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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

Submitted by KITCH on

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Clue #1 You've joined the hunt for the regal runt 
To prove searching does pay 
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole 
And the golf course is out of play 

Last year Jake took home the cake 
With a clue a bit off level 
This year we'll rinse off all our prints 
Lest this hunt go to the devil 

Clue #2 The point of all this is so that you won't miss 
Your big chance to grab all the cash 
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise 
You'll have to do something quite rash 

Clue #3 We've scanned the county to hide our bounty 
And keep you on your toes 
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible 
Although it might just stick to your nose. 

Clue #4 How fun is the snow how far will we go 
You really ought to go see 
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin' 
Get into the game-it's all free 

Clue #5 There once was a clue that drove you-know-who 
To threaten a heinous act 
We'd use it again but we're afraid of his pen 
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact 

Clue #6 All ye who look should honor the book 
As one who stood for hope 
Much was built in the name of the kilt 
Look sharp now and never mope 

Clue #7 If you should go look high then low 
One could see it from a bower 
If it's your bent you might seek a tent 
To protect in case of shower 

Take note of the wood and do what you should 
To extract the prize for yourself 
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem 
Leave nothing behind on the shelf 

Clue #8 Look at the buck to acquire good luck 
In finding the grail this year 
Link a jar,a line, a star lawyer divine 
While crying in your beer 

He won, then lost and the nation was tossed 
Into strife that was far from civil 
The point I'm making is yours for the taking 
Believe me - not the message board drivel 

Clue #9 This name brings tears, elation and cheers 
And occasionally even outrages 
It sits on walls and rides the halls 
And fills a dozen pages 

The hills are alive and you'll have arrived 
Refrain from the very injurious 
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save 
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious 

Clue #10 Look for the sight you hope is just right 
You're doubtful and you're torn 
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds 
And part of a rose with a horn 

Through flames and flow this park where you'll go 
Is the site of sacred relics 
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please 
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix 

Clue #11 Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds 
Far from the graves take your entourage 
Twixt Burns and Thorn, an icy pathway is born 
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage 

Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path 
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter 
The path not official contains footprints beneficial 
Some 300 trudges in - quest for a quitter 

This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow 
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum 
From here you must search for a hillside path perch 
Wherein lies the center of fun

 

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KITCH

I really feel bad about this one..

I'm sorry I put the rest of the people on board with me...

I was afraid I could have convienced more of the coolers if I really had pushed it and explained my ideas.

but I want to point out just a few as I needed to dump it off..

first regal runt
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E5DD1339F931A25752C0A961958260

Free outdoor public skating will be available downtown throughout the festival at a large rink built in Osborn Plaza, and at the Regal Ice Skating Rink in Kellogg Park. granted from 1997 but it was there..

you can see the mason symbol

the sign that says "free parking for wild games"

the wise gal *harriet* and 3 guys on mappys book

Father Galtier and his Mission

the pigs eye signs

bent/achor

so many things...wellstone

thats just a small sample...

 :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:

but the reason I didn't like mounds was I still can't believe the clue writer is going to get aways with calling out indian mounds with terms like Injuin and 'save your skin'
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:00 AM Permalink
KOP

matty b posted he needs a day off so take your business to the kick-off he...he..ha..ha.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:01 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Ta-Da!!! You win a prize! That was a good one :smile:

I like it a lot
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:03 AM Permalink
zephyrus

This the rails you were talking about?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:09 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Back from mounds and slogging away. There's a ton of woods it can be in, it's all a matter of who finds the lucky tree.

The cluewriter is following the same MO they've had since 2003. Pick a large park in St. Paul, lead people on a wild goose chase (or not, sometimes they've been nicer about it, but not this year), then finally name the park on the 9th or 10th clue. Pick a large patch of woods, hide the puck in a large downed tree.

