OMChops

After reading this post I reviewed the data for the "kids". My Fiesta Island cOTL series cache appears to have been the last time they posted a find of any kind. But their profile is showing a visit of April 20th 2008. They appear to be active on the website, just not in the field. I added my own note to their cache page like you did. I hope that they do something soon to help you class project along. FREE THE TRAVEL BUG 22!!!

Thanks for all the tips. I HAVE sent 2 seperate emails to the teens, requesting release of the imprisoned TB's. I am disappointed that others have experienced the same cachers capturing their TB's. Heck, I have yet to see a ransom note or other political demands related to the TB Gulag they have established.

I have found one that tops your frustration. It seems that this teenager has 22 bugs being held prisioner. Mine included. http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=d6...5b-0d303cf5ee28

I have a problem I could use some help with. I released my first ever TB in one of my own caches. It's a small model of a Disney Cruise Ship. It has a specific mission to travel the world, see other cruise ships and ports of call. It was picked up a month after it was released by a local team and has sat in their possession since (6 months now). I monitored it since and finally decided that I would check out the profile of the team. It appears to be a teenager who caches with his parents (on occasion) and he has logged 28 travel bugs launched by others. His profile shows that 22 are STILL in his possession. Has anyone else out the encountered a TB collector of this sort? I sent an email to the cacher in question requesting that he release it or contact me to return it. Is that proper protocol? Has anyone else found that their TB's are prisoners? How did you handle arranging it's release? It's frustrating to spend the time, imagination and money setting a TB up with a specific mission only to have the first finder rathole it in such a way Any help would be appreciated. Omchops

I have recently seen a travel bug (TBZKET) named Jimmy's Rocket Racer that says that he is in a race from Alaska to Idaho. My question is "How many other bugs are in this race and what are the tracking numbers?" It would be fun to watch all the entries in this race. Any one know of the rest of the contestants? OMChops