Travel Bug Dog Tag BigTen Challenge

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Origin:
Wisconsin, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of QueenLBee.

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Current Goal

To visit all 14 campuses that represent the misname Big10 Conference. This travel Bug should spend at least 24 hours in a cache on or near each campus. A list of suggested caches for each campus can be viewed at http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=0dbe277b-678e-47fb-adb2-fadac4757d8c. Extra points given if you attach a small item with the campus name/logo/mascot attached. The Travel Bug should be returned to a cache on or near the Wisconsin campus once it has visited the other 13 schools. 

About This Item

Big10

I have worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for well over a decade. One of the benefits of my job is visiting other campuses. I thought having a travel bug do the same would be fun (I am not traveling as much as I used to). I also thought this would be a great way to welcome the two newest members to the conference, University of Maryland and Rutgers. 

I will edit the list to identify which campuses have been reached

University of Nebraska
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
Northwestern University
University of Illinois (Champaign)
Purdue University
Indiana University
Michigan State University
University of Michigan
The Ohio State University
Penn State
Rutgers
University of Maryland
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Starting and Final Destination)

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Tracking History (22416mi) View Map

Visited 4/10/2016 Ecorangers took it to West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2016 Wisconsin - 14.38 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/10/2016 Ecorangers retrieved it from Ridgewood Trackable Hotel Wisconsin   Visit Log

We invite you to the 9th Annual West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h Mega event this August 2016 in West Bend Wi "Geocaching Capital of the Midwest!" Please check it out at GC65E0M
👍 👍 👍
Thanks from the Ecorangers, Platinum EarthCache Master, 1700+ hides, and the Hosts of 40+ Geocaching Events, logged 20,000+ trackables. Happy travels!
And We Geocached/Smiled/Lived/Loved/Logged/and Laughter Happily Ever~after 👍👍 47,200+ Finds
OUR AWESOME SON GOES TO MADISON AND THAT IS ALSO WHERE TAMI & WADE MET IN A BIOMECHANICS CLASS....AHH WHAT GRAND MEMORIES.
Dropped Off 4/9/2016 'CandyMan placed it in Ridgewood Trackable Hotel Wisconsin - 197.84 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 2/11/2016 scaffdogs discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the Green Bay WI giff event back in Nov. Go Badgers!!!
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/10/2016 'CandyMan retrieved it from The 9th Gifted Snowbuster (January 9, 2016) Wisconsin   Visit Log

I grabbed this one from the 9th Gifted Snowbuster Event. I will move it along
Dropped Off 1/8/2016 Hack1of2 placed it in The 9th Gifted Snowbuster (January 9, 2016) Wisconsin - 2.75 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/1/2016 Hack1of2 retrieved it from Donut forget to say hello to 2016! Wisconsin   Visit Log

Picked up this travel bug with a cool mission, but am a bit confused with its mission. Are the universities listed on the web page the campuses that it needs to visit, or the ones it has already visited. It states on the page the list will be edited to show which ones it's been to, but that doesn't look right based on the map (which shows no drops in Michigan).

In any case we'll move along and post a picture!

Thanks for putting this TB out there!

  • Big Ten Challenge
Discovered It 1/1/2016 Pawn-of-Chaos discovered it   Visit Log

Saw it at the event "Donut forget to say hello to 2016!"
Discovered It 1/1/2016 chinadoll873 discovered it   Visit Log

Happy new year!!🎉🎉🎉
Discovered It 1/1/2016 jnsmith1082 discovered it   Visit Log

Happy new year

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