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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

Submitted by KITCH on

Medallion Hotline 651-228-5547 

 


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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Posen

Sorry to hear that....If I find the puck, I'll buy you new batteries! :wink:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:45 AM Permalink
diggorius rex

GO CREW GO!!!!!!!!

good luck to everyone. i will join as soon as off work. if it isn't found today, tonight's clue will be crazy :goofy:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:49 AM Permalink
diggorius rex

anyone heard from new daddy?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:51 AM Permalink
l and a mommy

so is someone going to set up the confrence call thingy? I like that idea.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:54 AM Permalink
l and a mommy

There are a couple of you with my cell number if a conference call is set up for tonight will you call me or text me with the instructions... I'll be heading out to Mounds again tonight when I get done with work around 4:30 or 5. Thanks!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 9:57 AM Permalink
Grey Wolf

I walked by there this morning and the area is pretty well dug up. Didn't look any closer.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:01 AM Permalink
GreenTeam

Will someone be posting the clue here tonight?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:02 AM Permalink
mucluck

that was the Chanhassen one
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:07 AM Permalink
green

Stay calm, All. A little confusion - Ian was talking about a different Hunt in a differnt city. I deleted my post.

Sorry if I gave anyone, particularly Ian, a stroke. Well, *maybe* not Ian... :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:07 AM Permalink
Redbear

Conference call information for tonight:

Tue 01/29/08 10:45 PM

 1-517-417-5000

Code to get in: 668627 (note: spells MOUNDS)

We need a clue getter though.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:09 AM Permalink
Eags

I read these boards by clicking on "read new" and when I saw Ian's post, didn't even realize I was on a different thread!

Whew! It was the small town hunts page!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:10 AM Permalink
Redbear

Total of 30 individual phone lines can call in.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:12 AM Permalink
green

Yeahbutt, Eags... What COUNTY is that????????

:sillygrin: :sillygrin: :sillygrin:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:13 AM Permalink
Eags

Carver County - and some of the clues fit there, too! :eek:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:17 AM Permalink
Eags

OK, here's what we know for SURE:

1) The puck is made of some kind of invisible sticky stuff, like super glue, or snot.

2) It either is, or is not, in Mounds.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:19 AM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Okay, if the whole Mason thing refers to the Lodge, where is it visible from IM? And what does it look like? Or is there a better solution to this clue now?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:19 AM Permalink
Posen

The conference call is awesome...

Sign me up for tomorrow's call...but I really don't wanna get there before 9 p.m. when they actually drop the puck.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:21 AM Permalink
Redbear

Probably be good if Kitch or someone can post the number/code on top of this thread.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:24 AM Permalink
green

My take on this Clue is once you find the park that rhymes with grounds, Thorn and Etna, you dont want to go there because you want to stay away from "these," the above listed.

Though, it could just be saying go to the eastern end of Mounds.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:24 AM Permalink
Eags

I'm liking the eastern end of Mounds, especially once I thought about Etna possibly referring to flames and flow.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:28 AM Permalink
Terry

No one has found it yet. Bummer.

We will likely be out at Mounds after work tonight.

It's gonna be cold! The wind is already miserable.

The lodge is yellowish in color with a square tower taller than the rest of the lodge with the mason insignia on it.

Is viewable from Mounds.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:29 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

agree, you cant see anything from there but i doubt it matters at this point!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:29 AM Permalink
Eags

Sicily's greatest natural attraction is also its highest mountain. To the ancient Greeks, Mount Etna was the realm of Vulcan, god of fire, and the home of the one-eyed monster known as the Cyclopses and where the giant Enceladus laid (eruptions being his breath and earthquakes his motion).
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:31 AM Permalink
green

Here's me driving Oscar nutz:

If you read "And part of a rose with a horn," meaning a rose that has a horn vs. that part of a rose that rhymes with horn... I get Rose Royce, who did "Car Wa(r)sh."

Now... Sounds rhymes with "grounds."

And there are RR sounds in the lowest part of the Regional Park!

Man, I tell ya! Am I GOOD or what? I can get a round peg in a square hole without breaking a bead!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:31 AM Permalink
Eags

I think the things referenced in earlier clue may just be things to get you to the park, but once there, seems like we're being told to go to the woods. Just my take. I could be wrong, and I just was a couple of minutes ago!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:32 AM Permalink
KITCH

good god...I'm trying to unload my hunting gear out of my car...

I'm frozen...

man its bad out there..

btw..boxmeyer is in obbs
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:32 AM Permalink
Terry

I loved back in the day when things mentioned in the clues were visible...all had to be lined up and if you were in the right spot, everything was there.

