Travel Bug Dog Tag Take Us to See the USA

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Released:
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Origin:
Oregon, United States
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In the hands of WestSide Cachers.

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Our goal is to see the U.S.A before we graduate Elementary School in June of 2005. As our travel bug travels, we want it to visit as many schools as possible, before it returns to us by June 5, 2005. Along the way, we hope to learn some things about the places it goes. Please share with us things like:
• What you are learning in school.
• Something about the culture in your area.
• Pictures taken in parks or playground in your area.
• Anything else you would like to show.
We are 5th grade class who would like to know about other places in the Untied States. We are placing this TB in “Educational Treasures,” a cache we placed in our area. We will track the path our Tb follows as it moves from state to state.

Please return this TB to us by June 5, 2005 - Our mailing address is:
WESTSIDE CACHERS
WEST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
531 NORTH COMSTOCK
Sutherlin, OR
97479

About This Item

WHO ARE WE: We are 5th grade class who would like to know about other places in the Untied States. We are placing this TB in “Educational Treasures,” a cache we placed in our area. We will track the path our Tb as it moves from state to state and then have it return to us by June 5, 2005.

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Write note 6/24/2004 eastie posted a note for it   Visit Log

Take Me To See the USA got a tour of the other half of the Mall this afternoon. I'll place it in another D.C. cache this weekend with the hope that someone will be able to move it on soon. This little guy has a lot more of the country to see in a year. Hope you enjoyed the tour!

  • New WWII Memorial plaza A shot in front of the new World War II Memorial on the Mall. Most of this picture is one half of the monument representing the Pacific theater during the war; there is a mirror image one for the Atlantic off to the right. The individual columns represent states or territories. The very back wall on the right of the picture holds approx. 4,000 bronze stars, one for every 100 U.S. soldiers killed during the war.
  • WWII Memorial and Washington Monument Another shot from the other side of the WWII Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background. You can see the names of states at the bottom of the columns with the wreaths.
  • Vietnam Memorial The Vietnam Memorial. It's currently undergoing a renovation of the lighting system (all those walls in the background) so only about a 1/3 of the wall is open. The wall holds the name of every soldier killed or missing, arranged in chronological order.
  • Korean War Memorial This a relatively new memorial, installed in 1995. There are 19 statues of soldiers which are reflected in the polished granite wall in the background. 19 statues + 19 reflections = 38 which stands for the 38th parallel, an important point of reference during the Korean War
  • Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin The Jefferson Memorial sits on the south side of the Mall across the Tidal Basin. Most of the images you see in this group were taken on land that didn't exist 150 years ago. Most of it was filled in to create room. There is a good article in the June 2004 issue of National Geographic which shows the development of the National Mall.
  • Bureau of Printing and Engraving One of the more popular sites near the Mall. Chances are a lot of the money you use every day is printed here. They offer tours which show how our paper currency is designed and printed. Apparently tour guides get lots of questions about "free samples" at the end of the tour!
  • Chesapeake Bay skipjack at Folklife Festival One last shot of the Mall as they prepare for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this weekend. The boat you see here is a skipjack which was used before the turn of the century to dredge oysters from the Bay. These iconic work boats were used up until around 1970 when the oyster population in the Bay started to seriously decline due to overharvesting and disease. There are only about a dozen skipjacks that have survived and still work the Bay. Most other ones have been restored for museums or
Write note 6/19/2004 eastie posted a note for it   Visit Log

Took this TB for a short tour of the National Mall this afternoon. Sorry I wasn't able to get more, but I had a bike tire blowout and headed back home for repairs. I'll try to get some pics of it on the west side of the Mall tomorrow or this week.

  • In front of the White House This is about as close as you can get to the front of the White House right now since they are "repurposing" Pennsylvania Ave.
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Front of the Natural History Museum (my favorite Smithsonian building). They are in the process of updating all the exhibits. Highlights include the Hope Diamond (largest blue diamond in the world; cursed!), the new Hall of Mammals, and the Paleontology wing. There's lots to see at http://www.nmnh.si.edu
  • West front of the U.S. Capitol building They are doing lots of work on the East Entrance (you can see the cranes in the background). Just a week ago there was a line stretching down the right side of the picture for the 4-6 hour wait to view Reagan's casket.
  • Looking West down the Mall from the Capitol A view of the National Mall looking west from the Capitol. Washington Monument is prominent in the background. You can barely make out a number of tents and small buildings in the background. They are being constructed for the Smithsonian Folklife festival, and 3-week exhibition of cultures from around the world. This year they are featuring Haiti and the waterfront communities of the Chesapeake Bay region. This is a really neat event each year. Lots of hands-on displays, plus musicians, d
  • Smithsonian Castle The Castle building is the original Smithsonian building, and one of the oldest on the Mall. At one time this building held the *entire* Smithsonian collection. They are now spread out over a half dozen huge buildings on the Mall, plus the new Air and Space annex at Dulles airport (where they have the Enola Gay on exhibit). The Castle now only holds some offices and occasional special exhibits, but the architecture is pretty unique for the area.
Write note 6/6/2004 eastie posted a note for it   Visit Log

