Dad's Tractor
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Owner:
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forestfauna
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Released:
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
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Origin:
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New Brunswick, Canada
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In Behind The Buried
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To travel the world, visting farms, farming country, family gardens, etc. Pictures of this Travel Bug on his journey would be great!
I am releasing this Travel Bug in memory of my Dad, J. Carrol McGarrigle, who passed away on March 11, 2010 from a short battle with pancreatic cancer. My Dad owned a 1964 Massey Ferguson tractor, with some home made modifications (rear takeoffs, front bucket/plow attachment). He loved this tractor. He didn't have a big piece of property, or a large garden, but he used the tractor to move wood for the winter, plow the dooryard, get the garden ready for spring and fall, you name it. There are many fond memories of riding on that tractor with my Dad, and watching my two oldest girls ride on it with him.
This summer, my mother sold the tractor and all the implements. There really was no point in keeping it, as my brother and I never learned to drive it (my father's teaching method was "Do it right the first time, or get yelled at"). It is sad to see the garage where it was kept empty when I come home to visit.
I have been wanting to release a Travel Bug, but just couldn't find the right toy tractor. That changed this summer, when my wife had to make a very sad trip to Mississippi for the passing of her 11-year old niece. During the time she was there, she went to a farm supply store, and found this toy tractor. I was almost moved to tears when I saw it; it is an almost a perfect replica of the tractor my Dad owned.
Please keep this Travel Bug moving! Thanks!
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Blakes Godfather placed it in Behind The Buried
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New York
- 4.51 miles
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Blakes Godfather retrieved it from Squires Pond Cache
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New York
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waka88 placed it in Squires Pond Cache
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New York
- 2.53 miles
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Leaving this one at a geocache on a four wheeler trail in Northern NY!
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al_gokey discovered it
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Saw this TB when it was picked up by my sister. Very cool tb, i love tractors
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waka88 retrieved it from Palmer Troll
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New York
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I retrieved this TB from a cache a few weeks ago but I forgot to log it. First of all, I am very sorry for your loss but I thank you for releasing a TB in your father’s honor. To be honest, I was very excited when I saw that the hitchhiker on this TB was a tractor because I am a dairy farmer and it’s not too often that I find farm related things in geocaches! The TB is currently with me at my family’s dairy farm so mission accomplished (woo hoo!) but I plan to go out caching tomorrow so hopefully I can find a good cache to place it in and allow it to continue to travel along. Thanks for sharing your story and for making me smile! 😊
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Ralph47 discovered it
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New York
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Found intact near a farm field. Thanks for making!
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bryansears placed it in Palmer Troll
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New York
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bryansears grabbed it
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Taking to a nice spot surrounded by orchards and fields
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pandgsears grabbed it
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bryansears retrieved it from At Home Among The Cedars
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New York
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Off to a cache near my old family farm!
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