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

    Discovered It 7/18/2008 singaporegirl discovered it   Visit Log

    Welcome to Singapore!
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/5/2008 sejtam retrieved it from Going On A Long Trip? California   Visit Log

    took this also. though not much hope
    Dropped Off 7/4/2008 mayasto placed it in Going On A Long Trip? California - 5.43 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/1/2008 mayasto retrieved it from The way before the Bridges... California   Visit Log

    I think I'll take Kenneth to the city tomorrow...
    Dropped Off 6/20/2008 GoGoJo placed it in The way before the Bridges... California - 346.55 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 6/8/2008 GoGoJo retrieved it from Miner's Junk California   Visit Log

    I stumbled across poor poor hot Kenny while out hiking in Almaden Quicksilver this very warm (hot?) afternoon. Kenny was so hot I could barely pick him up so I took pity on him and freed him from his sun exposed location and will provide him with a much cooler home elsewhere.
    Dropped Off 5/13/2008 InTheRough placed it in Miner's Junk California - 62.56 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/7/2008 InTheRough retrieved it from Cache and Dash California   Visit Log

    Kenneth, you are way too large for this cache. Let's see if I can find you a roomier spot.
    Dropped Off 3/31/2008 sin nombre placed it in Cache and Dash California - 44.88 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 3/23/2008 RunningWolph discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered it.
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