Pekin Marigold Festival Medallion Hunt Sponsored by Jimmy John's ®

This year's chosen location had been on my short list for a few years.  When I went out to research it more closely I knew exactly what references I had to work with.  It is one of those "hide in plain sight" spots that is so noticeable on the periphery but unknown regarding specifics.  Walking up and looking at the gated west side I knew immediately I could have some fun with it.  From signs, to generators, and a fence with barbed wire at the top, there were possible references galore. A cell tower is impossible to hide, but here, many of the clues lied at it's base.  With the bushes that surround it fully hiding and enclosing the area, there was no doubt that it was time for "game on". Here are your explanations: Clue #1 It is no secret that in the past I have used numbers and letters, and sometimes a certain number of letters in total or a particular sequence.  For example, one year, when the medallion was hidden at the dog training area, I wrote...

Congratulations to Christie Gray who found the 2016 Pepsi Marigold Medallion late Saturday morning.  She found it in bushes near near the cell tower located in Mineral Springs Park.  This is off stadium drive, north of diamond six, and near the 4-H buildings.  Christie is an avid hunter who also found the medallion in 2011!

Clue Number 6 Time to fuel your efforts, Feeding your hunt capacity. In some ways I'm dying to get this over with. It's all the same to me. I saw the color of cowards, Spotted in more than one place. Will you quickly pick up on these references? Or be strung along in this race?

For all of the hunters who are planning ahead... Clue #6 will be released at 6:30 am on Saturday morning and Clue #7 will be released at 6:30am on Monday morning.  (No clue on Sunday.) Good luck!

Clue Number 5 Life is really about family and friends, And all the people we reach. It is also about lessons and learning, The endless wisdom we all should teach. There are things that don't seem to belong; Not where you'd expect them to be. But they've earned the right to be there. In life, nothing is ever free.

Clue Number 4 Perhaps you've heard it all before, About how this effort is so tough, Now everyone's discussing it, Easy disguises may not be enough. Remember your eyes can play tricks on you. You'll discover by hook or by crook. Seek doors so few can open. It's a link to where one should look.