Travel Bug Dog Tag reindeer bear AKA "Reindeer Pete"

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Origin:
Washington, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of theoakfolk.

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My mother, who went to be with our loving Father on February 26, 2011, was an amazing woman.  When she graduated in 1950 she was awarded a full ride scholarship to a school in Massachusetts. I believe that
 she hoped to study Oceanography.  In 1950 women were not honored for their brains, it just wasn’t what the culture was about.  Most women were trained up to be wives and mothers.  So, with no thought at all, two days after she graduated my mother married my father, abandoning her scholarship and college.
 
I was born in 1950 and my brother and two sisters followed closely behind.  Mom never held a job but she and my father built a home for them and their four children together.  I remember my mom plastering the walls.  She would give me the left over pieces and I would mold them into animals of one sort or another.  All her life my mother dreamed of traveling, but with four kids it was difficult at best.  We did manage to get to Disneyland a couple of times.
 
In November of 1963 my mother discovered a large lump on the inside of her pelvic bone.  When the doctors found that it was cancerous they sent her home with about six months to live. Being the kind of woman that she was, my mother would not just lay down and die.  She insisted that the doctors amputate her leg.  The tumor was very  large and the surgery my mother needed had never before been preformed in the United States, but a new  surgeon in town took it on and safely removed her leg.  From that point on my mother was in constant pain.  She continued raising us, buying groceries, cleaning the house and everything else she proposed to do, all on one leg with crutches.  Having one leg and being on crutches all the time caused my mom’s spine to curve terribly and eventually the nerves in her arms were so damaged that she could no longer do the counted cross stitch that she so loved.  A broken knee in a car accident further limited mom’s movements; but it was not until 2007 that she finally allowed herself to use a wheelchair.
 
My mom died without ever getting to travel to the places of her dreams.  She had a small collection of stuffed animals and it is these animals of hers that I am sending out to travel the world for her.  Please keep them moving.  Pictures of their adventures would be wonderful for all members of the family, particularly my father, to see.  I know that sometimes people think that TBs are just so cute that they want to keep them for themselves and many of these are adorable; but please remember what they meant to my mother and what they mean to me and the rest of the family and keep them traveling.
 
My mom is watching from “on high”  with a smile on her face pain free!!  Thank you so much!

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Tracking History (41949.2mi) View Map

Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to RRPT - Rowing Club Queensland, Australia - .15 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to RRPT - Baddies Queensland, Australia - .23 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to RRPT - Slalom Queensland, Australia - .16 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to RRPT - Water Source Queensland, Australia - 9.04 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to the end of the road Queensland, Australia - 8.57 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to Leading Light Queensland, Australia - 6.96 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/20/2012 Psilonike took it to Alphanumeric #2 Queensland, Australia - 6.63 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/16/2012 Psilonike took it to Fishin' Frenzy Queensland, Australia - 7.08 miles  Visit Log
Write note 4/16/2012 Psilonike posted a note for it   Visit Log

Dear family,

I hope you are all well. Tomorrow I will be leaving Townsville and will be traveling with my new friend Samantha further North to Cairns before we make our way over the Timor Sea to Bali.

I have had a lot of great adventures in Townsville and I look forward to telling you of them all when I return home. I have climbed mountains, visited beaches, made many new friends and seen some strange animals to name a few things.

Samantha lives on a small farm, so I have had the chance to feed chickens, collect eggs, pat a dog with a head 5 times my size and ride a horse. I have also found a best friend in her ginger cat Gasket whom has kept me company while Samantha has been at working. Though he enjoys cuddling a little too much for my liking.

I can't wait to get to Bali. Samantha has booked us a ride through the jungle on an elephant, a river tour and we are going to the beach, markets and a cultural village.

Its been so much fun here but it's time for me to be on my way. I will be booking into a hotel in Jimbaran (a small fishing village) until another cacher comes to help me continue my travels.

Samantha will post my photo album when she gets back from the holiday and I hope you enjoy seeing the photos as much as I have enjoyed being in them.

Lots of love,
Pete xxooxx
Visited 4/13/2012 Psilonike took it to Geo Ferals Random Cache Queensland, Australia - .15 miles  Visit Log
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