Travel Bug Dog Tag Alas, Poor Kenneth

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Released:
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Origin:
California, United States
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In the hands of tomlebonn.

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Current Goal

To fiind my way back to the headquarters of Garmin, Inc in Olathe, Kansas, USA. (N 38 deg 51.333 min
W 094 deg 47.941 min)

About This Item

This TB is named for our first GPS, see the story below. BUT, this isn't it. The original Kenneth vanished somewhere Down Under, and was replaced with the Garmin mockup you see here. It's trying to find its way back to Garmin HQ.

(The original story: When we bought our first geocaching GPSr, a humble but reliable Sportrak, we named it Kenneth, after the song. Kenneth served us well for over 1600 caches, but one evening in Santa Cruz he lost his marbles, and he's never been the same since. So we're turning him loose as a travel bug to roam the geocaching world in search of his lost fix.

Here's the deal: if you can get Kenneth working again, he's yours! Just attach something else to the bug tag, and turn it loose again. Don't drive yourself nuts, though: We've tried every reset, reload, and diagnostic that's officially documented, not so officially listed on the net, or that we could discover. Once you get past that so-hopeful splash screen, he goes into an infinite reboot every few seconds. The diagnostic comes up with a sad little 'x' next to RTC, whatever that may be. Poor Kenneth! Maybe you'll be the one to restore his sanity.)

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    Tracking History (26944.7mi) View Map

    Retrieve It from a Cache 1/23/2010 setsujoku retrieved it from Bridge To Nowhere South Australia, Australia   Visit Log

    Forgot to log that we picked this one up the other week.
    Dropped Off 12/18/2009 athenarose placed it in Bridge To Nowhere South Australia, Australia - 3,368.66 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/15/2009 athenarose retrieved it from Leopold Scouts Victoria, Australia   Visit Log

    This is my first Travel Bug so hope I get it right! Took from Leopold Scouts today. Will place somewhere new in the next few days and hope he makes it somewhere he hasnt been!
    Dropped Off 7/19/2009 Geewok placed it in Leopold Scouts Victoria, Australia - 3,753.06 miles  Visit Log
    Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/21/2009 Geewok grabbed it   Visit Log

    retrieved from sejtam at singapore meet and greet. Will move on soon.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 3/12/2009 sejtam retrieved it from Dig, if you will, a hole in the ground Singapore   Visit Log

    rescuing from a cache going virtual
    Discovered It 8/12/2008 Louise&Lauren discovered it   Visit Log

    We saw Kenneth today - retired and enjoying his travels.
    Discovered It 8/12/2008 IndianaJanes discovered it   Visit Log

    My what a huge one. Alas poor Kenneth, we're not terribly good at repairing you or finding a new TB hotel in Singapore large enough to house you!
    Dropped Off 8/11/2008 sejtam placed it in Dig, if you will, a hole in the ground Singapore - 8,473.34 miles  Visit Log

    I opened Kenneth up, cleaned his innards with isopropyl alcohol, let him dry and put him back together. I managed to get him to power on, an he even got a single satellite fix for a while. But then he keeps resetting over and over.
    I am not convinced it is the rubber keypad that is the issue but something on the mainboard.

    I sent him on his way again as I was not able to help further.

    [This entry was edited by sejtam on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 9:58:04 PM.]
    Discovered It 7/18/2008 bZergh discovered it   Visit Log

    discovered from sejtam
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