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Travel Bug Dog Tag Don

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, November 9, 2002
Origin:
California, United States
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Current Goal

This travel bug is engaged in a cross country race with Al. They will be released in San Diego in November and they are both racing toward Maine. The first one to be logged in Maine is the winner. Why do I have a hammer and a hardhat?

About This Item

Racer Don

On a recent trip to Colorado, I stopped in a store and noticed that there were only two keychains left that had the old state license plate. Coincidentally (or not) they bore the names of my father and my father-in-law.

Since we are going to be in San Diego for Thanksgiving, I decided to have them race across the country just for fun.

This bug is Don, named after my father-in-law. He will be accompanying us to San Diego. Don has always obeyed traffic laws to the letter. He has NEVER received a traffic violation. But he does have a chance to win this race because he is the tortoise. He won't speed, but he won't stop either.

The hare to Don's tortoise is Al. Al is my father who passed away in 2001. He was not constrained by the posted speed limit, but he did have a family would make him stop and wait. So let's see who can make it to Maine first.

When I think of Al and Don in a car race, I think of Al Unser and 'Big Daddy' Don Garlitz. Sorry, but this race is between two guys whose last know M.O. was driving 5 miles under the speed limit in the left lane with their left turn signal on.

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Tracking History (2626mi) View Map

Write note 3/29/2004 JI Sandlappers posted a note for it   Visit Log

This guy is MIA... he was stolen when the cache "A Friend of Ben and Cooper" was stolen. We're sorry!

Dropped Off 9/14/2003 IlliniSC placed it in A Friend of Ben & Cooper South Carolina - 1.63 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/14/2003 IlliniSC retrieved it from Lookout Sully! South Carolina   Visit Log

Picked up Don (by mistake - long story), so I could only move him to GCGD61 (a couple of miles away). I'm afraid he won't hook up with Al before winter sets in. 😟

Dropped Off 8/31/2003 phat.bak placed it in Lookout Sully! South Carolina - 250.04 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/16/2003 phat.bak retrieved it from Quest for Lula Georgia   Visit Log

Grabbed Don while doing cache maintenance. He has been stuck here since April. He needs to be moved on. Will place him back n the road soon.

Dropped Off 4/13/2003 Trailerman placed it in Quest for Lula Georgia - 68.42 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/30/2003 Trailerman retrieved it from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport Bug Exchange Georgia   Visit Log

Wow! Lessee...If I put him in a cache in North Atlanta, that''s closer to Maine, isn''t it? Sure it is. Will do soon.... You GO, Don!

Dropped Off 3/14/2003 snake1411 placed it in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport Bug Exchange Georgia - 417.03 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/27/2003 snake1411 retrieved it from Last Minute Maison Cache Louisiana   Visit Log

Picked up Don this morning around 830. He's a fast one. He caught a tailwind of 175mph so he was making the 550 mile trip to Georgia around 600 mph. He made it safely to Georgia and should be on his way north soon.

Dropped Off 2/24/2003 ecochic placed it in Last Minute Maison Cache Louisiana - 1,702.97 miles  Visit Log
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