more historic hunts had the medallion hidden in intriguing locations and inside interesting objects. I would love to see an older style hunt, or at least some kind of change in pace.
P.S. When the Vulcan's got me Monday night at Gabe's (while I was working) I told them my Son or I were going to find it. Thanks for the group Picture
Maybe they will consider it who knows??
Weird.
"Ahh, it's just a piece of junk," said Becki Pope of St. Paul Park, left, who examined a gee-gaw with Tami Cormier of St. Paul, center after it was dug up by a friend, right (who wishes to remain unidentified) while searching for the Winter Carnival Medallion."
...who wishes to remain unidentified?!?!? Ha...
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14280139
Video!
http://admin.brightcove.com/viewer/us1.22.02.06/federatedVideoUI/BrightcovePlayer.swf?isUI=true&isVid=true&%40videoPlayer=62514852001&autoStart=&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&flashID=myExperience62514852001&height=400&playerID=58071989001&publisherID=1616725016&width=650
The Hider reveals his identity!
This morning as I was buttoning my shirt, a button fell off. After that, I picked up my briefcase, and the handle fell off. Then I went to open the door, and the doorknob fell off. I went to get into my car, and the door handle came off in my hand. Now I'm afraid to pee.
I was showing them some stupid little plastic "LOVE" ring. She had a medallion sized taped-up thing she found.
Also, I really really wanted more out of figures grand in scale point to a trail. Not really figures, and not really pointing.
The big Jim thing? Not the first time CC noodles have been cooler than the actual explanations!
Ok, no more whining. I had fun for the most part, next year I would like to get the conference call stuff set up I'm the beginning so I don't have to deal with the last minute drama :neutral: unless Leela is coming back to do it next year?? :wink:
So happy you are on your way soldier!
Thanks!