Travel Bug Dog Tag Cheechako

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, June 30, 2002
Origin:
Netherlands
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of jelman.

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Current Goal

Cheechako would like to travel from geocache to geocache. Starting his journey in June 2002, his biggest wish was to make it to Alaska someday. On March 6th 2004, after 616 days and 12,051 miles he actually managed to reach that goal!

Now, after more than two years of travelling in the Great State of Alaska, enjoying countless adventures with local Alaskan cachers, Cheechako has decided to come home. If you can, please bring him back to Europe and the Netherlands.

About This Item

Cheechako  Pronounced chee-CHA-ko, or chee-CHA-ker by some old-time Alaskans, the word means tenderfoot or greenhorn. According to The Chinook Jargon a 1909 dictionary of the old trading language used by traders from the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1800s, the word cheechako comes from combining the Chinook Indian word chee, meaning new, fresh or "just now," with the Nootka Indian word chako, which means to come, to approach or to become.

From The Alaska Almanac, 19th edition

For more information please take a look at Johny Cache's Geocaching Page. Look under 'Caches Hidden'. For questions Johny Cache can be reached at polaris@worldmail.nl

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    Tracking History (18083.6mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 8/5/2005 jaidan placed it in Moose Point Alaska - 8.46 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/30/2005 jaidan retrieved it from Cycling Combo Cache Alaska   Visit Log

    Well Cheechako, you made it to Alaska...what's next?
    Dropped Off 7/14/2005 Team Bear Bait placed it in Cycling Combo Cache Alaska - 38.86 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/13/2005 Team Bear Bait retrieved it from Angel Rocks Alaska   Visit Log

    Cheechako went on a big hike with the Bear Bait team. A cache was found, but it isn't visited too often and looks like it was recently found by muggles -- not a suitable temporary home for a TB that wants to tour Alaska!

    • The Angel Rock Tors That's where we are heading...at its a long way up!
    • Break Time After a long hike, every geocacher needs to consult their GPS and have a healthy snack to keep up one's energy!
    • Hanging out
    • Hanging out part 2
    Dropped Off 7/13/2005 Team Bear Bait placed it in Angel Rocks Alaska - 48.89 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/12/2005 Team Bear Bait retrieved it from Troop 78's Cache Alaska   Visit Log

    The Netherlands TB buddies, Cheechako and Purple Duck, said farewell to eachother as they went their separate ways this evening. Cheechako will be dropped off in a cache this weekend in order to travel with a new geocaching group!
    Dropped Off 7/12/2005 Team Bear Bait placed it in Troop 78's Cache Alaska - 20.27 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/11/2005 Team Bear Bait retrieved it from Grandpaw Bird Dog Alaska   Visit Log

    Since Cheechako had already visited this cache, his time here was short. We promised to take his picture with Santa (North Pole is just a few miles north of this cache); however, the official Bear Bait photographer forgot the memory card for her camera. Hopefully we'll get that photo op before Cheechako finds a temporary home in another cache.
    Dropped Off 7/11/2005 Team Bear Bait placed it in Grandpaw Bird Dog Alaska - 15.99 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/10/2005 Team Bear Bait retrieved it from Alaska Geocoin Distribution - Fairbanks Alaska   Visit Log

    Cheechako and his buddy, Purple Duck, attended the Alaska Geocoin Distribution event. Pictures of Cheechako with the way-cool geocoin will be posted soon. 😁

    • Checking out the latest geocoin The Netherlands TB buddies, Cheechako and Purple Duck, admiring the new Alaska geocoin
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