The first evening, we made the drive past Abiquiú Reservoir until we reached a small, winding road just off the main highway. Located about an hour’s drive from our main search location on the Chama River, Española is a perfect launch pad for searching several areas of northern New Mexico – including the popular skiing village of Taos. We decided to call the small town of Española home for the weekend. Check it out if you get a chance.Īfter spending a few hours roaming the streets of Santa Fe, we jumped back on the interstate and headed toward our search area. ![]() Incidentally, they do have a “ Treasure Hunting Family Package” specifically for Forrest Fenn treasure hunters. After breakfast, Brian and I did have a chance to wander around the hotel for a few minutes before heading out to spend the morning in Santa Fe. ![]() We had a lovely time with Forrest and Dana Ortega, the hotel’s Director of Sales and Marketing. There, thanks to Holly, we were fortunate enough to have breakfast with Forrest Fenn himself. Our first stop in beautiful and artsy Santa Fe was the Inn and Spa at Loretto – the hotel at which we were supposed to stay the evening before. Us with Forrest Fenn…after sleeping on the airport floor. When the rental counter finally opened at 5 A.M., we hurriedly picked a car, loaded our bags, and sped up I-25 toward Santa Fe. we grabbed a few clothes out of our suitcases, wadded them up like a pillows, and slept on the airport floor for the night. Major bummer, dude…What were a couple of major knuckleheads like us supposed to do? Well, we did the only thing we could do. Instead of picking up our car and driving an hour to our 5-star hotel room in Santa Fe, we quickly realized that the rental car depot had closed about half an hour before our arrival. Upon arriving at the rental counter, we got the eerie feeling that we were in a ghost town. Unfortunately, we were delayed there and got into ABQ about an hour and a half later than planned – at 2:25 A.M. Using some airline points to book our flights, Brian and I made the first leg of our journey on a late flight to Phoenix, AZ. After weeks of studying poems, books, and maps, we determined our precise search area and hopped a plane to New Mexico. Always up for an adventure, I happily obliged, and we started making plans. Brian decided that he was going to search for the treasure himself and asked me if I would come with him to New Mexico. He told my wife Holly about it, and she interviewed him for a couple of different websites – after which, the two of them became friends. Upon reading Forrest Fenn’s book The Thrill of the Chase a few years ago, my brother-in-law Brian became interested in the treasure. Our hunt for the Forrest Fenn treasure begins Fenn survived the illness and waited until he was about 80 years old to move forward with his plan to hide the treasure. After receiving a cancer diagnosis in 1988, Fenn came up with the idea to hide this bronze chest in the mountains and die along side of it. Well, Forrest Fenn has given us all a chance to relive our boyhood fantasies and made a hidden treasure a reality.įor those of you who may not have heard, Forrest Fenn is the eccentric New Mexico art dealer and gajillionaire who decided to hide a treasure chest filled with approximately $2 million worth of rare coins, gold nuggets, gemstones, and jewelry somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe. But, as we grow up, we usually let go of these silly boyhood dreams, realizing that there are no hidden treasures to be found. Countless movies and stories have been made and told around just this premise (Indiana Jones and the Goonies, anybody?). We pretend to travel through caves and shipwrecks, mountains and jungles, solving clues and battling evil forces on our way to finding treasure chests stuffed with riches. Also, please make sure to enter for your chance to win a $100 gift card using the Rafflecopter widget following the post!)Īt some point during the course of our childhood, every young boy dreams of going on a treasure hunt. ![]() ![]() (Editor’s Note: While we are away at a blogging conference, please enjoy this encore post which originally appeared on June 20, 2014.
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