X marks the spot!
This is the beginning to every great pirate treasure quest ever. I hear some kids even drew their own treasure maps, marking the place where they buried their prized possessions like baseball cards or Barbie dolls with a big red X.
Now this just sounds like madness to a navy brat. Who knew how long we’d stay in one place? And what were the odds the missing treasure would just slip my mind until we’d cross state lines? Pretty darn good.
The best treasure hunt movie that comes to mind has to be The Goonies. A bunch of rag tag kids determined to save their neighborhood by finding some long lost treasure – it’s classic ’80s fare. And of course you knew some kid stumbling across a pirate’s map in the attic – X Marks The Spot! – kicks off the whole adventure. Check it out if you’re looking for some mindless fun.
Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “spot.” Write whatever image the word “spot” invokes. Have fun!
As a marine corps “brat” I can understand the idea of burying prized possessions being madness. I was lucky not to lose things in moving. However, when my son was about 10 we went to a birthday party on nearby Masonboro Island where they actually had a real treasure hunt with a map and a treasure.
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Coolest.party.EVER! That kid had a really creative parent running things behind the scenes. 🙂
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Yep. It was definitely an adventure! 🙂
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That is such a good movie. Haven’t seen it in years, but have seen it a bunch of times. 🙂
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Every once in a while it pops back up on one of those classic movie channels. 🙂
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❤ the Goonies. My kid watched it on a loop and it was a movie I didn't seeing myself all those times.
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You gotta love those kid movies that aren’t obnoxious. Made them much easier to tolerate for the 100th time!
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Quite a journey for Sean Astin from there to trimming the verge outside of Bilbo’s window…
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omg, John, that’s a leap I hadn’t made!
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I have not seen this in years, but I remember it fondly.
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It’s a fun one.
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Our minds drifted along some similar planes today. Loved Goonies.
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Me too. There’s a lot of us out here.
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Good one, Laura.
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Thanks, John!
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I so remember watching The Goonies. An believe who old it is.
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One of those timeless tales of kids going off on an adventure. 🙂
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There’s some great advice for ignoring the news.
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Yep. It’s a sanity saver.
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I love the Goonies movie – still to this day 35 years later (wow…), I get a kick out of watching it. It beats watching the news hands down every time! 😉
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Even I didn’t do that math, Shelley. You just blew my mind with the 35 years thing!
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Time warp shutdowns seem to last years 😉
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i loved that movie and had forgotten about it –
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Definitely one of those classics…
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Goonies – what a film!!!
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It’s one I always stop on when I stumble across it on tv. 🙂
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This is a fun post, Laura
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Thanks. 🙂
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Great fun, 💜💜
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For me too!
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Love it 💜
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