My son and I scooped up the traveling Bear. He is in very good shape. As I explained the travel bug concept to my son, I said for example - a bear may be heading to Alaska! Little did we know - indeed he was! After reviewing his travels, we were stunned to see that he had made it all the way to Oregon and then was sent BACK to Southern California. We will try to move him a bit north in the near future. We have an idea over Thanksgiving. If we do not get him north before Thanksgiving, he will travel with us on our trip to a cool location yet to be announced.