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 plan on making the re-hash bash, I wouldn't miss it for a minute.
Mikey, I would be honored to have that award.
As everyone knows we are taking it day by day with Steph, if she goes into labor I'm out and will have to meet up with you later to receive the award.
I will also upload of photo of the little guy after he is born. :grin:
I signed up on the CC's website this evening, got my temporary password and logged in okay, but it never redirected me to change my password (as the validating e-mail said it would). So hopefully I can get into the site tomorrow.
Again, I want to thank you and everyone for making me feel so welcome here. I have my own little area here on AM, but this time of year I find my heart in a park somewhere...digging, in the snow...(and yes, even *I* had a dream about finding the medallion!)
Stay cool(er). :smile:
I love that you dreamed about finding the medallion!
The dream was a love/hate thing for me. I loved the dream, but hated the waking up part, not being there freezing my *** off during the hunt. It actually kind of ticked me off!
I'm still decompressing...It's a good thing theres a few days betwixt the hunt and rehash.
I think it's fixed now. Thanks again.
 Flickr Slideshow 2010 hunt pics from Mikey
Right.
No clue tonight.
Guess I'll go to bed. :frown:
FYI - GPS cords are tough to pinpoint because of all the trees and river valley. Be patient.
I am leaving to go visit my mom and sister for the weekend in Iowa today and will miss the Saturday find site visit and the Rehash Bash.
 :chagrin:
Hopefully no one moves it. Some people on the PP board say that if I mark it they will remove it.
I think we can pinpoint the date it was hidden by looking at the snow and the fact that the river was frozen. Looks to me like a sunny day, during the work week, a couple of days before the hunt.
But I did freeze the vido right before it cut out, and I did get a tiny bit of the corner of his head.
It also looks like the videos were done in his garadge. Anyone have a neighbor playing with a blow up in their garadge recently?
It only makes me think that for next year, the CW will be looking for parks of something simular again.
You know that map he showed us? That mapqwest one, there is a little note section where you the user can type your own personal notes in for when you print it off. The mapqwest paper, with his notes said from start to finish:
extension of annapolis street is boarder
between ram (st paul) and dakota (lilydale)
includes only the most northern part
of pickerel lake.
The salesperson told me you just have to be a nerd.
Even at that, he didn't want to sell one to *me*.
I think he figured I was like his mom or something...
I dunno I'll give the cluewriter a B-/C+ this year. Some clues were spot on others were a stretch (anchor=annapolis) and a lot were vague. Best clues were 7-10.
Lets see all the words that meant NOTHING -- lederhosen, fire king, elizabethan, hot pursuit, code of morse, tack, landmark, chargin', glean, cocklebur, sliver, launch.