sllknh found Super Nature Trail
Thursday, July 24th, 20087/24/2008
Nice walk! Saw two large alligators, enjoyed this walk thanks for hiding it here!
Archive for 2008
Welcome to Geocaching on Jekyll Island
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. Jekyll Island has placed several caches on the island in addition to some the public has placed. GPS users can then use location coordinates to find the caches. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.
If you haven’t ever geocached before, you can try it before buying your own GPS unit. You can rent one at the Jekyll Island Welcome Center! For only $20/day, rent a GPS unit and try your luck at finding some of the caches we’ve placed. The waypoints are already downloaded into the units for you! We even made a video that will show you the basics.
Geocaches on Jekyll Island
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Visit www.geocaching.com to see all the geocaches on Jekyll Island. Just enter in zip code 31527.
Ruins: N 31° 06.086 W 081° 24.861
Get the 411 on Jekyll Island: N 31° 02.875 W 081° 24.648
Circle of Oaks: N 31° 03.860 W 081° 25.426
Picnic Area: N 31° 07.064 W 081° 24.947
Super Nature Trail: N 31° 03.208 W 081° 24.884
A Real Pirate’s Treasure: N 31° 03.285 W 081° 24.477
South Dunes: N 31° 01.971 W 081° 24.929
Jekyll Island is One of the Top 9 Destinations for Wall Street Geeks!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Investopedia
Top 9 Vacation Destinations For Wall Street Geeks
Friday July 18, 12:22 pm ET
Tara Struyk
Renowned investor Peter Lynch came up with this his best investment ideas not by studying in his office, but out on the street, where he could see the value of companies/products in action. No matter where he was or what he was doing, the wheels of investment analysis were always whirring quietly in his head.If you’re geeky about Wall Street and investing, it may not matter whether you’re placing trades with your broker or standing in line at the grocery store - the world of finance is never far from your thoughts. So, rather than try to leave your investor- think behind when you go on vacation, why not embrace your obsession by taking a trip that will please you and your family - and appeal to your inner geek. Here are our top picks.
Assuming you don’t work here already, you’ll want to visit Wall Street, the heart of the- U.S. Bullion Depository (
According to the U.S. Treasury, the “Gold Vault”, located at Bullion Boulevard at the intersection of - Home of Warren Buffett - Omaha, Nebraska
If you’re obsessed with investing, you might want to check out the birth place and hometown of the richest man in the world in 2008. - Mount Washington Hotel -
This regal historic building, open since 1902, is where the Bretton Woods monetary conference took place in 1944, leading to the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Stories about the hotel’s ghosts also abound, so although the Bretton Woods agreement was signed more than 100 years ago, you could bump into one of its signatories along one of the hotel’s passageways.While You’re There: The hotel is open for business year-round and attracts visitors for its championship golf courses. The Mount Washing Resort is also - Caymen Islands
Located 480 miles south of Miami, this island country is one of the world’s largest offshore banking centers, according to a 2006 report by the Bank for International Settlements. The - Bre-X Minerals Mining Area - Busang, Indonesia
If you’re looking for some adventure, head to the dense and humid jungles of the - Jekyll Island, Georgia
This 12-mile-long island along Georgia’s Atlantic Coast became a part of U.S. financial history when, in 1886, it became a private club for some of the country’s richest capitalists, including J.P. Morgan, William Rockefeller and William Vanderbilt. As such, it was on this island that a secret group of the country’s financiers met in 1910 to discuss the establishment of what would become the Federal Reserve banking system.While You’re There: Check out Jekyll’s National Historic Landmark District and get a sense of how those 20th century “robber barons” lived. - The Louvre -
This Museum in
This group of Pacific Ocean islands make up the least Westernized state of the Federate States of
Celebrate your inner financial geek by unwinding at one of these destinations. If you’re inspired along the way, it could mean many happy returns.
harthunter
Saturday, July 19th, 2008found ruins….7/19/2008
Arrived on Jekyll Island for vacation and decided to take a late afternoon ride to discover a little of the area. Nice history lesson to be learned here! Picked up Droid TB and left BeeWare Geo coin. Thanks for these Island caches! Now to find the rest!
rangerdude1966
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008found Super Nature Trail . . . 7/16/2008
Ridin bikes and found this one. Watch out for big gator!
rangerdude1966 found Get Cool and Beat the Heat! 7/17/2008
Found it! Actually the grandmother found her first cache! (guess it’s not missing!)
From TeamWilsonGA
Wednesday, July 16th, 20087/16/2008> Awesome Cache. I few crabs were guarding it. :)> It was the perfect place to leave my wife’s geocoin. > One of our first dates was an evening on the peer, 15 years ago.
7/17/2008
What Great Trees! A very Special Place!
The University of Georgia Helps Sea Turtles and Jekyll Island
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
After helping to educate more than 30,000 4-Hers and Jekyll Island visitors about wildlife conservation, Dylan the sea turtle moved from the Jekyll Island 4-H Center to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta in November 2005. While there, another 4.6 million people were able to see her and learn more about conservation.
See the UGA web page about Dylan . . .
Jekyll Island Made the Top 20 Island Getaways for Summertime on MSN.com
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Jekyll Island Club — Jekyll Island, Georgia
It may be the smallest of Georgia’s barrier islands, but what Jekyll Island lacks in size it more than makes up for in grandeur. Pulitzers, Astors, and Rockefellers docked their yachts here throughout the early 1900s, and while the Club’s guest roster today is decidedly more inclusive, a game of croquet and high tea on the 240-acre estate is still on the agenda. A comprehensive renovation of this National Historic Landmark’s 157 rooms in the 1980s preserved the signature turret while returning robber-baron elegance to the dining room’s impressive marble fireplaces (from $189/night; jekyllclub.com). Getting There: From Brunswick, Ga., cross a causeway to Jekyll Island.
Jekyll Hotel Breaks Ground
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Reprinted from The Brunswick News
By ANNA FERGUSON
With shovel in hand, C. Jones Hooks scooped up a mound of dirt Monday and tossed it into a vacant lot.
It was a momentous occasion. In about a year, the lot the new executive director of the Jekyll Island Authority was standing in will sprout the first new commercial structure to be built on Jekyll Island in three decades.
Hooks, authority board members and elected officials were gathered around what used to be the site of the now-torn down Holiday Inn on the south end of the island to celebrate the ground- breaking of the Hampton Inn, slated to open summer of 2009.
Known as the Jekyll Ocean Oaks project, the hotel is a joint effort among the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, the Jekyll Island Authority and Hampton Inn.
The groundbreaking was a long time coming, said Kevin Runner, general manager of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.
“A lot of time and effort has gone into making this a reality,” Runner said. “This is a special day for Jekyll Island and the community.”
More than just a ground-breaking ceremony, the event marked the first step in the process of revitalizing the island, said Hooks. The hotel will be the first new structure on the island since the Holiday Inn was built in 1974.
The 138-room hotel also will be the only mid-priced hotel on the island and is intended to revive interest from state groups and associations, Hooks said.
“We need to attract Georgia conventions back to Jekyll Island,” he said. “We have had enough of Hilton Head, enough of Amelia Island. It is time to come back to Jekyll.”
The site of the new hotel is unique, said Dave Curtis, managing partner of Jekyll Ocean Oaks project. Located on more than 14 acres of beachside property and maritime forest, it will be a Hampton Inn like no other in the region.
Preserving the delicate natural landscape that surrounds the building is a top priority for the project leaders and has been a major reason why the development has taken so long to bring to fruition, Curtis said.
“This hotel will offer first class hospitality while accentuating the character of the area,” Curtis said.
