Travel-Meiringen Card TB

I maintain records on my trackables. For a US-based trackable, this one is unusual for its longevity and movement. In the six-year period, 2010-19, the owner released a total of 3,793 trackables in the United States (96%) and Europe (4%). This trackable is one of the 5% of the total that circulated for at least 5 years and had been moved at least 25 times. That is a target rate of at least five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The average drop rate of my trackables in the US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. As of 1-Dec-24 this trackable had survived for 13.0 years and had been moved by 25 cachers, for an average drop every 189 days, or 1.9 drops per year. Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!

No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the U.S., please drop it at an event, in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban, non-premium cache. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

One of the real bargains in Europe is the public transportation, particularly for visitors.  One can typically purchase passes like this one for specific periods, like 1, 3 or 7 days, at reduced rates.  In many places we have traveled, the transportation passes may include trains, subways, buses, trams, cable cars, lifts, funiculars and boats.   This particular card enabled us to ride a cable car from our B&B in Reuti, Switzerland, to our train connections in Meiringen.  The Swiss are big into watches and clocks and their public transportation is always on time.  I have uploaded some photos taken from the cable car as well as a photo of a statue of Sherlock Holmes.  It was in Meiringen that Doyle wrote that Holmes and Professor Moriarty grappled and plunged to their deaths in "The Final Solution."