Travel Bug Dog Tag Doug Bug

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Owner:
Forest Engineer & Sunny Daze Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Origin:
Washington, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Trafcon.

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Current Goal

A goal for Doug Bug is to travel back to the Douglas-fir region of western Washington/Oregon/No. Calif.--also British Columbia--and then to visit caches all up and down this region.

About This Item

Doug Bug is named after the mighty Douglas-fir for which the scientific name is Pseudotsuga menziesii. Pseudotsuga means false hemlock and Doug-firs are not true firs either. Three other species of Douglas-fir are found in Formosa, Japan and southwestern China. Doug-firs can grow to over 300 feet tall and over 10 feet in diameter. The largest diameter I measured was about 11 feet for a Doug-fir growing in the Oregon Coast Range east of Coos Bay... Doug-fir cones are 3-4 inches long, have trident bracts and are pendent rather than growing upright as do true fir cones. Douglas-fir is the most important lumber tree in west North America, especially for structural lumber and timbers.

Doug Bug consists of two small plastic green trees attached to the Travel Bug tag.

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Tracking History (2807.3mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 10/14/2004 Trafcon retrieved it from Cocktails & Coins Pennsylvania   Visit Log

Picked this up at a fun event cache. Doug got lucky since I will take him back to Oregon with me.
Dropped Off 10/4/2004 kiawa placed it in Cocktails & Coins Pennsylvania - 1.7 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/30/2004 kiawa retrieved it from Carriage Hill TB Hotel Pennsylvania   Visit Log

I'm not anywhere NEAR where this bug wants to go... how'd it get so far east????

I'll do what I can to get him back on track. Neat bug :)
Dropped Off 9/29/2004 Mr. T 2752 placed it in Carriage Hill TB Hotel Pennsylvania - 42.27 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/18/2004 Mr. T 2752 grabbed it   Visit Log

We found "Doug" in the Warren Welcome cache in Warren, PA. We'll find him another cache home soon.
Dropped Off 9/6/2004 kcepenn placed it in Panzarella Point Park Cache New York - 33.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/21/2004 kcepenn retrieved it from Tune In Cache Pennsylvania   Visit Log

We grabbed the Doug Bug out of the Tune In Cache in Bradford. We will work him out toward the western states as soon as we can. Liz & Wes kcepenn Youngsville, PA
Dropped Off 7/30/2004 Old Bones placed it in Tune In Cache Pennsylvania - 26.06 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/25/2004 Old Bones retrieved it from Barge Right In New York   Visit Log

Fir is now going to head from Johnny Appleseed's home region of Western New York. We think Fir is homesick for cooler regions.
Dropped Off 7/20/2004 Skeeterbait2 placed it in Barge Right In New York - 48.43 miles  Visit Log
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