Travel Bug Dog Tag Victory Is Ours Again!

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Released:
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Origin:
Texas, United States
Recently Spotted:
In 13th Annual TXGA Texas Challenge

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The 2005 Texas Challange Winner's Trophy wants to travel around North Texas. It wants its photo taken with North Texas geocachers. Goofy photos. Serious photos. Landmark photos. Nature photos. Lots and lots of photos.

About This Item

The 2005 Texas Challenge Trophy

At 4:15pm on Saturday, 12 March 2005, the highly anticipated announcement was made amid a large gathering of weary, barbeque-stuffed, outdoorsy folks prone to fiddling with electronic gadgetry and toys with dog tags attached to them.

North Texas won the 2005 Texas Challenge! For the second consecutive year! This travel bug is a symbol of the hard work, dedication, and teamwork of the North Texas team.

The Texas Challenge event was outstanding. Held in Cedar Hill State Park south of Dallas, it was very well planned and organized. Geocachers from all around Texas came to the event to form the teams of Southeast Texas (SETX), Central Texas (CENTX), and North Texas (NTX). I read a log where someone stated it well - "the world's greatest people."

A good time was had by all, and I believe, except for weariness, everyone stayed safe and healthy.

The trophy was made into this travel bug to follow the tradition established with last year's trophy. Click here to view that travel bug page.

Please do not actually leave this travel bug in a cache. Pass the travel bug along by personally handing it off to another person.

Remember, there are a lot of cachers watching this bug. Please log it accurately. Also, it does not need to be logged in each cache you visit. This bug is not about mileage, it is about people and photos.

Thanks!

NTx Team Members Who Have "Held" The Trophy:
bennet, perseid88, falconboarder0, thefabfive, PRanger, Angel's Buffy, coastalfinds, stupid&lucky, martinp13, loubob57, RobAndKids, xfalcon1, cachesafari, javaman123, Sandbassking & Queen, Mcdoodles & Family, Geo Dee, Texas tiger, Zeke's Uncle, JimBrownG, texaslandrover, Dreamcacher V, Hedge Hopper, Muffin Man, Dragon Slayer, Miss Quiltie, Roland oso

NTx Team Members Who Have "Yet To Hold" The Trophy:
Adventureous2004, Akulakat, Akulakat Too, Aloft23, Angel's Buffy, astrojr1, bennet, Big Z, Booger9, cachesafari, Catfish, coachv, coastalfinds, DallasTexan, Dave5339, Dawgies, Dragon Slayer, Dreamcacher V, Dumb-Luck, elfman, falconboarder0, Geo Dee, GeoJews, GeoVamp, GGGal, Hedge Hopper, Irish-Texan, Itchy-N-Scratchy, javaman123, JimBrownG, Kornbeef, llewlen, Lost In The Wilderness, loubob57, martinp13, Mcdoodles & Family, MHenne06, Miss Quiltie, MMACH5, Montgomery Ward, Mrs. Bean, MsDark, Muffin Man, Nat Cat, NiteCrawler, Nut-n-honey, perseid88, Pinto Bean, PRanger, Ranger742001, RobAndKids, RockHounds5, Roland_oso, RushMom, , Sandbassking & Queen, Scrudder, Scrudwoman, Scrudgirl, Scrudboy, Scrudbaby, Sodajerk, Strngbean, stupid&lucky, tboymacrev, TeamOxford, texaslandrover, Texas tiger, Texastracker, thefabfive, Tranes, Toot Pop, Troopermom, Txcachehunter, Vic303, We-Found-Its!, Wingspan, Whiddon, xfalcon1, Zeke's Aunt, Zeke's Uncle, 2Xtreme, 9Key.

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Tracking History (19096mi) View Map

Write note 8/29/2005 Zeke's Uncle posted a note for it   Visit Log

Does anyone know where Troph is? If so, please bring him to the Cedar Hill event on September 10. I'd like to take him to Hawaii in October. Thanks.
Dropped Off 7/16/2005 javaman123 placed it in "Celebration" Texas - 36.93 miles  Visit Log
Write note 7/9/2005 javaman123 posted a note for it   Visit Log

If someone would like the trophy before next weekend's event, I will be happy to deliver. Just send me an email.
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/5/2005 javaman123 retrieved it from Midway Wadi Texas   Visit Log

Getting ready for the next handoff.
Dropped Off 7/5/2005 javaman123 placed it in Midway Wadi Texas - 5,218.67 miles  Visit Log
Write note 7/3/2005 javaman123 posted a note for it   Visit Log

My brother, Trent (from Flower Mound) and sister, Karen (from Roswell, NM) came over to visit and decided to take a picture with me.

  • Brothers and Sister
Write note 7/1/2005 javaman123 posted a note for it   Visit Log

Went to Finland on a business trip. Very pretty country. The days were very long, about 19 hours of sunlight every day.

  • A visit to a Stamps cache - GCKZT6
  • Javaman123 at the cache - GCKZT6
  • Hanging out at the Helsinki train station
  • Getting some culture at the Cultural Art Museum
  • At the Finland Parliament building. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduskunta">Parliament Building Info</a>
  • Talking to Finland's fourth President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio" title="Statue Info">Statue Info</a>
  • Visiting the "Three Blacksmiths" <a href="http://www.virtualhelsinki.net/helsinkipanoraama/eng/kolmensepan.html">Three Blacksmiths Square</a> is at the corner of Mannerheimintie and Aleksanterinkatu and takes its name from the statue donated to the city by the Pro Helsingfors Foundation in 1932. It was paid for by Julius Tallberg, who had a shop on the Square until the 1980s.
  • Trophy resting at the Scandic Marski Relaxing in style at the <a href="http://www.holidaycityscan.com/scandic-marski-helsinki/">Scandic Marski</a> in downtown Helsinki. Very nice!
  • Inside the Helsinki train station
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/1/2005 javaman123 retrieved it from Stamps - Kansallismuseo aka Stamps - Eduskuntatalo Finland   Visit Log

Time to go see some sites in Finland.

[This entry was edited by javaman123 on Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 7:30:29 AM.]
Dropped Off 7/1/2005 javaman123 placed it in Stamps - Kansallismuseo aka Stamps - Eduskuntatalo Finland - .44 miles  Visit Log
  • Visting a virtual cache in Finland
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/30/2005 javaman123 retrieved it from Highest in Town, Helsinki Finland   Visit Log

My first cache outside the USA! This cache included a very nice view of Helsinki from the top of a tower.

  • Nice view of Helsinki, Finland
  • Parking machine Instead of parking meters, Finland has these machines where you buy parking tickets and put them on the dash of your car.
  • Cars in Finland - No SUVs here!
  • No Take Out, just Take Away!
  • A Tex-Mex Restaurant in Finland The food here was good but no enchiladas!
  • Finland trash can Don't forget to separate your trash in the color coded bins!
  • Beautiful Helsinki Airport
  • My first meal in Finland was at...
  • Sidewalks in Finland Just in case you are wondering which side of the walk you should be on, it is clearly marked for you.
  • Translation on store window Some stores will have both Finnish and English on the window to make sure you know what they sell.
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