Travel Bug Dog Tag Racing Flanders Marmot

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Origin:
Belgium
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Binkie.

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Current Goal

In the summer of 2003, 10 Travel Bugs started their transatlantic race to Belgium. They were all dropped in the same cache in the United States, and their goal was to return to Belgium as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, the race has ended and I have enjoyed travelling many countries.
My main objective right now is to return to Belgium as close as possible to my home location (Denderleeuw), to be picked up by my owner.
So, help me to return to Flanders... Many thanks!

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Racing Flanders Marmot

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Tracking History (38618.8mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 8/24/2003 Highpointer retrieved it from Badger Travel Bug Hostel Arizona   Visit Log

I got this from a cache near Exit 256 of I-17 and I moved it to the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Write note 8/22/2003 Lightning1996 posted a note for it   Visit Log

This cute Marmot awaits a quick pick-up and probably a trip to Phoenix....Good luck!!
Lincoln put the TB in a bag with it's cache page, and I added a note on the tag chain, so everybody will know there is a race.'
Will upload a few pics soon!

  • View near Badger TB Hostel cache This is high-desert, elevations 3,500 to 4,000 feet....central Arizona, southwest USA
Dropped Off 8/22/2003 Lightning1996 placed it in Badger Travel Bug Hostel Arizona - 27.91 miles  Visit Log
  • Marmot with friend Racing Flanders Marmot visiting with Randy Johnson, one of the best pitchers of all times, of our Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball team....World Series Champs in 2001!
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/21/2003 Lightning1996 retrieved it from Near 305 Arizona   Visit Log

This is one of three of the Belgian Racing Travel Bugs that I picked up today and will move over to Interstate 17 in a couple days.
In case our Belgian friends are interested, I thought I'd describe the area that this TB is in.
All ten started in the cache 'Witness Post', which is near a very small town named Seligman in central Arizona, southwest USA. This is high-desert/ranchland, hilly, and about 5,000 feet in elevation. Also, 'Witness Post' is along a very historic road, Route 66, which I believe was the first paved road across the USA to the west (Chicago to Los Angeles).
Five of the Racing TB's were moved to 'Near 305' which is a cache along a road south of the town of Prescott, Arizona, population approximately 35,000. Prescott rests in the mountains above a mile high....'Near 305' is at 6100 feet in elevation, surrounded by mountains and pine trees.
Around Prescott, it snows in the winter and the summer temps reach 100F for a few days. We are in our summer 'monsoon' season right now, a two month period from mid-July to mid-September where we have thunderstorms and rain almost daily.

  • View of Prescott, Arizona Prescott Arizona, southwest USA, is in a basin surrounded by pine-forested mountains, elevation 5,200-6,200 feet.
Dropped Off 8/16/2003 Lincoln placed it in Near 305 Arizona - 64.73 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/13/2003 Lincoln retrieved it from Witness Post Arizona   Visit Log
Dropped Off 8/11/2003 Aquosus placed it in Witness Post Arizona - 5,387.71 miles  Visit Log
  • A last quick picture and then... off we go !
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/4/2003 Aquosus retrieved it from Center Cache Brabant wallon, Belgium   Visit Log

Aquosus Team is going to America and is taking the TB with him to start the Trans-Atlantische travelbug Race.
Dropped Off 8/4/2003 Rovertje placed it in Center Cache Brabant wallon, Belgium   Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/4/2003 Rovertje grabbed it   Visit Log

Genomen om in de centercache te droppen.
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