The Travel Turtle Geocoin The Tortoise and The Hare Great TB Race

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Origin:
West Virginia, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Rabbit of Caerbannog.

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Current Goal

To beat my brother in this travelbug race. My brother (Rabbit of Caerbannog) is racing his hare against my turtle to the finish line. There are 4 intermediate destinations that each much reach before heading to the finishing cache. Please remove the card for these destinations from the keychain after they have been reached.

About This Item

The Mighty Tortoise

Please make sure to check the travelbug page to make sure that the bug has been dropped before logging it as a pickup. Sometimes travelers will get dropped and picked up the same day before the previous holder gets a chance to officially drop the bug - which robs the bug of miles and the cache listing.

Each traveler in this race must go to caches: within 20 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles of the Gulf of Mexico, 20 miles of the Pacific Ocean and to a cache within the Rocky Mountains before heading back to the finish line cache (GC1X8BC - Polerized) in Charlotte, NC.

Along the way points are awarded for numbers of caches visited, photos uploaded to traveler page, discoveries, visits to Monty Python themed caches and visits to caches with a 6 star difficulty/terrain sum or higher. Travelers are penalized points for a variety of whimsical and miscellaneous atrocities. If interested in seeing the full points system click the following link:

View the full travelbug race rules by clicking here!

Please move my bug along QUICKLY. If you can't get it towards one of the intermediate destinations move it anyway. Keep me going, but don't keep me hostage. Upload a photo if you can, let your friends log discovery notes and let the race begin!

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Tracking History (23896.5mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/5/2010 ghostxiii placed it in Maryland Municipal League Geotrail - Friendsville Maryland - 14.32 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/28/2010 ghostxiii retrieved it from Casselman Bridge Maryland   Visit Log

Took this little tortoise from the Casselman Bridge after a short rest. We'll get him moving westward soon!
Dropped Off 8/26/2010 jbuffettfan placed it in Casselman Bridge Maryland - 22.99 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/26/2010 jbuffettfan retrieved it from JOE EXIT 47 / 46 Eastbound Maryland   Visit Log

picked up and will place soon
Dropped Off 8/12/2010 LisaandDarin placed it in JOE EXIT 47 / 46 Eastbound Maryland - 216.54 miles  Visit Log

Changed drop date

This entry was edited by LisaandDarin on Thursday, 12 August 2010 at 08:20:35.
Visited 8/9/2010 LisaandDarin took it to Captain Chandler R.I.P. Virginia - 1,012.89 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/5/2010 LisaandDarin grabbed it   Visit Log

Getting the milage correct before dropping it off today

This entry was edited by LisaandDarin on Thursday, 12 August 2010 at 08:23:22.
Write note 8/4/2010 LisaandDarin posted a note for it   Visit Log

We've retrieved this TB from inside a cache on Chincoteague Island Va, we'll check with the previous holder to have them drop it in the cache for mileage. He's in good hands for now. We'll move him towards his western goals and set him into a freeway JOE cache to keep him moving. GoodLuck

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/10/2010 theweirdozone retrieved it from FRED West Virginia   Visit Log

I will be moving this guy on soon. I may be going out to Washington, D.C. in April, and may take this guy along to get close to the ocean.
Dropped Off 3/4/2010 thebuddhaman placed it in FRED West Virginia - 890.9 miles  Visit Log
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