WMS '04 - Washington State or Bust!

This bug belongs to 6th grade students in Mr. Seavert's 7th Period Social Studies class at Whitnall Middle School in Greenfield, Wisconsin. It is participating in a travel bug race with Mr. Darragh's 6th grade class at Sidney Glen Elementary School in Port Orchard, Washington. Both schools released their travel bugs on 10/8/04 and must reach the other school's cache first. This TB needs to reach the Arraghda's Lassca Acheca 2004-2005 cache (GCKQQD) in Washington state. We hope that this bug will get there by June 2005, or better yet, much sooner for our chance at winning the race!

Our class's travel bug includes a graphic of our school mascot, the Whitnall Falcons, on one side and a description of our travel bug race on the other side. A rule for our travel bugs is that they must travel from cache to cache in neighboring states. Therefore, this bug must pass through caches in Iowa or Minnesota, then through the Dakotas, then through other states in the Rockies before reaching Washington. It cannot skip over any states. The travel bug also cannot be moved by the same caching team to more than two caches. Each teacher has agreed to send the other class a prize if they lose the race. If our class loses, we'll be sending Mr. Darragh's class some green and gold Packer gear, since we are from the land of the cheese, so what else would we send? Plus they are near Seattle and the Packer ex-coach Mike Holmgren is now sitting pretty in Seahawk country. Students will be keeping track of both school travel bugs, and get a great refresher on their knowledge of United States geography. Please help us by attaching to your log photos of our TB in front of famous places or landmarks along the way, so we can learn more about our fabulous country. Thank you for participating in our class project!