Travel Bug Dog Tag Shamu the Whale

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Owner:
Liberty Lover Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, January 5, 2002
Origin:
California, United States
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Current Goal

My old goal was to beat my companion Flipper the Dolphin (TBA6D) in a race from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and back to where we started.  I am big and fat while Flipper is quick and agile.. Slow and steady wins the race so I think I will win. Update: 1/17/06: Shamu won. See below for my new goal.

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Hi I'm Shamu!


 

Shamu the Whale and Flipper the Dolphin were both released together in the ALPHA cache on 1/5/02. They both went swimming together at the Huntington Beach Pier, in Huntington Beach California, and decided to race to the Atlantic and back to see who would win. Shamu has made it to the east coast and is now working his way back West. Will you help Shamu complete his journey?

Update: 1/17/06 - Shamu has won the race! During his journey he traveled 7370 miles. Shamu is now resting and waiting for Flipper to return. Thank you to everyone who has helped Shamu along the way!

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Tracking History (8135.9mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/16/2006 Liberty Lover retrieved it from It's All About Skippy! California   Visit Log

11:50pm. Nobody around.
Picked up Shamu. He is HOME!
He has traveled 8057.2 miles in 4 years, 3 months and 11 days going to the Atlantic ocean and back.
Dropped Off 4/16/2006 Let's Look Over Thayer placed it in It's All About Skippy! California - 79.07 miles  Visit Log

Dropped off Shamu back in Huntington Beach. I trust that Shamu can make it the rest of the way to the pier...

[This entry was edited by Let's Look Over Thayer on Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 6:11:50 PM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/8/2006 Let's Look Over Thayer retrieved it from Chorizo's TB Hotel California   Visit Log

I'll being heading north soon. Perhaps I can drop off Shamu in the vicinity of Huntington Beach...
Dropped Off 3/25/2006 jrtooles placed it in Chorizo's TB Hotel California - 10.78 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/22/2006 jrtooles retrieved it from Midway between... California   Visit Log

I will move it closer to home on my next caching outing which will probably be this weekend! He is in safe hands!
Dropped Off 3/20/2006 triangulated placed it in Midway between... California - 245.75 miles  Visit Log

Took a little while but successfully transported Shamu back to the warm waters southland near where he started.

[This entry was edited by triangulated on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 3:55:45 PM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/22/2006 triangulated retrieved it from "Beacon" of Light in the Lost Hills California   Visit Log

Picked up Shamu. Planning to move him closer to his home on next trip south.
Dropped Off 2/3/2006 Koolrat 2 placed it in "Beacon" of Light in the Lost Hills California - 142.96 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/19/2006 Koolrat 2 retrieved it from Aquarium View California   Visit Log

The journey continues. Will drop it in another cache soon.
Dropped Off 1/17/2006 safe1 placed it in Aquarium View California - 287.54 miles  Visit Log
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