Travel Bug Dog Tag

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Origin:
Indiana, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Old Zoo View

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Current Goal

This TB is trying to take its hitchhiker, Smokey Bear, back to his home in the El Capitan National Forest in New Mexico, and then back to the starting point. The staring point is the Tin Cup Creek Cache in West Boggs Park in southwestern Indiana.

About This Item

Starting The Mission

The TB has a hitchhiker that is a 4" tall stuffed Smokey Bear. This bear belongs to the grandchildren of the Park Ranger who has sent it along on this historic mission. Please honor their dream of having Smokey go home for a visit and then come back to thier collection.

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Tracking History (10289.1mi) View Map

Dropped Off 8/28/2006 flydad placed it in The Swag Bag Virginia - 13.07 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/24/2006 flydad retrieved it from The Kids Are Alright Maryland   Visit Log

Found in nice bear terrain. Hopefully headed south and west soon !
Dropped Off 7/8/2006 wilsonjw placed it in The Kids Are Alright Maryland   Visit Log

I enjoyed putting a little more distance on this travel bug. It's safe and sound in a waterproof ammunition container, far above the level of recent flood waters.
Dropped Off 7/8/2006 wilsonjw placed it in The Kids Are Alright Maryland - .59 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/8/2006 wilsonjw retrieved it from Uncle John's Cabin Maryland   Visit Log

This poor cache must have been submerged in one or two feet of flood waters over the past few weeks. It's amazing that it didn't get sucked out of the knot hole in which it was hidden by the swirling waters, and wind up in the Potomac River.
Dropped Off 7/8/2006 wilsonjw placed it in Uncle John's Cabin Maryland - .24 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/8/2006 wilsonjw retrieved it from Bridges of Cabin John Creek Maryland   Visit Log

The forecast was for a nice Washington, DC summer geocaching day: mid-80's (F), no rain or thunderstorms, and manageable relative humidity (70 percent). So, I hit the road about 1100 to pick up a few Maryland caches that were rained out from the 4th of July geocaching trip.

This cache is located in a very large regional park, not far from Washington, DC and just a few kilometers from Northern Virginia, across the American Legion Bridge (which carries the capital beltway, Interstate 495, across the Potomac River).
Dropped Off 7/8/2006 wilsonjw placed it in Bridges of Cabin John Creek Maryland - 2.82 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/4/2006 wilsonjw retrieved it from Spooky Ridge Virginia   Visit Log

This turned out to be the last cache of the day. After leaving Spooky Ridge, I headed north into Maryland. I got to within about 10 meters of the next cache, and the heavens opened up. I had a 15 minute hike back to the car in a severe thunderstorm with torrential rains. Ugh.
Dropped Off 7/4/2006 wilsonjw placed it in Spooky Ridge Virginia - .37 miles  Visit Log
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