Guest travisl Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 I'm heading to the east coast for a week this May, and wanted to see what y'all think of this idea. I live and work in the Seattle area, so all of my caches so far have been in Washington state. The week before I leave, I'm thinking about snagging every goal-less travel bug I can from the local area (and those with goals relating to the east coast, too). This would include snagging bugs from caches that I've already logged, I assume. The week I'm back east, I drop them off in the caches I find in and around Baltimore. I harvest as many goal-less bugs (and west coast aiming bugs) as I can from the greater Baltimore area. When I return, I scatter the former east-coast bugs throughout the western Washington caches (which, again I assume, would include some caches I've already logged). 1) What do you think of essentially "stripping" my area of bugs for a week (except for bugs who wouldn't benefit from a trip eastward)? 2) What do you think of me taking and placing bugs in caches that I've already found? Quote Link to comment
Guest Hawk-eye Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 I don't know if I'd go in for full scale harvesting of bugs in your area ... there are cachers that go for bugs ... but if you snagged a few to take on your trip ... that would be pretty good. JMHO Quote Link to comment
Guest waldenrun Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 In my Eastern MA area, no one seems to want to move bugs along, so how about coming up this way to harvest? Quote Link to comment
Guest Hawk-eye Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 quote:Originally posted by waldenrun:In my Eastern MA area, no one seems to want to move bugs along, so how about coming up this way to harvest? ... and all those jokes about southerns being slow Quote Link to comment
Guest Hawk-eye Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 quote:Originally posted by waldenrun:In my Eastern MA area, no one seems to want to move bugs along, so how about coming up this way to harvest? ... and all those jokes about southerns being slow Quote Link to comment
Guest 2kxtra Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 By all means help some along, but save a few for those of us in the east that WILL be moving them along. Now I'm off to find a bug or 2 myself. Quote Link to comment
Guest 2kxtra Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 By all means help some along, but save a few for those of us in the east that WILL be moving them along. Now I'm off to find a bug or 2 myself. Quote Link to comment
Guest worldtraveler Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 quote:Originally posted by travisl:...What do you think of me taking and placing bugs in caches that I've already found? Nothing wrong with it, in my opinion. Just remember to log your REvisit to the cache as an "other" rather than "found" or "not found" (assuming the cache itself has not been relocated since your original find.) ------------------ Worldtraveler Quote Link to comment
Guest Doppler Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 I'm not so sure I like the idea of stripping an area clean of bugs... one or two, sure, especially if they've been gathering dust for a few months. But deliberately rounding them up en masse seems contrary to the point of the travel bugs, to me. Shouldn't they be allowed to migrate at their own rate, through the natural interactions with geocachers? Just my two pesos... ------------------ -- John Doppler Quote Link to comment
Guest irvingdog Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 I'd like to find a bug also, know what I mean? That is a cool part of caching. It's like you went along and took all of the spice drops off of the cupcakes. Quote Link to comment
Guest glenn95630 Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 It is okay to revist a cache to drop off or pick up a TB. A quick look at the two area tells me that there are a lot more TBs in the Seattle area vs the Baltimore area. I recommend that you take 5 TBs from Seattle area (to Baltimore) and bring back 3 TBs from Baltimore. Glenn95630 Quote Link to comment
Guest makaio Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 You should have come to Portland for our recent get-together (aka Bug Convention). We had a dozen or so TB's on hand itching for people to take them to distant locales. Many were turned down by folks who knew they couldn't move them anywhere but other local caches. Maybe you can host something similar before your trip and have folks bring in TB's they'd like you to take with. [This message has been edited by makaio (edited 01 March 2002).] Quote Link to comment
+CameraThyme Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Please please please Travisl, please please don't take my Bugs Without Missions ... to the East Coast...(or at least limit my bugs to just 2 in your hand and NONE in your pockets!) CameraThyme Quote Link to comment
Eric O'Connor Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Be sure and swing by and grab the travel bug that's Berkeley bound. I'm not at my computer right now and I can't remember it's TB#, but I bought something off of KernBob through eBay, and this is the form of transit that I selected. Quote Link to comment
padfoot Posted March 11, 2002 Share Posted March 11, 2002 Travisl I will hve a Travil Bug "Spy Plane" TB111B that will be in a new cache I will have out by the end of the week. I would love for it to go to the East Coast. Come and get it!!! Quote Link to comment
+travisl Posted March 11, 2002 Share Posted March 11, 2002 If it's still around in two months, I will. I don't want to hold onto it for that long, though. Travis Quote Link to comment
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