Travel Bug Dog Tag The Travel Bug Formally Known as Spike

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Owner:
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Released:
Monday, August 18, 2003
Origin:
Florida, United States
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Current Goal

10/01/2007 - Same name, different critter. Let's hope this ones last a loooong time.

09/23/2007 - We had a number of Travel Bugs go MIA over the last few years. This is one of them. We have gathered them from the Great Beyond and are starting them back on a new journey.

Please take the time to help this TB on his mission to see the country…….. To infinity and beyond. (B. Lightyear, circa 1997)

T.T.B.F.K.A.S. was released into the wild on August 18, 2003. This Travel Bug is a reincarnation of the Spike TB.

About This Item

The original Spike began his life as a railroad spike in a West Central Florida cache. He did some traveling for a brief period of time, ending up in Jekyll Island. From there, he attempted to board a plane for a flight to Washington State. The crack security team at the airport deemed him to be a dangerous weapon and detained him. Spike is currently in the Travel Bug Witness Protection Program. Fortunately, his TB ID Tag was returned to his owner.

T.T.B.F.K.A.S. should not suffer the same fate as his namesake, but care should be taken when traveling with TB’s.

His current goal is to get back out to Seattle Washington to resume his tour of the Northwest.

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Tracking History (39036.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 4/14/2005 Dollars & Sense placed it in Sitting Above the Bighead Ontario, Canada - 32.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/9/2005 Dollars & Sense retrieved it from Mad River Dash Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

Found him down by the river, having a bit of a rest. Will get him travelling some more.
Dropped Off 3/21/2005 Bent & Twisted placed it in Mad River Dash Ontario, Canada - 19.3 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/13/2004 Bent & Twisted retrieved it from Sunnidale Slog Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

Picked up Spike from Sunnidale Slog. He was hiding out behind a rock in the cache. Hoping the dogs in the leash free zone wouldn't find him. We jumped out of the cache at us begging to be moved to another location. So we agreed to spring him. But hope he won't cause havoc like all furbies tend to do.
Write note 11/6/2004 danoshimano posted a note for it   Visit Log

When we dropped TTBFKAS off in Lookout Valley, he seemed nervous for some reason. Upon returning home, we discovered why: his zip lock bag and travelling papers were still sitting on the kitchen table!

When TTBFKAS showed up a while later in our own back yard in the Sunnidale Slog cache (cache #1!), I took the opportunity to return his travelling gear to him.

As you can see from the picture, he is quite pleased.

  • Happy Day at Sunnidale Slog
Dropped Off 10/31/2004 The-South-Hillbillies placed it in Sunnidale Slog Ontario, Canada - 25.38 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/24/2004 The-South-Hillbillies retrieved it from Lookout Valley Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

TTBFKAS continues the journey.
Dropped Off 10/11/2004 danoshimano placed it in Lookout Valley Ontario, Canada - 30.95 miles  Visit Log
  • Exploring TTBFKAS explores some caves with Kritter and Jake.
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/9/2004 danoshimano retrieved it from Bending Tree Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

I found TTBFKAS while on a 3-cache tour of the Copeland Forest by bike. S/he will be joining the whole family on Monday for a Thanksgiving excursion, which luckily, in accordance with his goal, will be slightly west of his former location in Copeland Forest. Very slightly.
Dropped Off 9/19/2004 dgas71 placed it in Bending Tree Ontario, Canada - 12.73 miles  Visit Log
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