Travel Bug Dog Tag Gofer Tortoise

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Boulan Park Cache

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Current Goal

According to an ancient Greek nuisance named Aesop, this tortoise challenged a hare to a race. Naturally the hare got the jump on the tortoise but got so far ahead he stopped for a nap, at which point the tortoise caught up, plodded by and finished first. This, according to Aesop, proves that: “Slow and steady wins the race” and not “The fix was in.” (One suspects Aesop didn’t play the ponies much.)
We wanted to see if Aesop got it right so we are staging a re-match. The tortoise (a Florida resident named Gofer) will race Marcher the Hare from Tequesta, Florida, to a cache near Anchorage, Alaska. The first to be picked up by an impartial judge (he’s a vegetarian) will be declared winner. The loser will be declared loser (for the sake of symmetry) while Aesop will be declared an unregistered alien and ordered to change his name to something spellable.

About This Item

Gofer Tortoise TB

Gofer is a Florida tortoise who wants to travel to the frozen Nawth to see the sites.

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Tracking History (1729.9mi) View Map

Discovered It 2/6/2025 Operation Monkeys discovered it Michigan   Visit Log

I see you tb on TD spoiler group. I hope that's ok?
Else just delete my log please.
Thank you anway.
Unfortunately,think it's lost,as it haven 't been found for mor many years.
My TD gx108y
A have mor tb's
Sent message for mor tb's
(Collection operation monkeys)
Discovered It 1/16/2025 schwartz-hansen discovered it Michigan   Visit Log

This was seen by chance on the home page of the TB, when I was searching for another trackable.
I hope the owner doesn't mind. Otherwise please just delete my log.
Thanks for the view anyway 🙂
Write note 4/5/2007 michigansnorkelers posted a note for it   Visit Log

It's not in the cache.
Write note 4/1/2006 Team K&J posted a note for it   Visit Log

This Travel Bug is no longer in this cache: "Boulan Park Cache".
Please list it as location unknown.
Dropped Off 6/2/2005 terri and billy placed it in Boulan Park Cache Michigan - 1,072.8 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/30/2005 terri and billy grabbed it   Visit Log

Did a quick trade off at a local park in Md. Currently, in MI where I will place at a well visited cache.

Terri
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/8/2005 The_Proffens grabbed it   Visit Log

Wish I had known what the mission of this guy was, He wasn't logged properly into the cache I found him in, and I will help him get back on his way.
Write note 5/5/2005 slow turtle posted a note for it   Visit Log

tb gofer tortoice has been put in CHUCKIES HELP CACHE
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/4/2005 slow turtle retrieved it from Billie Goat Maryland   Visit Log

will move it to park cache
slow turtle
Dropped Off 4/13/2005 Neida and Wolfman placed it in Billie Goat Maryland - 59.19 miles  Visit Log
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