Yes, I will post all the explanations when I get home. I'm still at work and don't really have time to write them out again right now.
Exhaust didn't mean anything. But the part about carbon monoxide just meant that there wasn't a lot of car traffic as opposed to something like Merriam or any other park on a major street.
I was just thinking about that. I think I'll be leaving work at 6 and by the time I get home and then get to South St. Paul, it would be a little after 7.
So it sounds like the plan for the Mock Rehash Bash would be to return to Fabulous Fern's next Friday, March 8th, at 7pm. This time we'll meet in the dining area for dinner. So it would help to know just how many people will be coming out in order to make a reservation.
Thanks for another great HUNT! I hope the PP takes a lesson from your clues and the way you hid the medallion. You proved that a hunt can have some longevity without snow. Thanks again for a very relaxing break from the reality of life.
I imagine people will be there at least kind of late. And they do have pool tables, and they only cost 25 cents a game so that is kind of nice, though I'm sure Jake will pay for it all anyway. :-)
1. The hunt has begun and the shining of the SunHath turned the snows of winter into a big muddy bathIn the parks of St. Paul you’d best be careful as you runSeeking the treasure that lies off of the beaten path.
The coin was hidden just off of a running path as well as the area of the park not being a part of Phalen’s main thoroughfare. Also refers to the weather conditions at the start of the hunt when melting snows were making large puddles and muddy messes. The coin was near one such depressed area where large puddles had gathered from the runoff of the adjacent hills. It also hints at the coin being disguised with mud. And of course it tells you it was in a St. Paul park.
2. If your thoughts are strewn and you’re in a swoonAnd you worry, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”Remember the disc but try changing your tuneAnd you too may find the stash you’ve been yearning for.
The disc in question is U2’s (you too) “The Joshua Tree” from which the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” originated. Keeping that disc in mind, but looking for another song (changing your tune), one of the songs on the CD is “One Tree Hill”. Near the treasure’s hiding location is a small hill with a single tree on it.
3. It was not the fate of Pharaohs to lie in barrowsAs such a burial was not appropriate to their worthBut if by comparison one is as poor as the sparrows.Then try looking for something covered with earth.
The coin, like someone lying in a barrow, was in a box and covered in dirt, yet was above ground level. So essentially this clue is telling you that if you’re poor and want to find the treasure, to look for something disguised with dirt (or mud, depending on the weather that day). Also, picture 152 on the Treasure Hunter’s Guide website pictures the hiding spot and has some birds (though admittedly not sparrows) in the frame.
4. At the treasure’s site you’ll find traffic is lightSo you needn’t worry much about carbon monoxide.But whether searching by day or hunting by nightIt’s best to stay near plenty of hydrogen hydroxide.
This clue is primarily telling you that water (Lake Phalen) is visible from the hiding spot. It also tells you that the hiding spot of the coin is in a place where there isn’t a lot of nearby traffic (Wheelock doesn’t have that much and Ivy and Earl have almost none)
5. Could you be grumpy because your dinner was lumpy?Maybe this clue is one way to put your mind at ease.Hidden amongst terrain that might be called bumpyConsider taking as your guide a group of fir trees.
Can you believe it, there’s actually 5 hints in this one. The use of the phrase “one way” is a reference to Ivy turning into a one way street near the treasure’s hiding spot. The terrain near the hiding spot (as well as Phalen in general) has a lot of rolling hills and is kind of “bumpy”. Near the hiding spot there is a group of fir trees. But also, a group of trees might be a forest and Forest St is the first street one encounters to the west of the hiding spot. And finally, a “stealth” clue in that it was there but there was nothing to call your attention to it other than perhaps the stilted language of the clue, the first letters of each line spell out CMHC (See MHC, the Minnesota Humanities Commission which is visible from the hiding spot).
6. The rule of Boreas the King is yielding to springAnd so we’ve reached the end of his reign.To avoid falling into a useless sort of flingIt’s best to stay within another noble’s domain.
This clue is basically just saying to stay in the vicinity, or rather “domain” of Earl St. as an earl is another type of noble.
7. Now “Old Hickory”, if you studied history,Was General Andrew Jackson’s informal title.Another Jackson may help solve this mysteryBut keeping sight of the General’s moniker is vital.
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was the Jackson who would help you solve this mystery as well as being the general whose moniker you needed to keep in sight. Which is to say that a stone wall was visible from the treasure’s hiding spot.
8. Though St. Patrick’s Day is only a ways away,Even the luck of the Irish is no guarantee.The leprechauns have hidden their gold in a secret cache,But in their tiny deadbolt you may find a key.
The tiny deadbolt was the “key” to this clue. Another way of saying tiny deadbolt is “wee lock” which of course refers to Wheelock Parkway, the street to the north of the hiding spot. All the Irish references in the clue were meant to hint at the use of the word “wee”.
