Travel Bug Dog Tag Dubya and Aahnold

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Released:
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Origin:
Texas, United States
Recently Spotted:
In T. C. Osage

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Current Goal



To visit the giraffes in the National Zoo in Washington DC, and then return to Fort Worth, Texas. And do it all faster than it takes my friend, Aahnold, to go to San Diego and back.

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Dubya heading East



My name is Dubya. I’m a giraffe Travel Bug. I am in a race against Aahnold, who is also a giraffe TB (read about him on his page titled Aahnold And Dubya.

I want to travel east all the way to Washington DC, visit the National Zoo, get my photograph taken with the giraffes there, and then make it all the way back to a cache in Fort Worth, Texas. Like I said, I’m in a race against Aahnold. He’s doing the same thing, but he’s going west to the San Diego Zoo.

Those western giraffes are okay, but the eastern giraffes are hip!

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Tracking History (18960.8mi) View Map

Dropped Off 8/3/2007 GeoGache placed it in A DC Tardis District of Columbia - 91.12 miles  Visit Log
Write note 8/3/2007 GeoGache posted a note for it   Visit Log

Oh yeah, Dubya visited the National Zoo. Took the metro to Woodley Park-Zoo. Walked up Connecticut, strolled through the gates and....
DISASTER! There are NO GIRAFFES at the National Zoo! Randle, the regular giraffe inhabitant, has been moved to Florida. See http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressReleases/NZP/2006/Randle.cfm
Disappointed, Dubya DID visit the pandas.

  • A panda will have to do Not finding any giraffes, Dubya visited the pandas.
Write note 8/3/2007 GeoGache posted a note for it   Visit Log

The Natural History Museum was nice, but Dubya quivered with excitement as he neared his goal. The fulfillment of his dreams - to meet the Giraffe Representative Of American Nation (GROAN to those politically in-th-know in the Giraffian Party.)

  • Dubya reads about the National Zoo
Write note 8/2/2007 GeoGache posted a note for it   Visit Log

Dubya was very excited to learn that he was on his way to Washington, DC. Checking out the previous logs, he seemed to get so close, then veered off track. As we traveled closer and closer, Dubya's excitement became obvious. First stop for him was actually at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, where Dubya got to meet a real giraffe in our nation's capitol.

  • Dubya meets a DC giraffe at Natural History Museum Dubya was having a great time, but THIS giraffe was stuffed and, therefore, not much of a conversationalist.
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/23/2007 GeoGache retrieved it from CW#2 - Hôtel d'Insecte de Voyage de Toit Rouge Missouri   Visit Log

Whoops! Forgot to actually grab this bug when I logged the cache. Took it because I thought I could help it reach its goal... (more to come)
Dropped Off 7/23/2007 Simsie placed it in CW#2 - Hôtel d'Insecte de Voyage de Toit Rouge Missouri - 708.36 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 7/23/2007 GeoGache discovered it   Visit Log

Found this little guy in Hôtel d'Insecte de Voyage de Toit Rouge (GC13QH4) in Missouri. Best I can tell, he hasn't completed his mission! We'll see what we can do!!
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/9/2007 Simsie retrieved it from Sum R Reading Virginia   Visit Log

Wow...this bug has been around for a while...it's nice to see old bugs that haven't gone missing...will move it along soon!
Dropped Off 7/8/2007 Wanderin' O'Bryens placed it in Sum R Reading Virginia - 143.49 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/1/2007 Wanderin' O'Bryens retrieved it from RDU Travel Bug Hotel North Carolina   Visit Log

Wow, this guys been everywhere EXCEPT his goal. It's been a long time coming but maybe I can get him closer. Good luck.
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