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Travel Bug Dog Tag Avalanche

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

We here at TeamAvalanche have made this bug for the purpose of dropping him off in Hawaii to see if he can swim his way back to the great place of Central Florida. Hopefully stopping in some cool places along the way. No rush of course, just eventually we would like to see him again.

About This Item

The travel bug tag was purchased and sent to us here in central Florida. The Avalanche that is attached to it was actually a free gift from Chevrolet when I enquired about the truck via the Internet. As time went on Scott(also of TeamAvalanche) purchased an Avalanche. So we use that truck for all of our adventures and misadventures(which ever one happens...hehehe.)...... The main purpose of the bug was that since Scott and his Fiance'(Christine)were getting married and the honeymoon was going to be in Hawaii anyway, well the two ideas just seemed to click well with each other(and to our suprise Christine agreed to it!!!!!LOL)

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    Discovered It 7/12/2021 Colorado Cacher discovered it   Visit Log

    Wow, talk about interesting. According to the Tarryall cache log I retrieved this TB back in 2003 when finding that cache, but it doesn't show here that I logged it. Well, today I will.

    Write note 4/10/2010 Eartha posted a note for it   Visit Log

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    Write note 2/16/2010 joespaz posted a note for it   Visit Log

    This item is not in the cache as listed.

    Dropped Off 10/9/2008 cliptwings placed it in LAND ROVER (aka LR Bug Hotel) California - 2,047.22 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/2/2008 cliptwings retrieved it from Dino-myte Michigan   Visit Log

    Picked up the travel bug and taking it to San Francisco area. Maybe it can catch a hop from here to Hawaii.

    Dropped Off 9/6/2008 FBS67 placed it in Dino-myte Michigan - 353.82 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/13/2008 FBS67 retrieved it from Gotta Get a Tube Maryland   Visit Log

    Picked up while on tubing trip since this has been languishing here for so long. Time to move along again.

    Dropped Off 9/15/2007 DaisyChain placed it in Gotta Get a Tube Maryland - 60.11 miles  Visit Log
    Write note 9/15/2007 DaisyChain posted a note for it   Visit Log

    I decided to leave this is a difficult cache today. The only other cache we were doing was a virt. Good luck Avalanche!

    Discovered It 9/8/2007 FBS67 discovered it   Visit Log

    OK, when a real rescue is needed, 4 years of being stranded under a tree on a hillside, you have to call in the heavy hitters. While doing our cache maintenance in Pinecliff Park, we researched the real estate in the area. We found an archived cache that still had a travel bug in the inventory. Time for a cache rescue mission by the MD Geocaching Society! Off we went after trying to contact the original owner of the cache to see if he had retrieved it at the time it was archived. With no response, we were off to find the plastic. The sled run has been shortened twice and the cache was near the original top of the run. Since this was on private land, the county had to shorten the run. This left the cache, and the Avalanche, stranded up here as the cache owner archived the listing. This was a good sized hill and must have been a great run at it's longest. The cache was located using the hint as the coords were a might off. GPS technology has come a long way. We found the hiding place but were still not sure the cache was there. It was still well concealed and took a bit of poking to locate it. Once found, it was a tight fit removing it. We quickly moved off the private property before determining if Avalache was still there. Once in a safe location, we opened the container and Avalanche was still there in the very bottom of the cache. Rescued! DC will log the retrieval and I am discovering it and posting a photo for the owners to know their bug, released in Hawaii, is back in business. We have some friends who go to FL a couple of times a year. We will see when their next trip may be so we might be able to get this bug back in the hands of the owners after the long hiatus in the lost cache.

    • Rescued by....TOYOTA!!! Just a little back axle damage but otherwise in good shape.
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