2014 Coon Rapids Snowflake Days Hunt

Informational. This was my first time hiding the medallion and creating the clues. I was not really sure how easy or tough to make it, but was hoping to make the hunt last two weeks if possible. It came pretty close.

Informational

Was looking to narrow the search area some, windbags (tornadoes), sled pulling dogs (Huskies)and red coats with stripes (red coats with black stripes was the dictionary description I found for Bengals)- Intention was to drive you away from these borders)

A reference to Coon Hollow which is few blocks south of the final location and I had to get Rocky in the hunt.

Avocet which ended up being the closest street to the medallion is a member of the Stilt family of birds.

This is tough- the place that takes some to school was a reference to University Ave. (Directional Clue) The buzz is in reference to the Boulevard Buzz newsletter that was distributed to businesses some years back updating people on the redevelopment news on Coon Rapids Boulevard. I guess it did not get read by many.

line one was in reference to a senior living building near by, which is off of 99th Ave. (Gretzky) I know that is impossible. I thought "the great one" here I thought would be too early. 

The last line refers to the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope. (EGRET for short) which came up when I Googled Egret.

Sorry I couldn't pass it up.

Furrow is another word for hollow, rise up from the coon hollow.

A plant that grows in the desert is a Zilla which is the street on the other side of the property from Avocet.

The first line refers to Park River Estates which is the nursing home just to the west of the location. The bypass is in reference to what I always knew as the East River Road Bypass, the little short cut through to East River Road just up the street.

his one is emotional. I wrote this clue in honor of Mary Lou Hecht, a member of our Park and Rec. Commission for 37 years. She passed away on Jan. 13th after I had written the clue. I told her daughter Sue that I wrote a clue referencing her mother and how she felt about me keeping it in here. She said absolutely and that her mom would have loved it. Mary Lou we miss you.

In honor of it being the 50th Anniversary of Snowflake Days in Coon Rapids this is the point in the hunt where we went back two score and a half.(50 years).

Near a Century refers to the numerical street nearest the site ( 100th Ave. ) The final line refers to the first doctors at the old Coon Rapids Clinic- Dr. Matt Plasha and Dr. James Sipe.

This clue refers back 50 years (sands in time) and the old post office a block away. The fine dining refers to the Sportsmen's Club which back in this era was a nice place to go for dinner and was just across Avocet from the location.

This is the one that brought people to the right vicinity. It is a reference to the 1st Bank of Coon Rapids property, as best I could determine the medallion was near the exit of the drive through. Hats off to the person with the headlamp digging in the snow on Friday night. Your were not far away.

This was pretty easy if you have lived here awhile. Dr. Dwain Breitbach and Dr. Kenji Horita were dentists at the old Coon Rapids Clinic. The direction from there was according to my best reading of a compass and brought you across the now vacant lot toward Avocet.