Travel Bug Dog Tag Gofer Tortoise

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Released:
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Boulan Park Cache

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According to an ancient Greek nuisance named Aesop, this tortoise challenged a hare to a race. Naturally the hare got the jump on the tortoise but got so far ahead he stopped for a nap, at which point the tortoise caught up, plodded by and finished first. This, according to Aesop, proves that: “Slow and steady wins the race” and not “The fix was in.” (One suspects Aesop didn’t play the ponies much.)
We wanted to see if Aesop got it right so we are staging a re-match. The tortoise (a Florida resident named Gofer) will race Marcher the Hare from Tequesta, Florida, to a cache near Anchorage, Alaska. The first to be picked up by an impartial judge (he’s a vegetarian) will be declared winner. The loser will be declared loser (for the sake of symmetry) while Aesop will be declared an unregistered alien and ordered to change his name to something spellable.

About This Item

Gofer Tortoise TB

Gofer is a Florida tortoise who wants to travel to the frozen Nawth to see the sites.

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Tracking History (1729.9mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 1/1/2005 nanacacher retrieved it from Abandoned Cache New Jersey   Visit Log

We will give this guy a ride north but only a little closer to Alaska.
Dropped Off 9/16/2004 piont placed it in Abandoned Cache New Jersey - 9.29 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/15/2004 piont retrieved it from Hidden Princeton 1: Woodfield Reservation New Jersey   Visit Log

I hope he wins. I'll try to move him closer to the finish line.
Dropped Off 8/8/2004 psychohotline placed it in Hidden Princeton 1: Woodfield Reservation New Jersey - 977.15 miles  Visit Log

The Tortoise is a good bit further north now, but he still has a long way to go. He was left in a really nice place for a tortoise to stay, but he'll need to move on pretty quick to catch the hare.

  • Near the Hidden Princeton 1 Cache Ok, it's a great place for a tortoise, though chilly compared to Florida. Highs were in the 70s, lows in the low 50s (in August!), so the tortoise might be tempted to hibernate. Someone needs to move him along quickly before he succumbs to the hare's weakness (napping on the job).
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/8/2004 psychohotline grabbed it   Visit Log

An internal grab so this guy can be dropped by team psychohotline, reunited for the weekend.

This little bugger is cuter than I realized when I first picked him up. I'd never heard a tortoise "chirp" before.
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/22/2004 psychoh retrieved it from Canal Side Cache Florida   Visit Log

Found this guy hanging out near water like a good turtle would. I'll give him a ride shortly to a nice place for a turtle to spend its summer, and somewhat closer to its destination. Go tortoise!
Dropped Off 7/8/2004 Seriloth placed it in Canal Side Cache Florida - 25.84 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/22/2004 Seriloth retrieved it from Carlin's swing adventure. Florida   Visit Log

Went through a Multi-Cache for this one... I will be taking it with me to a few various places and when i am done i shall take it to Port St. Lucie. I hope i can help get it on the way to Alaska.

Seriloth

  • Going for a slide? Gofer Tortise wanted to play at the park. His favorite part was this slide.
  • Climbing the chains Tortise had fun on the chains.
  • Swing Away We played at this particular swing for a while, the others were still wet from the rain we've been having.
  • Swing Away We played at this particular swing for a while, the others were still wet from the rain we've been having.
  • Ready for another? There were a few slides in this park, this particular one was a bit steep so i had to convince him he would not get hurt.. He was still a bit afraid.
  • Climbing the chains Tortise wanted to go down yet another slide, He climbed up the chain ropes and slid down into a puddle of muck.
  • Time for a break In the middle of our park adventure he was out of breath so he sat on a bench.
  • Just Chillen Tortise was still a bit tired so he hitched a ride on my shoulder, What a lazy bum!
  • In the Trees Now I did not think Tortise would actually be able to climb this tree, But the picture is proof... He did just fine
  • King of the hill The Gofer Tortise was so proud of himself when he reached the top that he began to shout out " Im the King of the hill!"
  • YOU STOLE MY BIKE! I was very upset with the Tortise as he rode away on my brand new mountain bike!
  • Headdin home Gofer jumped in his truck and raced back home, Guess he had a hott date....
Dropped Off 6/20/2004 SONDAD placed it in Carlin's swing adventure. Florida - 93.68 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/13/2004 SONDAD retrieved it from For the birds Florida   Visit Log

as we were going to this cache we saw a gofer tortoise
out in a grassy field on our way into the cache and we
were susprise to see in the cache a tb named gofer tortoise
it had been in this cache sences feb 7 so we took it and
going to send him or her on it way soon this cache has not
been visited for quite a while

sondad
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