khartz

Wonderful! We can do all that. I'm excited! Thanks so much for your help.

Hello all. I've read the whole thread and have found it very helpful Thanks so much. But I do still have a few points on which I'm confused and hope you can help me out. My kiddos and I would like to send a TB out into the world, but want to give it the best chance we can. I thought the kiddos would get a kick (and a geography lesson) out of 'watching' their bug move around. We thought maybe finding a TB and moving it would be a good way to learn about the process before sending our own out. We've visited 2 caches in the past 3 or 4 days that the website said have travel bugs in them, but they were not there when we made the finds. From what I've read here, it sounds like I should let someone know they aren't there? The cache owner, or the bug owner, or both? Also, if we can ever find one, I've read that we shouldn't take a bug if we can't help it toward its goal. Are the goals usually with the physical bug in the cache (attached somehow?) I know how to find (or think I do) the bug's page where the goals are listed, but I'd hate to pick one up and bring it home to log it only to find out that it has a goal we can't help with. Thanks in advance for the help.