Travel Bug Dog Tag Patchy The Universal Traveler

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, May 9, 2004
Origin:
Wisconsin, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of the owner.

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Current Goal

 Patchy wants to see as many of Earth's famous observatories as he can. He also wants to see the some of those owned by individuals or other astronomy clubs.

About This Item

Patchy after receiving his travel bug implant

Patchy is our first travel bug. Looking at him tells the story of his humble beginnings as the logo for our local astronomy club. He has been sitting in a drawer in my desk for the last 3 years as I was not sure what I wanted to do with him. When we started geocaching, his purpose finally became clear to me. He needs to see the world, go far places and see lots of other telescopes. Some of his personal goals include seeing the stars of the southern hemisphere and maybe one day Earth from the Moon or Mars. Who knows, maybe even make it back home some day so he can tell us of his journeys. If you move him and have a digital camera, try to post a pic or two of Patchy at the sites you take him to. Good luck Patchy! AstroD-Team

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Write note 10/11/2004 vree posted a note for it   Visit Log

i took patchy up to the old abandoned observatory on the campus of western michigan university. they've since moved off campus to gaze at the stars because there is WAY too much light pollution these days.

  • the shack that used to house the mounts all that's left are some old wooden tripods and some pigeon nests...
  • the view this is the view from the rooftop. beautiful view on a clear fall day in michigan.
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 10/3/2004 vree grabbed it   Visit Log

this somehow ended up along I-94 in Marshall, MI in Stranger In a Strange Land. Will take it to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo soon. Will research other observatories in the area.
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/25/2004 Atomic Blonde retrieved it from 2004 Chicago Geocachers Picnic Illinois   Visit Log

Grabbed this bug from the Chicago Picnic. Will move him along soon.
Dropped Off 9/24/2004 JBGeo placed it in 2004 Chicago Geocachers Picnic Illinois - 28.25 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/21/2004 JBGeo retrieved it from Favorite Container Trade - Sat. 8am-Noon Illinois   Visit Log

Found this one! Will move it along to another cache shortly! TFTB!
Dropped Off 8/21/2004 Geofool placed it in Favorite Container Trade - Sat. 8am-Noon Illinois - 24.02 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/15/2004 Geofool retrieved it from Travel Bug Party at the Trestle Illinois   Visit Log

Got it and will get it going soon.
Dropped Off 7/17/2004 green & gold placed it in Travel Bug Party at the Trestle Illinois - 177.07 miles  Visit Log
Write note 6/19/2004 AuntieNae posted a note for it   Visit Log

Thanks for sharing this Travel Bug at the Wisconsin Geocachers Mother of All Breakfast event on Saturday. Your travel bug is alive and doing well. Neat idea!

[This entry was edited by Auntienae on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 12:54:04 PM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/19/2004 green & gold retrieved it from The Mother of All Breakfasts Wisconsin   Visit Log

Picked this one up at the Mother of All Breakfasts event. There's an observatory near my house. I will see if I can get a picture of the TB in front of it before moving it on.
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