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Hidden Creatures Tag Earth Turtle

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Owner:
OwlBJalapeno Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Origin:
Virginia, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Magic_Trixxx.

This is not collectible.

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Current Goal

. to Travel the world reminding geocachers to be kind to the places they love to adventure to and also be kind to one another. Enjoy this story �� once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called out, “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”
The young boy paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can’t return to the sea by themselves,” the youth replied. “When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water.
The old man replied, But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I’m afraid you won’t really be able to make much of a difference.
The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled and said, “It made a difference to that one!”

About This Item

A blue snake knot paracord keychain with hidden creature Earth Turtle Travel Tag attached

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Tracking History (1372mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 11/22/2019 Magic_Trixxx retrieved it from Boone Hideaway North Carolina   Visit Log

Hello! Decided to trade your turtle for a magnetic turtle. It was my first cache today, and I have a habit of exploring, I'll be sure to leave this somewhere very far away. Love Boone Caves, great place to get away and submerge yourself in a forest. Great story, and God bless!
Peace & Love, Bryan

Dropped Off 11/11/2019 tbbiker placed it in Boone Hideaway North Carolina - 105.81 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/20/2019 tbbiker retrieved it from Old Fart's Knob Virginia   Visit Log

Thanks for sharing. There is a cache on the AT that I will drop it off at in a few days. tbbiker

Dropped Off 4/22/2019 OwlBJalapeno placed it in Old Fart's Knob Virginia - 39.3 miles  Visit Log

Dropped off here I love hiking on the AT
Would love to see this earth turtle make it to ME or travel with a thru hiker make post some pics - This pic from near old farts knob

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Visited 4/18/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to Quarry Query Virginia - 2.62 miles  Visit Log

Sweet Briar College
Williams Creek Trail
Amherst VA

Visited 4/18/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to SB: Amherst Creekside Cache Virginia - .59 miles  Visit Log

Amherst VA

Visited 4/18/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to Dreamland Virginia - 54.26 miles  Visit Log

Amherst VA

Visited 4/16/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to Cliff Hanger Virginia - 14.64 miles  Visit Log

SML - Franklin Co VA

Visited 4/11/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to Salem Museum Virginia - 29.11 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/11/2019 OwlBJalapeno took it to Bedford BUG Bungalow Virginia - 33.86 miles  Visit Log
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