Yes – you read that right… What a wonderful long weekend it has been! On top of spending time with amazing family and priceless friends, we attempted to find buried treasure!
My mom - searching for buried treasure! 
Let me start from the beginning.
My brother (Rich) loves scavenger hunts – especially those involving puzzles that you have to solve. So, of course when the book “The Clock Without A Face” came along…well, it’s right up his alley! If you aren’t familar with the book, it’s a story with hidden clues. The clues lead people around the country to buried treasure (in this case, twelve emeralds in various locations…the emeralds appear to all be at rest stops along major interstates at the base of trees…). Since he’s based in California, when he (and his friend Austin) discovered that there *MIGHT* be an emerald along I-95 in Delaware at mile marker 5… well, who does he call? His family based in Pennsylvania, of course!
Rest stop at mile marker 5 in Delaware - Look at all of those trees!
So, on Saturday, Ryan, Don, my mom and I packed up our shovel and drove an hour and a half down to Delaware to scout out I-95! Of course, upon arrival, the rest stop at mile 5 is under construction…to the extent that ALL of the trees are ripped up! (See the picture to the left!)
And, after attempting to scour the trees along the shoulder of the highway (see my mom in the second picture up above), we quickly decided the author of the book probably wouldn’t be so risky as to put the treasure on the shoulder of the highway (it seemed slightly unsafe). So, after a valient effort, we retreated back to the car… treasure-less.
Regardless, it was a fun adventure – how many people can say they have searched for buried treasure?! And, we are excited to see where the emerald really is (it could be in any state - the clues on the fourth floor of the book seemed to hint at an Interstate 95). All I can say is it better not end up being near where we were in Delaware… ha!
So, today I am thankful for life’s little adventures – especially those bring us together as a family and those that connect us with new, kind people along the way!
Have you ever gone on a treasure hunt???
Abs, finally, a blog post!
LOVE the treasure hunt story, that’s awesome. Remember the scavenger hunt at LPP back in the day?? That was a blast…miss ya!
Haha… yeah where have I been for six months?!
Glad to be back on here. I DO remember the Boston scavenger hunt now that you mention it – HA! What fun! I need to scavenger hunt my way back up your way one of these days. Miss you too!
Yes please DO “find” your way up here! Been WAY too long!!