2026 Twin Ports Winterfest Medallion Hunt

It is launching today
It’s the great clue display
By the sea or by land
Or by sky we will play
By car, or by ship
Or by bike or by sleigh
These tips everyday
Will show you the way

When you commit to explore
And you’re walking the walk
And you know that you’re near
So you’re talking the talk
But you need something more
A near imminent lock
You’ll be happy to hear
It’s 12 feet from a rock

With winter tints
of black,white and gray,
And colors that lack
that intense spring array
Nearby you’ll find hints
Of red, yellow, and green
And faded blues,
On some trees that were seen

The treasure’s current home
Is still solidly in question
And the places you roam
Seem like futile congestion
There’s a place you could comb
With a cheesy suggestion
Something that assists
In your clue-word digestion

This contest is no breeze
In the cold and the freeze
When you’re looking for keys
In your analyses
But If we could appease
Your awareness,
Mindfulness,
Carefulness,
Thoughtfulness
And knack for good deeds
We most humbly ask you , ‘Please’
To stay away from live trees

Do your steps match mine?
Do your traipses align?
If I drop you some numbers,
Would it be a good sign?
Let’s try and define
To reach the disc shrine
Find forty seven paces
In a stretch of one line
Then down the path
Keep track of the math
About 100 yards
Turn left on a dime
Take a breath and stride nine
Move seven more times
Then add on a trine

This hint only aids,If one is astute
Resourceful, precocious
Intuitive Acute.
Stay Focused
Engaged
Enfolded
And Guided
The discerning will know
Where the cluemeister strided

A beautiful site
As its name implies
Has long stood strong
On the grounds nearby
In the old and the new
Amid rock and fescue
The formation stands firm
Set to keep there long term

A shared name for sure
Adding to the allure
Of this area of frozen and thaw
Dubbed decades ago
For those in the know
One might say it’s from one Murphy’s Law

At the risk of soliloquizing
Pontificating or sermonizing
We are asking you, ‘please heed these rules’:

Don’t dig up old bones;
Stay off coastal stones;
Keep away from roped zones;
And away from our schools.

Not on sites with orange cones;
Or private land someone owns,
Like yards of people’s homes,
Or in private whirlpools

Let’s put this up front
To be perfectly blunt
Don’t think this a stunt
Just stay away from Cold Front

Not meaning to assail
But the disc doesn’t hail
On a groomed Ski trail
Don’t be party to that group of fools

Most sincerely we advise
For all gals and guys
To find the cherished prize
These rules are literally tools

Our place has a view
No doubt this is true
We already knew
Most spots ‘round here do
But don’t misconstrue
The scene through and through
Offers wonderful hues
In the fresh morning dew
Even frozen this view
Is wonderful, too

Seek out the grounds of two banners
Down the road from huge manors
And pay attention to the words in this mention
Two-thousand pounds of gleaming,
Glistening, Shimmering And Beaming
A feeble, but compound, comprehension

Seekers… do not, yourself, abase
It’s a challenging case
Let’s pick up the pace
And get you back in the race
Find eight bars with a space
Visible near this place
Two of which stand firmly
In hard ground at their base