Travel Bug Dog Tag St. Fanurius of Geo: Patron Saint Of Great Caches Past

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Released:
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Origin:
Oregon, United States
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This virtual Travel Bug moves like a benevolent minister, priest, rabbi, (shaman, spiritual advisor, fill in your own) etc. to stand with you as you bestow respect and rememberance towards the memory of great, lost caches that are now archived. St. Fanurius of Geo seeks only those caches which were truly great, deserved to be honored and are now sorely missed.

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Do you mourn for the loss a particular archived cache which was quite special in it's location and/or design? Do you wish others could now experience the joy that you remembered when you were there? Our Saint offers comfort and gentleness for your geocacher heart.

All you need to do is invite our Saint along with you to the page of any archived geocache that is truly worthy of such a rememberance. Just Post A Note on the archived cache's page to drop off this bug and mention the Saint's role in visiting.

Then make sure you post a nicely detailed paragraph here describing your thoughts and your memories of the cache. Let us know why it was so special and why it is so missed nowadays. Just posting this TB in some cache with no note makes the Saint very sad, because he REALLY needs your written memories of the past cache in order to give a proper rememberance. Thanks for your detailed description of what made the cache worth a Saintly visit.

(IMPORTANT: As of April 20,2005, a detailed paragraph on this page is now a required rule. If this rule is not followed, a single polite reminder note will be sent by the owner to the cacher who didn't take the rule into consideration. A reminder note will also be posted by the TB owner on this page. If the log is not properly re-done within 7 days, that log will be deleted by the TB owner. Thank you for treating the Saint with proper respect.)

You never know... after the Saint is invited to be with you for a ceremony of respect and rememberance to a particular bygone cache, we may just witness this TB's rumored saintly powers of ressurrection! When that happens, we can claim an Official St. Fanurius of Geo Miracle. "Lo! For a great archived cache with no hope comes to life again! Hallelujah!!"

His name, St. Fanurius of Geo, is inspired by the name of the patron saint of lost things. Check out the history of the original saint name.

St. Fanurius of Geo's TB number is 454473. Please respect our Saint's sacred mission and guide his visits only towards those caches which are both bygone and greatly missed.

There is no longer a time limit for how long a worthy cache has been archived to make it eligible for a Saintly rememberance. Also, more than one person may join in memorials of the same cache (by 'grabbing' the bug and putting it back there with their own written eulogy-log on the cache page) IF the past cache is truly so worth such a salute. :)

Tracking History (96290.2mi) View Map

Dropped Off 5/30/2004 FSU*Noles placed it in Amber's#2 Nebraska - 4,722.97 miles  Visit Log

While I think it's really hard to say if a cache is "truly great" or not, I'd like St. Fanurius to visit "Amber's #2" in Lincoln, Nebraska USA.

This was my first cache ever - BluesHarp brought me here while I was in town for a business trip. He told me that the owners were a Father and his 10-yr old daughter, and that they had a handful of caches in the area. I remember thinking that caching sounded like a great family activity, and that my 10-yr old daughter might like it too...I actually scored the find, and went home and bought a GPSr a couple of weeks later.

Since that time, our family has spent countless hours enjoying the sport - hours that otherwise might have been spent at home in front of the TV. We've had tons o' fun, have met scores of great people, and have even managed introduce a handful of other addicts to the game.

All of our fun is due to the hard work of the cachers that put them out there for all of us to find, and I owe a big thanks to Tom and Amber for getting us started! I was sad to see my first cache had been plundered and archived, and am happy to have a chance to remember it this way. Thanks!
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2004 FSU*Noles retrieved it from Freedom and Joy Finland   Visit Log

Grabbin' the bug to make a rememberance on my first cache...off to Lincoln, Nebraska with the Saint!
Dropped Off 5/29/2004 Krista&Geert placed it in Freedom and Joy Finland - 7,116.55 miles  Visit Log

I'm revisiting the cache with TB St. Fanurius of Geo: Patron Saint Of Great Caches Past. Just wanted to say that it is a big shame this cache has been archived. I had a great adventure when I went searching for it - it would be nice if more cachers could experience it as well .
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/29/2004 Krista&Geert retrieved it from LOST ARK Arizona   Visit Log

I know a truly great cache that was unfortunately archived sometime ago. St. Fanurius of Geo must pay a visit to it.
Dropped Off 5/29/2004 TEAM 360 placed it in LOST ARK Arizona - 2,873.16 miles  Visit Log

The wonderful St. Fanurius of Geo has bestowed grace upon my LOST ARK cache. In its day, this was the toughest cache in Arizona to get to, involving a 3-hour hike up a mountain, without trail or signs to follow, and a 2 1/2 hour descent. The cache container itself was fit for a king: a brilliant gold color, inside and out, with heiroglyphs around the bottom. Ancient legend states that the box was much desired by all people, yet only a chosen few were blessed to gaze upon it. Many others simply went insane while searching. Sadly, history records that the golden ARK was confiscated by the so-called "authorities

[This entry was edited by TEAM 360 on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 12:16:04 AM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/29/2004 TEAM 360 retrieved it from Stairway to Heaven (Battle Creek) Minnesota   Visit Log

Going for a visit to my Lost Ark!

[This entry was edited by TEAM 360 on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 12:13:45 AM.]
Dropped Off 5/27/2004 Centris placed it in Stairway to Heaven (Battle Creek) Minnesota - 32.16 miles  Visit Log

Going into one of my favorite caches.... this one involved a wooden plank staircase that went [i]up and up and up and up[/i] to the tops of some bluffs and caves. You really needed to be in shape for this climb, but once you go there you were treated to absolutely georgeous views! Some great logs on this cache.

Unfortunately it always went missing during the annual St Paul winter medallion hunt. I always had a picture in my mind of some poor slob finding the cache and thinking they had won the $10,000 medallion prize - LOL LOL LOL
.....But the joke was always really on me because they never would bring the ammo box back to it's spot and I would have to trudge back up there in the winter snow to replace it.
Dropped Off 5/27/2004 King Boreas placed it in 019 <S>Jabs Farm @ Louisville Swamp</S> Minnesota - 48.91 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/27/2004 King Boreas retrieved it from The Refuge Minnesota   Visit Log

Let's go for a hike in the rain.
Dropped Off 5/26/2004 King Boreas placed it in The Refuge Minnesota - 6,390.22 miles  Visit Log

I never looked for this cache, but it was one of the earliest in Minnesota. The Patron Saint will visit for me.
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