compass_bearing_north Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Do you label your Travel Bugs with the name of the Travel Bug, or do you just leve the number on it? Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 I attach a laminated card with the travel bug's name and goal printed on it. That way the finder can read the instructions before taking it from the cache. If the finder can't help the bug to it's goal he could leave it for someone who can. I also put the bug, with tag and note attached, in a ziploc bag to protect it in case the cache leaks. RichardMoore www.geocities.com/richardsrunaway Quote Link to comment
+High Desert Fish Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Helpful. My travel bug did not have this info and is going slowly as a result. That is my 1st one. The others will be different. Quote Link to comment
+ict X ckr Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Laughs - only if the people want to follow instructions. I have two bugs out with similar instructions both going the wrong way, but they are still a lot of fun to watch. Don't step in that!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+cd0103 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Would someone share an example of their laminated cards? Quote Link to comment
+Gimpy Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by cd0103:Would someone share an example of their laminated cards? Might get some info HERE "Gimpy" --KC2KNI-- Quote Link to comment
+droosa Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by cd0103:Would someone share an example of their laminated cards? Go here and you can see the laminated card attached with the ID Tag. You put whatever goal or instruction you want on the card. http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=14487 Quote Link to comment
+RocketMan Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I started attaching small laminated info cards that I print out on standard Business Card Stock. Here is a Microsoft Word Document that will print out on business card stock: T-Bug Card . RM Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Just an additional note: Wal-mart has sheets of self-adhesive plastic laminate. You get 10 - 8 1/2 X 11 sheets for under $3.00. That way you don't have to take your card someplace to be laminated. RichardMoore www.geocities.com/richardsrunaway Quote Link to comment
+droosa Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Rocket Man:I started attaching small laminated info cards that I print out on standard Business Card Stock. Great idea and layout, I use the WSGA bug sheet for mine. I did grab your template and might start using it, if you don't mind. Now if we can just get folks to play by the rules and log the bugs. Quote Link to comment
+cd0103 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Great ideas everyone-- thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 i just leave 'em to their own devices. following the currents of fate has a lot of attraction for me. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Rocket Man:I started attaching small laminated info cards that I print out on standard Business Card Stock. http://img.Groundspeak.com/track/32237_200.jpg Here is a Microsoft Word Document that will print out on business card stock: http://www.eckeguides.com/geocaching_stuff/Travel_Bug_Front_and_Back.doc . RM They also had individual business card ones that were self-laminating. I've used two of them for two of my bugs which I set free today. They worked great. Thanks for the tip. Webfoot Tromping through the underbrush looking for Ammo cans, Tupperware containers, & little round disks. Quote Link to comment
compass_bearing_north Posted April 24, 2003 Author Share Posted April 24, 2003 Thanks all of you for the great advice. I sent off my first Travel Bug (the navigator) on monday and attached a laminated card to it. Thank you for the advice. Quote Link to comment
+wiley65 Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 Hey Rocket Man, I am new to GEOCACHING and was looking around here in the forums and found a lot of info to use and it also answered a lot of my questions. I hope it is ok to use the information you provided on helping TB's on their quest. Thank you again you for you help. Quote Link to comment
+Ltljon Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 I've been making bag-tags by using a portion of the WSGA sheet & adding some other info on all TB's I find. Hope the owners don't mind & surely it helps them on their way. Quote Link to comment
+SnowLeopard Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I had a problem with instructions for my first travel bug too. I found lots of examples and combined them to make my Aisha Travel Bug instruction sheet. I uploaded pictures of the instruction sheets - hope this helps! Quote Link to comment
+MiTuCats Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 We've seen both the WSGA format and the one that Rocket Man has linked. Both are good, but we've seen people have problems fitting a TB with the WGSA format label into smaller caches. Maybe they could have printed it smaller, I'm not sure. We've taken the liberty of adding laminated ID/Goal tags to 2 TB's that we moved in order to help out the owners. In both cases, we contacted the owners about the alteration. We know of one case where a TB had intended to travel from Ohio to a particular cache in Wisconsin but got diverted because the goal wasn't evident. It ended up in the southwest for quite some time, after having actually reached Wisconsin. It's now back in Wisconsin waiting for final delivery. Another one had a similar fate, it was heading from Oregon to Montana and ended up in Mexico for a while, then in Michigan where we found it. We added an ID tag and left it in Kansas. We've made it a rule not to move a TB if we don't know where it is heading, but that's our personal choice. "Roads? Where we're going we don't need .... roads" --Dr. Emmett L. Brown Quote Link to comment
+MiTuCats Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SnowLeopard: I found lots of examples and combined them to make my http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=32365 instruction sheet. I uploaded pictures of the instruction sheets - hope this helps! Now that is cool! I've wondered a little about TBs getting diverted again because they had outbound and return goals and if the finder didn't know if they had achieved the outbound goal they could get headed in the wrong direction. Great idea, and I love the graphics. "Roads? Where we're going we don't need .... roads" --Dr. Emmett L. Brown Quote Link to comment
+mdshamilton Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 RocketMan - I'm going to use your travel bug label, it looks very professional. Thanks for posting and sharing it. Mark Mark, Matthew & Christopher We'll get there eventually.... Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 If you are doing a lot of laminating of cards (small ones ) for travel bugs and etc, you can pick up a box of laminating pouches (plastic 2 sided clear pouches similar to what video rental places use) for laminating machines pretty inexpensive at office supply stores (Office Max and Depot). But you don't need the laminator. Use your iron at home. Make sure it's set on a high setting. Use a cloth of some sort like you would use on delicates when you iron them. It works better on a hrad flat surface, but you can still do it on the iron board. Take the cloth cover the pouch with the card in it. Place the iron over the cloth and press down with some pressure. Let it sit there for a about 10-20 seconds (sometimes longer). Remove the iron and the cloth. Caution!! The card will be somewhat hot. Take the card and place it under a good size book so it will keep it flat. Otherwise it may try to curl a little. It's a lot easier than it sounds. These pouches are better than the big laminating sheets as they are thicker and sturdier. Plus the edges are rounded and don't have shar points. Brian Wood Woodsters Outdoors http://www.woodsters.com Quote Link to comment
+Goblin Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I have a bug circulating, DiploBear, with a bug passport and a card with her goals and yet everyone started calling her Pinkie in the logs. DiploBear is not just a name it's part ofher mission Quote Link to comment
+Go JayBee Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I put my Travel Bugs in a 'FoodSaver' or 'Seal-A-Meal' vacuum bag with a printout of the bug's webpage. Have gotten a lot of comments about the 'unique' container, but it does seem to help keep all the 'info' together. Have also written on the bag: "Please DO NOT OPEN", hoping that will also keep all the 'info' together as it travels. The 'vacuum sealing' is also my 'SI'....I put all my 'trade items' in them.....helps with the dreaded 'cache leakage' problems, and the items are as fresh when 'grabbed' as they are when 'dropped'....'FoodSaver Rules!!!' JayBee Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Woodsters Outdoors:If you are doing a lot of laminating of cards (small ones ) for travel bugs and etc, you can pick up a box of laminating pouches (plastic 2 sided clear pouches similar to what video rental places use) for laminating machines pretty inexpensive at office supply stores (Office Max and Depot). I found some self-laminating pouches at Wal-Mart and have been using those. They are very effective if you take your time when sealing them, and a lot less work in the process. Webfoot Tromping through the underbrush looking for Ammo cans, Tupperware containers, & little round disks. Quote Link to comment
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