9. Seems ya’ll are lost, scouring the land of frostAnd maybe another clue is what you’ll be needin’.But you may be fixin’ to give up in utter exhaustCause your plan to get the right park, it’s not succeedin’.
“Not succeedin’” is the same as “failin’”. Use a homophone and the last line then reads, “Cause your plan to get to the right park, it’s Phalen.” The southern sort of accent also hints at it being in the southern part of the park as well as hinting that to scour the land up north by Frost Ave. would leave you lost.
10. If the botanical arts was your area of smartsVirtually any plant could come in handy.If you can spot the one that has clinging parts,Victory is close, and that would be dandy
The plant with clinging parts is ivy, as suggested by the first letters of each line. Ivy is the street that borders the part of the park where the coin is on the south.
11. Brush away that tear, for the treasure is nearYour quest for the coin you need not abate.The way to the loot is almost perfectly clearAnd you won’t be getting stopped by that gate.
The treasure was basically right across from Wheelock from the main gate (so you didn’t have to worry about it being closed at night) and was located almost on a perfect line extended from Clear Ave. Lining those two up as your axes, you should have been able to find the brush and weeds it was hidden in.
12. If you don’t want to we wailin’ you’d best go to PhalenAnd cross over Wheelock from where you’d find the main gateLook in some tall grass and you’ll be doing some smooth sailin’With any luck you’ll dig up the coin and that would be great.
Basically just telling you where the treasure was, across Wheelock from the main gate in some tall grass and weeds there. “Digging it up” again refers to the box it is in being covered in dirt.
Well I'm off to stop and get some cash for the winners and then I'll be heading down to Bugg's for whoever wants to join us. And for those who don't or can't, I hope to see you on Friday.
Don't get me wrong AW, great job on the clues, but I gotta know why you didn't change the capital S in the first clue after it was acknowledged? You changed the period in one of the other clues after that was pointed out. That S was a search area breaker for me. Although I did get to experiance The Big 'W' when I saw it. And that wouldn't of happened if you didn't post it that way.
Hope everybody is having fun at Buggs. I'll probably head down about 11 to see if anyone is still around to cry in my beer with....
I am gooood! ....Just wasted an hour on the new "survivor"...it's a family interactive program at my house..... which kinda beats Masterpiece Theatre, which was the "family interactive" in my childhood!
Artemis-Where art thou?.........Ares, during my slog, I noticed you struggling w/ the sinus crap....again. I feel for you! I suffer from "nose junk" as well. Only I can't take pill things, as recommended by Dr's, and Pharmacists, cuz that stuff makes me feel like I have spiders carrying snakes crawling through my body.....
kt, i've had this wonderful on-again off-again relationship with this crap. if you caught it in your slogging i did a real good job of getting sick tuesday at work. excellent acting work. well only half acting. i just had to lay it on real thick :)
i've had my benadryl cocktail already tonite (ran out of the blues so i had to resort to the whites plus tylenol (and why do i sound like a high school drug addict there???)), as with the sneezing i'm convinced there's more to this than a simple head cold, ie, allergies.
Hi, back! We were dually impressed by the mock hunt clues! (as you, Artemis assured me!) My wish is that the PP reads all this, and gets a CLUE! I wish the Hubby was as involved in this as I am, I do like to noodle over morning coffee. ....Folgers DeCaf with Cask& Cream in the pot,kid in bed,Sade playing....Hubby wants a backrub.....(after all, he DID do the dishes...)Hope the phone does not ring..... Dreams, and love, and the like to all!
Yes, I will post all the explanations when I get home. I'm still at work and don't really have time to write them out again right now.
Exhaust didn't mean anything. But the part about carbon monoxide just meant that there wasn't a lot of car traffic as opposed to something like Merriam or any other park on a major street.
Take 52 south to South St. Paul, then go to Concord and head south and it's on the corner of Concord and Bryant.
where is Buggs' anyway?
Jake will bop right up to the door to greet you, too. :)
buggs has tasty roast beef from 5-8 and 75 cent beers from 4-7
That jewelry box is looking like a coffin that's been dug up and it's starting to creep me out.
JC Penny??? Classy you are Allison
The hunt was a little more classy than the box...It was fun...but not as fun as tonite at bugg's
What time are you heading to Bugg's AW?
Hello all! Congrats to Jake and Donny!!
I drove past the site on the way back from my visit. That was a good hiding place. Great clues, Allison!
Thanks Terry....will you be down to Bugg's tonite
I can't. I've got a former commitment that I can't get out of as it's at the house.
But I'll be there in spirit!
I was just thinking about that. I think I'll be leaving work at 6 and by the time I get home and then get to South St. Paul, it would be a little after 7.
Allison, call my cell please.....
to the O'Medallionators...who found the weecoin just off of
tiny deadboltparkway.