My hesitation with the side of the star thingy is that it was used for a hunt in Mounds a couple years ago. I know that was a summer hunt, but they usually stay away from where the prize was previously.

In the same vein, the western part of the park was the hiding place of the 1987 medallion. I'm thinking somewhere in the middle.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:34 AM Permalink
green

He's spotting... He wrote this year's Clues.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:35 AM Permalink
OT

Order of the Eastern Star. Affiliated with the Masons.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:35 AM Permalink
Posen

I'm suspecting that the final will be something like:

Down English street to the giant tree

then to the East walk 23...

there's gonna be some ugly bushwacking done in the dark at high speeds.....how can we spread out and cover the potential park for the final conference call? ...and how can we narrow down the park to a sizable area....?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:36 AM Permalink
Terry

I know the lodge is visible from the western end of the park. I don't know if the insignia would be visible from the eastern part...but the building should be.

The star being further east - I think we need to be between the two mason things.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:38 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I think you may be right.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:39 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Hopefully tonights clue will send us to one side or the other. If it isn't found by the 12th clue then we can spread ourselves around the correct area and hopefully be there first.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:41 AM Permalink
wolfpac

At least one good thing will come out of this, a die hard will be the finder
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:44 AM Permalink
Terry

My take on these clues....

Yes, they have been frustrating as they all contained things found in other parks.

But they have also been challenging and fun to noodle over.

I would like the clues to give the park a bit earlier than the last couple days of mad dashes into the woods in the dark.

But I am glad we were there on Sunday. Some things started to click and with clue 9, they clicked even better.

Wish I had been clicking the right stuff earlier.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:44 AM Permalink
Posen

And Ian was there on Predig Day...so hats off to his insight!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:46 AM Permalink
wolfpac

The CW is leading us down the Vento Trail, is Mounds the last stop?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:46 AM Permalink
Terry

For those taking advantage of the daylight to find the invisible puck, take care to dress warmly and protect those exposed skin areas. It is brutal out there.

Good luck and may a coolerhead prevail!

I'm heading back to work.

Next year, I will be able to take time off for this craziness.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:47 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

This is funny from the pp boards

I think this is a fitting them song for us hunters who have spent countless hours and numerous parks over the past week. I heard it on my way into work this morning . . .

Where was the clue that we needed the most

We kicked up the leaves and the magic was lost

Even though our blue skies faded to gray

Our passion had never gone away

And we need to carry on

We stood in the line just to hit a new low

We're faking a smile with the coffee we go

They tell us our hunts been way off line

We're falling to pieces every time

And yet we need to carry on

Because we had a bad day

We're taking one down

We sing a sad song just to turn it around

We say we don't know

The clue writer don't lie

We work at a smile and we go for a ride

We had a bad day

The clues don't lie

We're coming back down and we really don't mind

We had a bad day

We had a bad day

Will we need a blue sky holiday?

The point is they laugh at what we say

But we need to carry on

We had a bad day

We're taking one down

We sing a sad song just to turn it around

We say we don't know

But the clues don't lie

We work at a smile and we go for a ride

We had a bad day

The clues don't lie

We're coming back down and we really don't mind

We had a bad day
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:53 AM Permalink
green

A triangle or wye, in rail terminology, is a triangular shaped arrangement of railway tracks with a switch (point) at each corner.

Rail switches are also called "points."
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:54 AM Permalink
green

Nope. BC.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:58 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

hopewell indians and the AA meeting spot is right there at Maria and Cherry by Mounds - thier 12 step book is commonly referred to as the book of hope.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:58 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

I like this one zeph.

Vino loves being on a beach of luxury... :cool:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:00 AM Permalink
green

I've never heard that. Have heard "The Big Book," but never The Book of Hope.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:01 AM Permalink
Posen

i'm thinking we got Huck'd :frown:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:16 AM Permalink
brasscat

I DID IT BM

I just rec'd call

I'll be starting Texas hold em training in FEB. YAYAYAYAYA
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:23 AM Permalink
brasscat

Sorry folks It's not about the med

 :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:23 AM Permalink
Posen

but we love a good taunting.... :litesmile:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:24 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

my thought is that it's closer to the mounds. I think they definately have to be visable... I was thinking where the orange water fountain is and the fire pits....I know there were a l ot of people digging in that general area... but I still think that it's somewhere eye level or close, I don't think it's on the ground burried.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:29 AM Permalink
mucluck

Got all my gear packed away....

considering selling my map books I have all three of mappy's
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:31 AM Permalink