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Travel Bug Dog Tag '63 travel BUG

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Origin:
California, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of hotdog and coleslaw.

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Current Goal

To reach 500,000 miles. Honest-to-goodness, tires on the road, odometer miles, not travel bug cache-to-cache miles. Please include the current mileage in your log.

About This Item

San Diego or Bust?   ...Bust

This 1963 Volkswagon Bug was bought by my grandfather from the original owner in 1964 in Southern California. He drove it to work and back for years. Durring that time, it was broken into, stolen, and even had an engine fire. Even though the odometer turns over every 100,000 miles, he put over a quarter of a million miles on it. It was then passed on to my uncle who kept it running, but it was still showing it's age. When I was in high school, he traded it to me for a 486 computer. I think I still owe him... Now, it's on it's fifth engine, and has 350,000 miles, over a third of a million miles on it. Before I pass it on, I hope to have driven it to it's 500,000 mile mark, half a million miles.

Here's the dog-tag number, but please only log it if you actually see the travel Bug at an event or something: 530138.

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Tracking History (6471mi) View Map

Dropped Off 6/18/2005 Bootdisk placed it in Bur. Spring Caching clinic/workshop & Cookout North Carolina - 28.37 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/17/2005 Bootdisk retrieved it from Adventures in Geocaching: The East Coast Premiere! North Carolina   Visit Log

A wonderful event, but I don't think anyone logged the trave BUG.

[This entry was edited by Bootdisk on Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 8:05:52 AM.]

Dropped Off 6/13/2005 Bootdisk placed it in Adventures in Geocaching: The East Coast Premiere! North Carolina - 63.09 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2005 Bootdisk retrieved it from TeamWW8Ball's Rocky Mount Meet and Greet North Carolina   Visit Log

Unfortunately, the travel BUG couldn't make it to the event. It's currently being shipped from Folsom, CA to Durham, NC. If all goes well, it'll be at the next event.

Dropped Off 5/29/2005 Bootdisk placed it in TeamWW8Ball's Rocky Mount Meet and Greet North Carolina   Visit Log
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