::: imagine that :::
you kept it interesting.
I don't know that I'm exhausted, and I never saw the One Tree Hill,but I totally understand Exit
see ya,
B Y E !
So it sounds like the plan for the Mock Rehash Bash would be to return to Fabulous Fern's next Friday, March 8th, at 7pm. This time we'll meet in the dining area for dinner. So it would help to know just how many people will be coming out in order to make a reservation.
Congrats to Jake and Donny
My prediction was only a day late, but my money was on Jake finding it.
Thanks for another great HUNT! I hope the PP takes a lesson from your clues and the way you hid the medallion. You proved that a hunt can have some longevity without snow. Thanks again for a very relaxing break from the reality of life.
i suppose now i ought to finish up reformatting the ppwc fora for posting on the web, huh?
I'm gonna guess that everyone is at the pub?
Here's a link to Bugg's if you need a map: http://twincities.citysearch.com/profile/5513594/
I imagine people will be there at least kind of late. And they do have pool tables, and they only cost 25 cents a game so that is kind of nice, though I'm sure Jake will pay for it all anyway. :-)
It's always bitter sweet at the end of a hunt.
Time to visit an old friend of mine... T.V. (sorry Terry, ..television)
DITTO ::sigh::
Congratulations Boys ;)
1. The hunt has begun and the shining of the Sun Hath turned the snows of winter into a big muddy bath In the parks of St. Paul you’d best be careful as you run Seeking the treasure that lies off of the beaten path.
The coin was hidden just off of a running path as well as the area of the park not being a part of Phalen’s main thoroughfare. Also refers to the weather conditions at the start of the hunt when melting snows were making large puddles and muddy messes. The coin was near one such depressed area where large puddles had gathered from the runoff of the adjacent hills. It also hints at the coin being disguised with mud. And of course it tells you it was in a St. Paul park.
2. If your thoughts are strewn and you’re in a swoon And you worry, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” Remember the disc but try changing your tune And you too may find the stash you’ve been yearning for.
The disc in question is U2’s (you too) “The Joshua Tree” from which the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” originated. Keeping that disc in mind, but looking for another song (changing your tune), one of the songs on the CD is “One Tree Hill”. Near the treasure’s hiding location is a small hill with a single tree on it.
3. It was not the fate of Pharaohs to lie in barrows As such a burial was not appropriate to their worth But if by comparison one is as poor as the sparrows. Then try looking for something covered with earth.
The coin, like someone lying in a barrow, was in a box and covered in dirt, yet was above ground level. So essentially this clue is telling you that if you’re poor and want to find the treasure, to look for something disguised with dirt (or mud, depending on the weather that day). Also, picture 152 on the Treasure Hunter’s Guide website pictures the hiding spot and has some birds (though admittedly not sparrows) in the frame.
4. At the treasure’s site you’ll find traffic is light So you needn’t worry much about carbon monoxide. But whether searching by day or hunting by night It’s best to stay near plenty of hydrogen hydroxide.
This clue is primarily telling you that water (Lake Phalen) is visible from the hiding spot. It also tells you that the hiding spot of the coin is in a place where there isn’t a lot of nearby traffic (Wheelock doesn’t have that much and Ivy and Earl have almost none)
5. Could you be grumpy because your dinner was lumpy? Maybe this clue is one way to put your mind at ease. Hidden amongst terrain that might be called bumpy Consider taking as your guide a group of fir trees.
Can you believe it, there’s actually 5 hints in this one. The use of the phrase “one way” is a reference to Ivy turning into a one way street near the treasure’s hiding spot. The terrain near the hiding spot (as well as Phalen in general) has a lot of rolling hills and is kind of “bumpy”. Near the hiding spot there is a group of fir trees. But also, a group of trees might be a forest and Forest St is the first street one encounters to the west of the hiding spot. And finally, a “stealth” clue in that it was there but there was nothing to call your attention to it other than perhaps the stilted language of the clue, the first letters of each line spell out CMHC (See MHC, the Minnesota Humanities Commission which is visible from the hiding spot).
6. The rule of Boreas the King is yielding to spring And so we’ve reached the end of his reign. To avoid falling into a useless sort of fling It’s best to stay within another noble’s domain.
This clue is basically just saying to stay in the vicinity, or rather “domain” of Earl St. as an earl is another type of noble.
7. Now “Old Hickory”, if you studied history, Was General Andrew Jackson’s informal title. Another Jackson may help solve this mystery But keeping sight of the General’s moniker is vital.
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was the Jackson who would help you solve this mystery as well as being the general whose moniker you needed to keep in sight. Which is to say that a stone wall was visible from the treasure’s hiding spot.
8. Though St. Patrick’s Day is only a ways away, Even the luck of the Irish is no guarantee. The leprechauns have hidden their gold in a secret cache, But in their tiny deadbolt you may find a key.
