Travel Bug Dog Tag SCOUT SPIRIT BSA BUG

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Origin:
Michigan, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of alofnovi.

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Current Goal

Primary Goal: MET! This Bug is Now Headed Home!

Less than 200 Miles to Go!

Target drop off Monkey's Hide out. This bug has had a wonderful run, I want to set up some new goals once it has arrived home!

This Travel Bug seeks to find and visit BSA Boy Scouts, Camps, Jamboree's, and Camp Outs. While traveling to Philmont Scout Reservation. Once at Philmont, This bug would love to go on a trek, or at least have its picture taken at the front gate, before returning to Mid- Michigan. Return Date and Target: ( Activated ) Head home to Michigan!!! Target for return 2006, The Monkey's Hide-out. GC12CE

New Minor Goal: Eagle Scouts have your Eagle Awards & Scouts pose in a picture to see how many Eagle Scouts we can find on our Travels...

About This Item

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Bug History:

This travel bug was originally the top of a troop flag, which due to the ravages of time, eventually broke off.

Saved for many years, by a Scoutmaster as a memory of good times past. When he past, the piece came into my hands, and I felt the Scouting Spirit , and Goodwill coming from this piece. If you do a good turn, have fun outdoors on a camp out take a digital picture, and include this Travel Bug "Scout Spirit" in your report to this web site. This bugs mission is to spread the Positive aspects of scout spirit where ever it travels.

More Mission Details: Planning a Trek?

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Where is The Philmont Scout Reservation?

Good Question Its located North of Albuqueque, New Mexico in the Southern end of the Sanger De Cristo Mountain Range Extra Credit If you take this travel bug to the Tooth of time or Baldy Mountain Summit (12,622 ft above Sea Level) Warning Baldy is a (4/4). Any questions come up post them in the log, and they will be responded to.

Bug Owner History:

I'm an Eagle Scout class of 1976, Philmont Treker, and former Camp Counselor (Camp Rotary ~ Clare Michigan), please keep this bug in active circulation, I plan on taking to a camp fire program in 2006. So its timely return to mid-michigan in the Spring of 2006 would be greatly appreciated. Until then feel free to take it on your travels and keep it moving, if you can not for some reason. please post a log here, and I'll make arrangements to jump start its mission.

Thanks

DoctorSlime. ( Geocaching handle )

www.doctorslime.com

Michael T. Garlick

Chemist @ Delta College

C-141 university center, mi 48710

989-686-9272

Eagle Scout From Troop 303

Lake Huron Area Council

Saginaw Michigan

Troops Who Have Logged this Bug!

Troop #303 Lake Huron Area Council ~ Saginaw Michigan

Troop # 18 Ute District Pikes Peak Council ~ Manitou Springs Co.

Troop #244 Southeast Louisiana Council ~ Kenner, Lousiana

(Virtual Look & See) by ASM with

Troop 40 Sycamore, IL and Crew 27 Advisor DeKalb, IL

Troop 145 Phoenix, AZ. Eagle Scout

Pack #501 Aurora, Colorado

Last seen in the hands of Troop 407 (Novi, MI). if you meet-up with them ask them to show you "Scout Spirit!"

Your Troop Could be Next!!!

I'll update the log soon! It our Bug is heading Home for Michigan Now! Target: Monkey's Hide out!

May 2006

Activating Retrieval Call, Scout Spirit Come Home!

To:The Monkey's Hide-out. GC12CE

Last leg go to N 43° 33.494 W 083° 59.243 and hide near the micro cache, or contact the bug owner for retrieval.

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Tracking History (15993.4mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/15/2003 nadtocs retrieved it from Captain Jack's Trading Post Colorado   Visit Log

We had a suggestion of taking this to a Cub Scout cross-over pack meeting. So, I rode back to Captain Jack's Trading Post and brought the bug home. This evening the Bug attended the pack meeting and Sunday it is scheduled to attend an Eagle Court.
Dropped Off 5/13/2003 nadtocs placed it in Captain Jack's Trading Post Colorado - 109.95 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/20/2003 nadtocs retrieved it from Mondo Cache Colorado   Visit Log

The Scout Spirit BSA BUG will be headed to the Pikes Peak Council's UTE District fall camporee, Colorado Springs starting April 25th. I know this bug wants to tour the Rockies, so stay tuned.

  • Boy Scout Camporee Picture of Travel Bug with Troop 18 from Manitou Springs (I’m center holding bug), at the Ute District, Pikes Peak Council's Spring Camporee. Along with 300 Scouts and Scouters (adults) the travel bug attended the various sporting activities including Softball, Ultimate Frisbee, Broomball, and Soccer, it was fantastic! The next scouting activity will be a Venturing activity where we are introducing the Venturers to Geocaching. Although I’ve become fond of this critter, I’ll have to let it free
Dropped Off 4/13/2003 ki0sk placed it in Mondo Cache Colorado - 12.94 miles  Visit Log
  • Sign at trailhead Scout Spirit BSA bug next to warning sign at trailhead. Lots of people on the trail today, so it's unlikely we will run into a Colorado Kitty.
  • Wildlife tracks The trails were crowded today. People tend to scare off the local fauna, but there were still signs that wildlife is in the area. This deer track was probably made sometime earlier today.
  • View from near the cache Looking from near the cache site toward Eldorado Mountain. Notice how the grass is pressed down. Three weeks ago, this area got several feet of snow. 

Next to the rocks are prickley pear cactus. My friend Dale tried dining on this natural food at one of our Scout camping trips. He pealed them, but forgot the important step of singing the cactus to remove the fine spines. We spent most of the afternoon picking cactus spines out of his mouth with tweesers.
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/12/2003 ki0sk retrieved it from One Valiant Cowboy Colorado   Visit Log

Found this bug in a suburban cache. Scouting is more fun in the wilderness. It's time this bug had some real adventures like I did in my Scouting days.

... Erich
Dropped Off 3/16/2003 ytib placed it in One Valiant Cowboy Colorado - 30.21 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/15/2003 ytib retrieved it from Big Log Multi Cache Colorado   Visit Log

Got this bug today, originally was thinking about taking it out further west but will most likely bring it down to Denver as it wants to head south down I-25.
Dropped Off 3/14/2003 doctorslime placed it in Big Log Multi Cache Colorado - 1,097.04 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/11/2003 doctorslime retrieved it from Monkeys Hideout Michigan   Visit Log

Grabbed by Doctor Slime From Point of Origin. The Monkey's Hideout, for Parts West.
Dropped Off 3/11/2003 greenhousedave placed it in Monkeys Hideout Michigan   Visit Log
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