I've come to a couple conclusions for next year(s). 1. Skip anything outside St. Paul, the hunt's just too big to support anything out of the city limits where the Press could be held liable for damages (and yes, I know last year's 2nd hunt didn't follow that, but it was beyond precident) 2. 9 out of 10 times, the hunt will end at one of the big parks in St. Paul, concentrate on those, if it's a small park, you won't know until it's over anyway, or you get really, really lucky on figuring out the clues.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:26 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

On a nicer note, I was caching in the park the day of the predig gig :cool: I'm just wondering how close I will have travelled to the hiding spot.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:28 AM Permalink
Clue Master

I still can't believe the clue writer is going to get aways with calling out indian mounds with terms like Injuin and 'save your skin'

I don't think either is right.

I think injurious is just there to rhyme with ob vious. And I thought save your skin was in reference to how the Indians stayed warm during the winter. Or Burns
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:33 AM Permalink
diggin4it

and addition... so we're diggin' up the flamin' fire pit and nearest flamin grill - I reach for my phone - ok, not there, think I left it at home from changing from final table poker tourney to on line at Ma press clue - phones missing - Matty B's? Vulcans? diggin? Must be at home??!!.....later buy the gnill ..some says "anyone lose a phone?" ...turns out MY PHONE ubder the picnic table next to the grill - next to the fire pit -> "lost phone? lost phone?"....hook up with Mikey who just found his phone!!! - - get a geocache- he slides down the hill - - give him my bottle - no med - go home :neutral: surreal....STFU!!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:40 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Lewis and Clark with Sacagewea wouldn't tie in, or she wouldn't anyway, since she was from North Dakota, and then they went west.

But they could have used her as a reference to Native Americans in general to point in the park. She is as widely known as Geronimo.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:43 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Why has hope been mentioned twice in the clues?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:45 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Man.... you don't wanna lose th job that you just got... :frown:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:53 AM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Just back from Mounds...where is the lower part? I'm not sure where IM ends and BC starts but I had trouble finding any woods, just a few trees here and there. I know I probably should've been looking closer to Pt. Douglas but where? Can someone please clarify the boundaries? Thanks:)
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:19 AM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Also, for what it's worth, I think that Clue #5 is referring to the PP building that's in your view.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:22 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Mounds park is about 1 mile long starting in the West by Plum Street, and ending on the East at Hwy 61.

The wooded area that borders that entire south side of the streets is all Mounds Park.

BC begins on the other side of 61, across from Pigs Eye.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:23 AM Permalink
zephyrus

The lower part of the woods (by elevation) is down by Obb's bar near Pt. Douglas road and Clarence st. (they make a point there)
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:25 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Or you'll be in a heckuva fix = Like, A Beach Of Vino Luxury
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:29 AM Permalink
Posen

"Is the site of sacred relics"

I took this to mean any park with Ian and Kitch in it...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:35 AM Permalink
New Daddy

morning! Coffee, sticky buns, and a flame thrower to keep warm are laid out. Hope the flow of the wind keeps up because it will keep a lot of people away, or make them leave the park early.

If I find it I will need to borrow someone's clues. My kids took my sheet that had my clues tape to it to show a friend, at school, and it did't come back home. The DVD has really perked up my kids interest. watching all of you act just as passiontly talk about it has got them fired up.

Today is our day to find it. get out there cooler crew and dig, dig dig. Hope one of us finds it today.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:25 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I'm only 470 msgs behind but...We talked to the guy at Obbs and he'd love it if we were there (only wants notice) and no cost. They have a really nice room.

Thoughts? Please post in the rehash thread.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:35 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I agree with new daddys post!

 Also thanks for finding my phone Leelebell!!!!

And thanks to the diggin chicks for a booster when I needed it!

You babes rock!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:37 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Zephy, I have your shovel. Call me if you need it before I get out there. Thanks!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:41 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

in reality the only cars I'd recognize are KC's and Clue Masters

You know I drive a silver Jeep Cherokee right?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:42 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

wrong again. Best noodler? Ha!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:45 AM Permalink
New Daddy

Hi 3m you ready to go out. I am leaving now. Hope to see ya out there. Obb's would be nice but I doubt they would want it to be pot luck.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:53 AM Permalink
Andrea

I picked up on that too-- the Wekon part is the same part in the old Harriet Island name that had people there because of "devil". I guess it can be interpreted as spirit or devil.

