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Travel Bug Dog Tag "Alley-Oop"

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, May 23, 2014
Origin:
Arizona, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Woods6.

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HELLO.  MY NAME IS "ALLEY-OOP".

"My mission is to travel to Australia and back home again".

This bug is a product of my Dad's ingenuity.  My Dad passed away in March of 2014 and was a man who invented many products for the motorcycle manufacturing industry.   He was 85.  One of the products was a spark plug and wrench holder, that attached to the frame of the dirt or street bike.  (I remember mass producing these, back in the 70's!) The pototype spark plug holder has BN Supply on the head because that was my Dads' brother's (Bill Nugent) business.  After they were molded by BN Supply, they were brought back to the shop where we would stamp Dad's name on them, bore them out for the plugs and bolt, and finish assembling the product.   His business was called Modesett Engineering and Manufacturing and was based in Southern California.  There were many times I used this product, stuck out in the middle of the desert!!  Dad was given the nickname "Alley-Oop" early in his life and it just stuck with him.

The only thing on my Dad's bucket list that was not accomplished before his death, was to travel to Australia.  I have infused some of my Dad's ashes inside the unit and welded it shut.  It is impossible to take the plugs out, so please don't try to;  they will be no use to you.  The unit is TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY SEALED!

"Send me off to Australia and bring me back home again, so I can tell all the stories to my family"...Norman Lee Modesett 

 

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Tracking History (36794.7mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 8/10/2014 GeoKu retrieved it from Pin Kollection Travel Bug Motel #6 Arizona   Visit Log

It's my honor to help this interesting tb along on its travels.

Dropped Off 8/7/2014 blgiese placed it in Pin Kollection Travel Bug Motel #6 Arizona - 146.77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/2/2014 blgiese took it to Hey, pipe down, I’m right here! Arizona - 24.47 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/31/2014 blgiese retrieved it from TB Pipeline Arizona   Visit Log

I picked this one up to make room in the cache for a few bugs headed to Europe. I will drop it off in another travel bug hotel because this "pipeline" is full. We need some people to travel out-of-country.

Write note 7/14/2014 mandym2547 posted a note for it   Visit Log

If he doesn't be moves before August 12 then I am picking hi up and finding a more visited cache. Been very interested in watching him travel since reading the story. Sad this cache he's in hasn't been visited since we were there it looked like it was a good one guess now. Rest assure will get him moving again

Dropped Off 6/29/2014 mandym2547 placed it in TB Pipeline Arizona - 162.33 miles  Visit Log

Dropping him off near the Phoenix az airport so he may get a quicker trip to Australia . Was a pleasure to get him started on his way (:

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/29/2014 mandym2547 retrieved it from "Alley-Oop" Arizona   Visit Log

Found treking to Phoenix

Discovered It 6/24/2014 not tom discovered it   Visit Log

Discover in a cache. Thanks!

Dropped Off 5/16/2014 JITOW placed it in "Alley-Oop" Arizona   Visit Log
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