The tiny deadbolt was the “key” to this clue. Another way of saying tiny deadbolt is “wee lock” which of course refers to Wheelock Parkway, the street to the north of the hiding spot. All the Irish references in the clue were meant to hint at the use of the word “wee”.
9. Seems ya’ll are lost, scouring the land of frost And maybe another clue is what you’ll be needin’. But you may be fixin’ to give up in utter exhaust Cause your plan to get the right park, it’s not succeedin’.
“Not succeedin’” is the same as “failin’”. Use a homophone and the last line then reads, “Cause your plan to get to the right park, it’s Phalen.” The southern sort of accent also hints at it being in the southern part of the park as well as hinting that to scour the land up north by Frost Ave. would leave you lost.
10. If the botanical arts was your area of smarts Virtually any plant could come in handy. If you can spot the one that has clinging parts, Victory is close, and that would be dandy
The plant with clinging parts is ivy, as suggested by the first letters of each line. Ivy is the street that borders the part of the park where the coin is on the south.
11. Brush away that tear, for the treasure is near Your quest for the coin you need not abate. The way to the loot is almost perfectly clear And you won’t be getting stopped by that gate.
The treasure was basically right across from Wheelock from the main gate (so you didn’t have to worry about it being closed at night) and was located almost on a perfect line extended from Clear Ave. Lining those two up as your axes, you should have been able to find the brush
and weeds it was hidden in.
12. If you don’t want to we wailin’ you’d best go to Phalen And cross over Wheelock from where you’d find the main gate Look in some tall grass and you’ll be doing some smooth sailin’ With any luck you’ll dig up the coin and that would be great.
Basically just telling you where the treasure was, across Wheelock from the main gate in some tall grass and weeds there. “Digging it up” again refers to the box it is in being covered in dirt.
Thank You David for a fun, intense filled, wonderful 11 days!
Sorry "no kisses for you"...
but a soda on Friday ;)
No fair trying to bribe the cluewriter! (with kisses)
Well I'm off to stop and get some cash for the winners and then I'll be heading down to Bugg's for whoever wants to join us. And for those who don't or can't, I hope to see you on Friday.
A handfull of GREEN M&M's for cluewriting effort ;)
GREEN....JOE
Ooooooooh. :-) Hope to see you soon Me2 and hope you recover from all your battle wounds. hehe
Thats right....
my shell was cracked
Note to self...Don't walk in bumpy parks, in the dark, carrying a rake!
::ouch:: ::rubbing nose::
:: laughing at me2 as she walks into her rake ::
Don't get me wrong AW, great job on the clues, but I gotta know why you didn't change the capital S in the first clue after it was acknowledged? You changed the period in one of the other clues after that was pointed out. That S was a search area breaker for me. Although I did get to experiance The Big 'W' when I saw it. And that wouldn't of happened if you didn't post it that way.
Hope everybody is having fun at Buggs. I'll probably head down about 11 to see if anyone is still around to cry in my beer with....
probably so that he could torture us even more, cm! lol!
Happy Thursday evening all!!!!
ThoseMedallingKids, Friday night, party of one.
....Huntress, Ares, how are you?
.....I Have Candy.....
not too bad, kt. you?
I am gooood! ....Just wasted an hour on the new "survivor"...it's a family interactive program at my house..... which kinda beats Masterpiece Theatre, which was the "family interactive" in my childhood!
Artemis-Where art thou?.........Ares, during my slog, I noticed you struggling w/ the sinus crap....again. I feel for you! I suffer from "nose junk" as well. Only I can't take pill things, as recommended by Dr's, and Pharmacists, cuz that stuff makes me feel like I have spiders carrying snakes crawling through my body.....
Hi KT! Must have missed ya, just finished reading the clue explanations.
It was great fun, and congrads to Jake and Donny.
Hey ATH - Yeah, that AW is sure is an evil man.... ;-)
kt, i've had this wonderful on-again off-again relationship with this crap. if you caught it in your slogging i did a real good job of getting sick tuesday at work. excellent acting work. well only half acting. i just had to lay it on real thick :)
i've had my benadryl cocktail already tonite (ran out of the blues so i had to resort to the whites plus tylenol (and why do i sound like a high school drug addict there???)), as with the sneezing i'm convinced there's more to this than a simple head cold, ie, allergies.
Hi, back! We were dually impressed by the mock hunt clues! (as you, Artemis assured me!) My wish is that the PP reads all this, and gets a CLUE! I wish the Hubby was as involved in this as I am, I do like to noodle over morning coffee. ....Folgers DeCaf with Cask& Cream in the pot,kid in bed,Sade playing....Hubby wants a backrub.....(after all, he DID do the dishes...)Hope the phone does not ring..... Dreams, and love, and the like to all!