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

    Dropped Off 3/8/2008 pattymack placed it in The I-5 / Templin Hwy Cache California - 79.45 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 3/2/2008 pattymack retrieved it from Waddle Time California   Visit Log

    Poor Kenneth .. I think he's been sitting in this spot long enough. Time to move him along to a new adventure.
    Discovered It 3/2/2008 wicked witch of the west coast discovered it   Visit Log

    I could have fixed that GPS, I had a hammer in my truck. Next time I'm out this way I'll bring it along. ;) Wink Wink.
    Discovered It 2/10/2008 coronaman85 discovered it   Visit Log

    If only I knew how these GPSr's work. I would've tried to fix'em
    Discovered It 2/10/2008 Free2bme29 discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered this one safe in the cache. Thanks for sharing.
    Dropped Off 1/14/2008 nonaeroterraqueous placed it in Waddle Time California - 8.17 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/31/2007 nonaeroterraqueous retrieved it from Laguna Canyon Overlook I California   Visit Log

    Wow, it's a challenge to fix an electronic gadget! I'm all over it!
    Dropped Off 9/5/2007 woodscout placed it in Laguna Canyon Overlook I California - 7.53 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/7/2007 woodscout retrieved it from 7-7-7 South OC-Irvine 7:00pm California   Visit Log

    Poor poor Kenneth, we will help you find your way.
    Discovered It 7/7/2007 JJG10101 discovered it   Visit Log

    Poor Kenneth, indeed!
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