Travel Bug Dog Tag FL to MI Shell Game

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, January 29, 2010
Origin:
Florida, United States
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Current Goal

This Shell and Travel Bug is starting in Lakeland Florida and we would like to have it make it's way to Sterling Michigan. During it's travels from cache to cache it would be great if a photo was taken after each find with the shell and travel bug and the people who found it and a brief description about it's travels. Please add the photo and description to the Travel Bugs web page.

About This Item

The Shell is a 3" hermit crab type shell white and gray granite in color, that was found near the Gulf of Mexico and Anna Maria island. The travel bug is attached to it with 2 black hair ties. I knew I forgot something, and that something was a photo of the shell with the TB dog tags attached. I totally forgot to get a photo of it, if whoever finds the TB would get a photo to upload that would be great! Thanks, CCWSS

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Tracking History (2501.7mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 12/18/2010 gpsgnome retrieved it from Turtle Park - Alger Michigan   Visit Log

Well the little shell made it from Florida to Michigan! Cindy and I retrieved it just about 11 months after we placed it in a cache in Lakeland FL, and retrieved it in Forest Lake MI. We thank everyone who helped it on it's way and a special thanks to "linwoodloon" for getting it to it's final cache for us. This was our first Travel Bug and we had a great time following it on it's trip back to MI. We can't wait to send out another TB so we can again track it on it's way! Thanks again to everyone who made FL to MI Shell Game a success! 😁
Dropped Off 12/3/2010 linwoodloon placed it in Turtle Park - Alger Michigan - 43.52 miles  Visit Log
Write note 10/25/2010 gpsgnome posted a note for it   Visit Log

This is to everyone that had a hand in making it possible for our TB "FL to MI Shell Game" make it from Fla to Mi! This was our first TB and we could not ask for a better outcome! We plan on placing many more out there and also to help any we find along the way. We are not the most prolific cachers but we love the pastime and have had a lot of fun learning about it. Thanks again to everyone who helped our little "Shell" make it from Lakeland FL to Sterling MI!
Write note 10/25/2010 gpsgnome posted a note for it   Visit Log

Hey Linwoodloon thanks for grabbing our TB! We were going to retrieve it from the Holiday Memories cache, but it got to traveling again! We would be sooo... grateful if you could get our TB to "Sounds Like A River" it would be the most fitting destination for it. And it's also not to far from where we live, if you can just get it in the Sterling area that would be fine to. Thanks sooo... much again, this was our first TB and we had a ball following it during it's travels. Thanks again, CcWsS aka: gpsgnome 😁
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/23/2010 linwoodloon retrieved it from Little Triangle Michigan   Visit Log

Picking up from a remote cache before winter hits. Just might be able to get this one to its goal.
Dropped Off 10/16/2010 The4RoamingGnomes placed it in Little Triangle Michigan - 148.71 miles  Visit Log

Dropped in Little Triangle
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/3/2010 The4RoamingGnomes retrieved it from Holiday Memories Michigan   Visit Log

Picked this up on way home from camping weekend! :)
Dropped Off 10/3/2010 Happy Retirees placed it in Holiday Memories Michigan - 78.59 miles  Visit Log

Although you wanted to send this little seashell to Sterling, MI there is no geocache in Sterling. We were going to place it in Omer, MI but that container was too small. So we dropped it off just south of Sterling in Pinconning, MI (the cheese capital of the world). Since Florida has often been called called God's Retirement Home, we thought this resting spot would be appropriate. No offense! Pictures will follow.

  • Final Resting Place
  • Visiting Omer, MI (Closest Town to Sterling)
Visited 9/30/2010 Happy Retirees took it to US-23 Roadside Parks-Omer Michigan - 9.57 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/30/2010 Happy Retirees took it to Hey Arnold! Michigan - 95.17 miles  Visit Log
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