>>VIC MICOLUCCI: EVERY YEAR JEKYLL ISLAND GEORGIA COMMISSIONERS ARE A GROUP OF
HIGHLY SKILLED ARTISTS FROM
ACROSS THE NATION TO CREATE AN
ARRAY OF STUNNING
HANDCRAFTED GLASS GLOBES
DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
THESE ONE OF A
KIND TREASURES ARE HIDING IN
LOCATIONS ALL ACROSS THE ISLAND
FOR LUCKY VISITORS TO FIND THE
BEST PART. WELL THE TREASURE HUNT IS 100% FINDERS KEEPERS AND IT’S FREE.
JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK
MORE ABOUT WHAT’S INVOLVED IN
THIS UNIQUE EVENT AND THE RICH
HISTORY BEHIND IT ALEXA OR AND
OFF WITH THE JEKYLL ISLAND
AUTHORITY GOOD MORNING TO
YOU ALEXA.
>> GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU
DOING GREAT. THANK YOU SO A LOT
OF US SNEAK AWAY TO JEKYLL
ISLAND
BECAUSE IT’S RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE
JACKSONVILLE AREA, IT’S
BEAUTIFUL. IT’S FUN. IT’S GOT A
LOT OF HISTORY AND THIS IS JUST
ADDING
TO THAT.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY IT’S
SOMETHING WE’VE NOW WE’RE
ACTUALLY COMING UP ON OUR
20TH YEAR BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AND THE
MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
IT’S THE REALLY ONE OF THE BEST
TIMES TO GET OUT WITH
THE WEATHER. AND REALLY THIS
YEAR MORE THAN THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
GET OUTSIDE SOCIALLY DISTANCE
AND KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING FUN
TO DO FOR THE FAMILY THAT TAKES
THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE REALLY
GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TO. EXPERIENCE NATURE FRESH
AND BE TOGETHER IN A
FUN WAY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: OK AND THIS IS
NOT JUST MOM MISPLACING HER
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS NOW IT IS.
NOT A CULL HISTORY.
>> ABSOLUTELY SO THIS IS THE IDEA FOR LUNCH RESERVES REALLY STEMS THE.
THE FISHERMAN IN THE
1900 WOULD QUICK LAST CLUBS ON
THEIR NETS AS MARKERS AND OFTEN
TIMES EVERY NOW AND THEN THAT
THE
GLOVES WOULD.
>> RIGHT OFF AND WASHED ASHORE
AND IT BECAME A TRADITION FOR
BEACHCOMBERS TO COME AND SEEK
OUT THESE LAST LOAVES THEY’RE
JUST GREW AN AFFINITY FOR THAT
SO IN THE EARLY 2 THOUSANDS WE
THOUGHT WHAT A FUN TRADITION TO
BRING BACK TO JEKYLL ISLAND AS
WE WERE GOING
REVITALIZATION AND MORE AND
MORE TOURISTS ARE COMING TO THE
AREA WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
COME AND ENJOY AN ISLAND
WIDE SCAVENGER WITH REALLY THE
INTENTION OF BEING ABLE TO GET
OUTDOORS AND SEE THE ISLAND AND
EXPLORE. AND FINDING THE GLOVE
IS KIND JUST THE ADDED TREASURE
TO WHAT YOU’RE
ALREADY EXPERIENCING.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND IS THERE A
MAP DO YOU CHECK IN OR DO YOU
JUST GO TO JEKYLL ISLAND AND
LOOK ANYWHERE.
>> WELL SO WE DO HAVE A WEB
PAGE THAT YOU CAN VISIT JEKYLL
ISLAND DOT COM SLASH ISLAND
TREASURES, BUT. WE OFTEN SAY
THAT THE TREASURES ARE HIDDEN
IN
PLAIN SIGHT. SO THE BEST PLACES
TO LOOK ARE GOING TO BE COMMON
AREAS THAT THE PUBLIC
FREQUENT SO OUR BEACH VILLAGE
WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY SHOPPING
AND RESTAURANTS. BEACH PARKS
AND OUR BEACHES LIKE DRIFTWOOD
BEACH WHICH IS VERY PLACE
TO VISIT. OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT
AND OUR HISTORIC
PROPERTIES SO ALL OF THOSE
AREAS THAT THE PUBLIC OFTEN
FREQUENTS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY BY
BY BY WALKING OR EVEN AN GOLF
CART THAT YOU
CAN RENT THAT’S WHERE WE WE
RECOMMEND PEOPLE UP WE DON’T
WANT PEOPLE WANDERING OFF THE
BEATEN PATH OR TRAILS THAT ARE
ESTABLISHED PATHS. WE DON’T WANT THEM WANDERING ON OUR GOLF COURSES ARE ON RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY, BUT ANYTHING THAT’S
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IS A GREAT
PLACE TO LOOK
AND.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ONCE YOU GET
LUCKY AND YOU FIND ONE OF THOSE
YOU TAKE IT TO THE VISITOR
CENTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY SO YOU’LL FIND A
PLASTIC LOGAN INSIDE WILL BE A
MARKER THAT SAYS YOU WON AN
ISLAND TREASURE IT ON CLEARED
UH NUMBER. FOR THE TREASURE
THAT YOU’VE YOU HAVE SOME 8,000
AND THEN YOU’LL TAKE IT TO OUR
GUEST INFORMATION CENTER AND
FROM THERE YOU’LL RECEIVE
YOU’RE ONE OF A KIND
GLASS GLOBE WHICH HAS BEEN
COMMISSIONED BY ARTISTS ALL
OVER THE AS FAR AS
WASHINGTON STATE. SO EACH ONE
IS ONE OF A KIND WHICH IS
REALLY RICH IS REALLY GREAT
BECAUSE THAT MEANS NO NOW TO
TREASURES
ARE ALIKE. AND EVERY YEAR THERE
ARE NEW AND AND ON THE BOTTOM
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MARKER
THAT INCLUDES THE YEAR IN WHICH
THEY WERE PRODUCED SO THIS YEAR
THE ALLSTATE 2021 ON THE BOTTOM
AND YOU’LL INCLUDE IT WILL
INCLUDE A FROM THE ARTISTS THAT
KIND OF GIVES YOU BACKGROUND ON
THAT.
AND SO IN TOTAL WE HAD ABOUT
250 GLOVES BETWEEN JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY SO THERE’S LOTS OF