PAST HUNT ARCHIVE
2014 - Mowed Down at Newell
CLUE #1
The skies are gray, the leaves are fallin’
Forget Oktoberfest—the hunt’s a’callin’!
An autumn chill assails our county
Though look not far to find the bounty:
To far-off shores you won’t deploy
To bears of white you shan’t “ahoy!”
Woods of maple keep asunder
Compass cities, omit from plunder
Therefore St. Paul retains the puck
A park within to try your luck
So grab a hat, be warmly attired
Leave your tools—no dig required
EXPLANATION: Is hidden in a St. Paul park, above ground
“leaves are fallin’/Leave” = is hidden in fallen leaves
CLUE #2
Hiding this treasure has cost me an arm
(No, not literally—no cause for alarm)
Shuffling your feet, you better believe,
Might draw your eye to what’s up my sleeve
EXPLANATION: Sleeve, arm = tree branch, container
Better believe = leaves
Shuffle feet = on/above ground
CLUE #3
When beginning to think of a viable park
The clime of King Boreas is closer the mark
Vulcanus’s distance might draw you amiss
And whence the sun rises is furthest from bliss
EXPLANATION: Northwest corner of St. Paul
CLUE #4
This should be easy, though no chance to skate
There’s nothing fishy about this park’s trait
High sticking here relates only to trees
Can’t bank the puck so coast by with ease
EXPLANATION: All clues = no hockey/rink/water.
High stick = tree branch.
CLUE #5
Eat a sandwich, pop some corn
Stoke the coals to stay warm
If you seem stressed, just let it slide
Sway in this chair and enjoy the ride
EXPLANATION: Picnic tables and fire pit
Seamstress = tailor = Taylor Avenue
Children's playground/tot lot
Swing set and bench swing
CLUE #6
Into bookkeeping? Check where we've trekked
Throw on some chukkas, pick up your specs
Won't need a jackknife (that is, 'less you're clever)
Come, take a dekko--the wiser, the better
EXPLANATION: Two k's (2K) = year 2000 = year medallion was hid at Newell.
CLUE #7
Scissors and rock--fun comes in threes
It shows up daily and emerges from trees
Look left, then look right, if opting to scan
It catches your eye, yet fits in your hand
EXPLANATION: 'paper' (newspaper) = medallion wrapped in news/paper comics. Fun in threes = swing set.
CLUE #8
Good for ribbons of amber hue
Stately monuments that crowd the view
The area, in fact, is known for its share
Not bad for a place that's oterwise square
EXPLANATION: "old oak trees"/historical Oak Grove. Geographically square.
CLUE #9
Still feeling stymied? Need a brighter clue?
Do what the curious and bold might do:
Enroll on a course of higher education
Though not exactly ivy, a best in the nation
EXPLANATION: Stanford Newell
CLUE #10
Another name for fun is a bike or a trike
Or go all-terrain for one additional hike
Motorized vehicles best stick to the road
(Though one thing they share is half of this code)
EXPLANATION: Wheeler Avenue
CLUE #11
Direct your feet thus to avioid helter-skelter
Shuffle them from this landmark shelter
Branch off from a set that might give them high hopes
Then, hit the road!-but first scan the slopes
EXPLANATION: Rec center, swing set, road (Wheeler Ave).
CLUE #12
In northwest St. Paul you'll locate a park
That's named from a lawyer noted for bark
It's wrecked in the middle and leafy all 'round
Pleasant to stroll, so many playthings abound
But enough being cryptic, you're here to discover
Where in Newell Park you'll need to uncover
So start at the Center that's centered in the middle
Then head to the swings -- do not tarry or fiddle
Wheel towards the road that's neares this set
Before hitting pavement don't you forget
To scan for a branch, and arm of the fallen
Hold aloft leafy treasure, the prise you'll be haulin'
EXPLANATION: Medallion in St. Paul's Newell Park, wrapped in. newspaper comics and hidden in a tree branch laying on the ground between the swing set and Wheeler Avenue.
WHERE IT WAS FOUND: Newell Park, on the ground between the seing sets and Wheeler Avenue.
WHAT IT WAS FOUND IN: Newspaper comics, tucked inside a fallen tree brqanch.
WHO FOUND IT: Coldest Hunter and Matt Koskie