BUTLER, Tenn. -- Ever wanted to be Indiana Jones, searching for treasure?
Got a GPS unit?
Then you’re all set. While you’re spending time hiking, horseback riding and antiquing around Sugar Hollow Retreat, you can also grab that GPS unit and hunt for treasure.
It’s one of many activities at and around Sugar Hollow Retreat, and it’s called geocaching.
There are 923,340 active caches worldwide, and you can take part in your area by searching for treasure at geocaching.com.
But your business group or family can also join in the fun along the trails of the 300-acre mountain getaway Step out from your guesthouse and begin your adventure at our office, where you will receive instructions.
A group from Appalachian State University first placed four geocaches at Sugar Hollow, to use them as a team-building exercise. The group worked together to find each treasure, or cache.
“They had a lot of fun with it,” said Sugar Hollow Innkeeper Jim Gresch. “We decided to keep the caches in case another group wants to use them.”
The rules of geocaching are simple: leave the cache where it is, but be sure to sign in at the logbook. Many caches have trinkets that you take in exchange for leaving something behind.
A movie out in theaters in this month is about the fun activity. Next time you visit Sugar Hollow, stop in and ask about starting your own treasure hunt.