Here's Take Us to See the USA in front of the National Cathedral. There are 3 schools located on the grounds: The National Cathedral School for Girls (who were holding their graduation inside when this picture was taken), St. Alban's, and The Beauvoir School (National Cathedral Elementary school). We'll try to get some more pictures of other D.C. sites before placing this TB in another cache.

  • Take Us to See the USA with the National Cathedral
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/6/2004 eastie retrieved it from Welcome to Washington, DC District of Columbia   Visit Log

Will give this TB a quick tour of D.C. and move it north to Maryland soon.
Dropped Off 6/6/2004 flowerman placed it in Welcome to Washington, DC District of Columbia - 6.85 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/5/2004 flowerman retrieved it from Great Scott too! Virginia   Visit Log

This one needs to go to Washington, DC!
Dropped Off 6/1/2004 lovelace placed it in Great Scott too! Virginia - 11.91 miles  Visit Log
  • At last some rest! The TB just before being put into the Great Scott too! cache.
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/31/2004 lovelace retrieved it from Clark's Nutcracker v2.0 Maryland   Visit Log

I'll drop this off completely in Northern Virginia later today and post pictures of the places it visited after I get back home (later tonight or tomorrow).

  • The TB shows up at the OM World Finals Before visiting the Clark's Nutcracker 2.0 cache, the TB made a visit to the Odyssey of the Mind (http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/) World Finals 2004 at the University of MD College Park. Odyssey of the Mind is a program for elementary through college age kids that encourages creativity and teamwork.
Dropped Off 5/31/2004 lovelace placed it in Clark's Nutcracker v2.0 Maryland - 25.3 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2004 lovelace retrieved it from Redhead's Secret Stash Virginia   Visit Log

Making sure this TB logs a cache near the new Air and Space museum that it visited. 🙂

  • The new Air and Space Museum This is the Smithsonian Institution Air and Space Museum Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center.
  • The TB visits the new Air and Space Museum
  • The TB visits the Enola Gay On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first use of the atomic bomb in warfare. Thankfully, there was only one other.
  • The TB visits the Space Shuttle Enterprise The first Space Shuttle orbiter, Enterprise is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground. Officially designated Orbiter Vehicle 101 (OV-101), Enterprise is not equipped for spaceflight. It has no propulsion systems and only simulated thermal tiles.

In 1977 Enterprise completed approach and landing tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California. It was flown atop a Boeing 747 carrier airplane and also released for piloted descents to c
  • The TB visits the Concord The Concord was the only supersonic passenger jet ever put into regular service.
  • The TB visits the Gossamer Albatross On June 12, 1979, the Gossamer Albatross, with Bryan Allen as pilot, became the first human-powered aircraft to fly across the English Channel. The flight lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes and covered 36.2 kilometers (22.5 miles) between Folkestone, England and Cap Gris Nez, France. For this accomplishment, the Albatross team won their second Kremer Prize for human-powered aircraft.

Designed by Dr. Paul MacCready and his team of engineers from AeroVironment, the Albatross was similar to the Gos
  • The TB visits the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the worlds fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievments placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Co
  • The TB visits the Pan Am Clipper First flown in late 1938, the Boeing 307 was the first airliner with a pressurized fuselage. It could carry 33 passengers in great comfort and cruise at 20,000 feet, while maintaining a cabin pressure of 8,000 feet. This enabled the Stratoliner to fly above most bad weather, thereby providing a faster and smoother ride.

[Taken from the A&S Museum plaque.]
  • Another view of the Pan Am Clipper Flying Cloud Here is a closeup view of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud.
  • The Mars Rover Sojourner. This is a copy of the Mars rover Sojourner which went with the Mars Pathfinder. Pathfinder landed on Mars on July 4, 1997 and Sojourner operated until September 27, 1997 when scientists lost contact with it. It paved the way for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers that are currently operating on Mars.
  • The TB with a long view of the museum behind it. There are many, many planes in the new Air and Space museum extension.
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