Andrea
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:00 AM Permalink
Andrea

Ian- You aren't really quitting are you???

Andrea
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:02 AM Permalink
Andrea

You can print them from the pioneer press website so that you have them with you for WHEN you find it!

Andrea
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:10 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Team K-

Please don't quit. We need you at IM to increase our odds vs. the shmucks.

Ian get's a free pass because he's spent more time digging this year than most of the crew has in their entire life.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:25 AM Permalink
Schnoodle

Etna runs into IM in mythology Etna was identified as the location of the forge of Volcan, home of the Cyclopses.

Cyclopse fits with the clue about the Buck (back of dollar)...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:31 AM Permalink
wolfpac

Good one, the one eye.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 5:34 AM Permalink
OT

No, but I do now. :smile: But now that you mention it, I did know you drove a Jeep because of some pictures you posted in a parking lot once, but I thought it was white. And I might have seen Zephy yesterday after all, because I remember seeing a black Jeep and thinking that's not mrmikey because his Jeep is white.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:01 AM Permalink
OT

Can't you just pick up the latest edition of the PP where they're all printed? I just carry my paper with me.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:03 AM Permalink
jakeinge

He wasn't referring to Indians when they mention "injurious", and as far as the "save your skin" reference, how else are you going to describe an Indian when everyone and their mother thinks it is at a park other than Mounds? Even after that clue most didn't get it...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:15 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Woke up this morning to read the clue and couldn't believe they had spelled it out so clearly!

But sucks since I am busy with appointments at work all day and have class I can't skip tonight!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:15 AM Permalink
KITCH

stay warm out there today..
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:34 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I agree with the same sentiment, why just run us around town for 9-10 days only to give us a giant park. They could have told us Mounds last weekend and it would have made the hunt a lot more fun. Part of the whole hunt is to have fun with family, friends, ect. I hate to complain but one could assume the puck would be safe in some random woods at mounds if they told us earlier.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:35 AM Permalink
KITCH

hmmm

if it is not found does the guy who picked the park for the parkpool get the money?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:43 AM Permalink
Clue Master

I think he had an in anyway. Nobody ever picks IM except me.

FIX FIX! :angry:

:wink:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:45 AM Permalink
green

No, you goofball! BNSF rails.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:49 AM Permalink
green

I guess it was Mikey that posted his idea about Mounds. I thought that was you, Kitch. That's why I told you to go south. I guess I should have told Mikey.

Mikey, go south!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 6:59 AM Permalink
OT

Here's something some of you might want to try to apply the clues to real life. Sometimes when you act something out it becomes more clear. :sillygrin:

Riding the rail was a punishment of Colonial America in which a man was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two men, with other men on either side to keep him upright on the rail. The victim was then paraded around town.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:03 AM Permalink
KITCH

oh things did go south for me..
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:07 AM Permalink
green

Warner (the name that brings you tears, elation, cheers and even outrages in movies such as The Sound of Music...) Road divides the two sections of BCIM Regional Park. In the lowest portion of the park, which is a BC portion, are the BNSF rails.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:08 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Well clearly there's only one thing to say in this case...

I blame Kitch!

Although in truth the clues do fit Kellogg better than they fit IM, until this last one that is.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:08 AM Permalink
KITCH

at least i didn't do the noodle for clue #9 that thought the clue referred to the Maury Povich show.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:10 AM Permalink
OT

I wonder what park Jake was 99% sure it was in?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:12 AM Permalink
green

He was at Mounds yesterday.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:12 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I cant wait to see all these explanations. I think they brought the 2003 clue writer back for 2008. hopefully this isn't a repeating five year event!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:13 AM Permalink