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Geico Travel Tag Aann's Chester's Gecko

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Origin:
Arizona, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Sorry, No Room at the Inn! T.I.N.Y. TB hotel

About This Sponsored Trackable:
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FINAL UPDATE: 09/24/18 - Chester the Dog was allowed to move on to a more peaceful and comfortable place with me holding his paw, cradling his head and speaking softly to him. I'll miss him forever.

 

Just to be discovered for now. A blue sequined notebook is attached to his tag if you want to sign the book!
UPDATE 11-11-11   To commemorate several things, list below, I am releasing this tb and renaming it to Chester's Gecko.
Chester (the dog) is my foster failure. I rescued him through Tucson Cold Wet Noses back in about 2009 when one of my other dogs was on the verge of death. Within 24 hours, I ended up adopting him instead of fostering and adopting him out to someone else. Chester has since lost his other best pal to cancer and is the only dog in the house now. He lives with 2 cats, a box turtle and a chicken. But he has helped me foster 10 other dogs and cats over the past two years. He is my best man, my pal, my side kick. He has been on the road with me for the last week, traveling up and down Arizona and Nevada, staying at motels, empty homes of relatives, car camping and tent camping. He is awesome. Yesterday we did 80 some ET highway caches and he was a gem. He has encountered new people, strange situations, different rooms, infrequent meals, water out of several different types of vessels, and all sorts of desert environs, including frozen ponds and snow. Today is 11-11-11 and we are off to Rachel, Nevada to the Little A'le'Inn for a celebration of that date. I am releasing 'his' Geico Gecko to continue to travel. There is a little notebook attached, so please sign in for Chester and I. The photo I have is terrible cuz I broke my camera on this trip, so feel free to add a new one, or two, or three. Travel on, for Chester and 11-11-11!!!

Update 1/24/2013  I am glad to see this bug back on the road and my condolences to the family of the cacher who passed away while holding my tb. I can't wait to see where this one goes. Chester the dog is still going strong. He traveled all over the western USA last year with me and our Epic trip consisted of a 38 day, 6500 mile, 12 state road trip. He has been to 14 states all together so far. All the cachers in Tucson know him as he attends the events, cito's and campouts with me. Last year alone, he accompanied me to over 1900 caches. I enjoy him to no end and can't wait to see where his bug goes. Thank you for the help!

UPDATE 6/29/13 - Chester's Gecko was picked up by cheektowagabz in New York who was just getting ready to head to Tucson for a vacation! What are the odds!! After a couple emails, it was agreed that he would bring the bug back to Tucson for me to pick up to reunite it with Chester! Thank you soooo much cheektowagabz! The bug is now retired and will visit events with Chester the dog and I!! Thank you to cheektowagabz  for the awesome patch from New York. It will be attached to the tag as well. Chester says WOOOOF!!!
 

About This Item

Ann's Geico Gecko

The cute little Geico Gecko attached to a blue sequined notebook for anyone to sign if they like!
Update 11-11-11 Added a yellow dog charm with a bone image.                                                                                      

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Tracking History (9342.2mi) View Map

Visited 7/13/2013 backroads2010 took it to Summer Soaktacular Arizona - 9.55 miles  Visit Log

WOW! JUST WOW! I had a fabulous time. I could write pages, and I usually do a long log. I will try not to. Jnsbullet...you rocked this event. We HAVE to have this become an annual event! Wonderful people. Happy faces. Perfect weather. Enough water. Great attitudes. Fun games. Chester was great and I reached my 3700 as well and my fully filled in calendar, all 366 days, on today's date. What was best of all? The wonderful looks of joy on so many faces! May we all regress and let go and just cut loose once in awhile! Photos follow....! Find 3700! WOOT!

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/30/2013 backroads2010 retrieved it from FTF Acronym Challenge Arizona   Visit Log

YAY!!! An enormous thank you to a new caching friend, cheektowagabz! He had the good fortune to come across Chester's TB while preparing to leave on a trip to Tucson...where Chester the dog happens to live!! Emails were exchanged, the tb took an awkward set of flights from New York to Tucson and the holder dropped the bug into one of my caches! What a great game this is! What fun to have dropped this bug in Quarks on the ET highway in Nevada and have it trip to the East Coast and then return home!! Thank you everyone for moving this along, especially cheektowagabz!! I am going to retire this tb...I would hate to lose it after such a great adventures! And I will be adding the very cool patch to the chain. Chester can bring it to events to be discovered! Thank you again, cheektowagabz!! His log at my cache, FTF Acronym Chalenge is below!!

06/28/2013 Made the find. Will write more later! TFTH. I know your cache says no swag, but I left a souvenir for the owner. Just a memory of the last town your TB was in.

FTFWCG. That is, first to find with Chester's Gecko in hand. Very happy to drop this TB off into the owner's own cache. Boy has he had one great trip, in fact, he put on 7800 miles. He went for two years without moving due to a death and was returned to the road by an awesome family member. His owner has been great, communicating with me and giving me great suggestions for caches in the Tucson area. I am really glad to have picked up this TB and glad to have found this cache placed by a great cache owner. Even the log inside this cache is awesome. Thank you so much backroads2010. You are an asset to this hobby that we enjoy. I hope you enjoy seeing your trackable again.

  • Chester greets his travel tag!! 6/29/13
  • Chester's Gecko and new patch!!
Write note 6/29/2013 backroads2010 posted a note for it   Visit Log

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE TB THAT IS IN THE CACHE!! It belongs to the owner of the cache and I plan on picking it up asap!!!

Dropped Off 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz placed it in FTF Acronym Challenge Arizona - 16.05 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to Almost Down the Drain Arizona - .96 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to Blue Palo Verde Arizona - .16 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to There Is Just Something About A Dog Arizona - .28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to Underfoot Arizona - .15 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to Ersatz Arizona - .1 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2013 cheektowagabz took it to Shiny Arizona - .22 miles  Visit Log
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