Newbie checking I'm grabbing correctly

[+Trickyvic]

Hi all,

 

Excited to find my first travel bug today. I found it in cache X. When I got home I looked it up and saw that it's not listed in cache X but last seen in cache Y a few weeks ago. I understand that I grab rather than retrieve as I didn't find it in the listed cache, and that I will now drop in cache Z in the next few days.

 

Does this mean that cache X won't appear in the travel bug's history? If so, is that correct?

[+scubaham]

That's correct. Sometimes travel bugs aren't logged immediately for whatever reason. The best solution I've seen would be to grab the travel bug, then write a note in cache X's online log and drop the travel bug there to correct the mileage and whereabouts. Then retrieve the travel bug from cache X and continue its journey to cache Z.

 

Thanks for being thoughtful enough to check in to the forums to figure something out.

[+Trickyvic]

The best solution I've seen would be to grab the travel bug, then write a note in cache X's online log and drop the travel bug there to correct the mileage and whereabouts. Then retrieve the travel bug from cache X and continue its journey to cache Z.

 

Great, that's really helpful and makes sense. I'll do that right now.

 

Many thanks.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Yeah, then too, you could always wait a few days. Who knows? Maybe it was dropped 5 minutes before you got there.

 

There's no right or wrong to a quick grab, but it is a little more thoughtful of others to allow them the opportunity to properly finish off logging. They could be traveling and not have immediate access... happens a lot.

[+Trickyvic]

Yeah, then too, you could always wait a few days. Who knows? Maybe it was dropped 5 minutes before you got there.

 

Ah yes, hadn't thought of that. I'll bear that in mind for the future. Thanks.