{"id":39,"date":"2010-04-26T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T00:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.geocaching.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2016-01-15T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:37:20","slug":"a-dream-29157-miles-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/a-dream-29157-miles-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"A Travel Bug Dream 29,157 Miles in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"
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"Riding with Judi" Travel Bug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You don\u2019t know Judi Nordgren, but at the same time she\u2019s probably as familiar as a favorite aunt. She\u2019s described as a loving second mother to many, a woman with a heart as big as all outdoors and an avid motorcyclist. While you may know someone who fits Judi\u2019s description, you\u2019ll never have the pleasant opportunity to meet Judi. She passed away unexpectedly in 2005. She was 42.<\/p>\n

Even though you can never meet her, Judi\u2019s family wanted you to know her. They created a Travel Bug, \u201cRiding with Judi.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Netherlands- Team Friedeljan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its mission is to do what Judi had only dreamed. The Travel Bug wished to go around the world. The directions were simple, the message powerful and the act of those who helped \u201cRiding with Judi\u201d travel 29,157 miles can only be described as beautiful.<\/p>\n

It took more than four years and 60 stops. But riding with Judi is now in the same state where the Travel Bug started its journey. All those who touched \u201cRiding with Judi\u201d with their hands, they also felt it in their hearts. Judi\u2019s family felt it too.<\/p>\n

They tell me they\u2019re excited Judi has returned home and her wish to see the world honored by those who never meet her, but now know her.<\/p>\n

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Australia - RottenWood <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t know Judi Nordgren, but at the same time she\u2019s probably as familiar as a favorite aunt. She\u2019s described as a loving second mother to many, a woman with a heart as big as all outdoors and an avid motorcyclist. While you may know someone who fits Judi\u2019s description, you\u2019ll never have the pleasant…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,32,34],"tags":[149],"series":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-geocaching-with-kids","category-milestones","tag-geocaching-achievements"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

A Travel Bug Dream 29,157 Miles in the Making<\/a><\/blockquote>