+bluekipper98 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 count me in if its not to late Quote Link to comment
+amysuch Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 fuzziebear3 and I are starting our race on Friday (Jan 17)! Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Finally getting myself organized, I have my travel bug page all set up and I think I know of a cache in the Great White North that I can get to without hiring a snow plow! Intrepid Dyad and I will start racing on Sunday January 19! It's getting exciting now, thanks for organizing the race diddleysquin Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 fuzziebear3 and I are starting our race on Friday (Jan 17)! Yep -- my bug has been dropped: Bee Happy Quote Link to comment
+The Laughing Ninja Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Id love to play...when does the next race start? Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) I set my TB Geocoin on its way today racing against Intrepid Dyad! Racing Frog Geocoin (TB67WEK) released today in Whitehorse, Yukon on its way to Ohio, U.S.A.! I was very fortunate to find a cache today that wasn't buried under feet of snow and ice I hope both racers reach their goal safely without being kidnapped! Edited January 20, 2014 by crystalwoods Quote Link to comment
+choochoo1996 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow I cant believe the jump my TB made today....http://coord.info/TB4XBFN....It is now about 250km or so from it`s intended target cache.... Quote Link to comment
+TrinIzzyCar Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Wow I cant believe the jump my TB made today....http://coord.info/TB4XBFN....It is now about 250km or so from it`s intended target cache.... Wow That TB Put some miles on it!! Good luck! Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Wow I cant believe the jump my TB made today....http://coord.info/TB4XBFN....It is now about 250km or so from it`s intended target cache.... Wow, nice trip so far! Hope it continues in the right direction! Quote Link to comment
+LuLilac Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Minnesota Phatz and Lackey Crossing started their race on New Year's Day. I am very excited that my TB Minnesota Phatz http://coord.info/TB663NP is now in TEXAS! Whoo hoo! He is on his way from Minnesota to Arizona. Lackey Crossing, http://coord.info/TB5C2MZ, is still in Arizona (it is probably too smart to head to Minnesota this time of year.) It is heading south (!) but also west (which is the right direction.) Hee hee! Sherry Quote Link to comment
+LuLilac Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Wow I cant believe the jump my TB made today....http://coord.info/TB4XBFN....It is now about 250km or so from it`s intended target cache.... Wow! That is impressive! Yours could be the first to reach its goal! Quote Link to comment
+sarahmcmur Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I would be interested in doing this, if anybody is partnerless? Quote Link to comment
+keylev Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hmm this sounds like a whole lot of fun. Have never put out a trackable but could be interested in setting one off from New Zealand... can you send me some more information. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 First jump for Bee Happy is 775 miles in the right direction! Go little Bee! Map Quote Link to comment
diddleysquin Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm sorry that I'be been away fro so long guys. Study's combined with illness mean that I've been neglecting the TB Exchange Race recently. I promise to be running normally again by the 5th at the very latest. Whats coming: - I have badges to send to people regarding their bugs achievements thus far on their journeys - A tutorial on how to add these badges to you profile as some people have shown confusion in doing this - Maps for each bugs race to show the racers relative positions on their journey - Matches that need setting up - People to contact who have shown interest - People that need/ want more information - Player lists - Whole lot of other stuff So basically what I'm saying guys is, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you and things will be back on track soon. If anybody has any input as to things they want to see added to the TB Exchange race, e.g. a list of players (this should be up soon), or ways in which they think it could be improved, just let me know and anything that I think would be of use to add, I will. Thanks for reading and DFTBA! P.S. If anybody would be interested in helping me with the running of the TB Exchange Race, send me a message. There is a lot that has to be done and it's likely that I'll have to dip out like this again from time to time so I think it would be nice to have somebody who can keep things running so that other players aren't left with unanswered questions. Quote Link to comment
+LuLilac Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) http://coord.info/TB663NP Minnesota Phatz, the evil pig minion, is within an hour and a half drive of his goal! He left Minnesota in January and is now in Arizona, just a hop and skip from Yuma! Whoo hoo! Now, someone will probably take him to Hawaii or something. Go little pig! Edited March 10, 2014 by LuLilac Quote Link to comment
+Muddy_Puddles Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Good news & bad news about the TB exchange race. First the good: My racing partner/opponent, Choochoo1996's TB is doing well and yesterday visited a cache only 13 miles from it's destination, close to my home and only a mile away from where I was caching the previous day. It doesn't appear to have been dropped off though so maybe it's heading closer. The bad news: My poor old slow starting TB eventually moved a great distance quickly from England to Laos, to Vietnam and then to Cambodia. Unfortunately it was then dropped off in a cache which had just been archived (unknown to the cacher who dropped it) and now locked by the reviewer so unless someone has this stored as a PQ and visits an archived cache which they can't log, I guess that will become it's final resting place . Looks like my journey is done but looking forward to seeing my opponent's Jeep TB very soon. Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Just an update - my travel bug left Whitehorse shortly after I set it on its journey and has travelled 3123 miles - drum roll - in the right direction Of course I'm probably speaking too soon and may jinx it, but I am very happy it is actually travelling towards its goal from Whitehorse Yukon to Ohio!! Quote Link to comment
+choochoo1996 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 WooHoo My little Jeep is cruising right along.....12 miles to go.......http://coord.info/TB4XBFN Quote Link to comment
+Gumbys4eva Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 It has been such a cold and snowy winter that my TB is still sitting in the cache I dropped it in on December 30th. My partner's TB was picked up a couple of weeks ago, but not headed in quite the right direction. Could be a long race for us! Quote Link to comment
+Geoschatter Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 See travel bug TB615D0 Quote Link to comment
+bbsjackson Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 If and when a new race is started I would like to do this. Sandra Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Bee Happy is just a couple miles from its destination!! Quote Link to comment
+choochoo1996 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great news....After my partners TB was dropped in a cache that got archived, some one rescued it and it seems to be on its way again... http://coord.info/TB54G42 ...Glad to see that it may make it to my location after all....meanwhile mine is still 12 miles away from its intended destination...http://coord.info/TB4XBFN.. Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Yahoo! Spring seems to be arriving, and with it geocachers start getting out in the search for caches. The snow is melting up here in the North , all of which (hopefully) means we will start seeing the "racers" getting moved towards their destinations! Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bee Happy is just a couple miles from its destination!! ... and it has been retrieved by its intended! Mission accomplished! Quote Link to comment
+Gumbys4eva Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Mine is still sitting in the cache it was dropped off in almost four months ago! Quote Link to comment
+Gumbys4eva Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My racer got picked up today!!! Quote Link to comment
+dizzabella Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 My bug is less than 80 miles, in a straight line or 180 miles driving, from it's target, but it has been like that for a bit now Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 bump ... thread got lost. Has anyone had any movement recently? Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 bump ... thread got lost. Has anyone had any movement recently? I am hopefully things will start moving again now the weather is warmer and the snow is gone. My bug has made quite a few miles, not much further to go, but it is stalled at the moment. Quote Link to comment
+dizzabella Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 mine has been stuck with no movement in 2 months. So close to goal, but so far to go still. Hopefully with summer starting (officially), people will have more time to be out and about Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Ah well, that is the way with travel bugs . . just a waiting game now, but good to know people are still watching and hopeful Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I'm really hoping my partner's travel bug makes it to my cache because I really like it and would love to add it to my collection . . I'm not shallow . . not at all, lol Quote Link to comment
+Yuma4 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My TB went missing. My Partner's is very close to final destination. Quote Link to comment
+Barbpretz Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I would love to participate if/when another set of races gets started. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+mysterymachine1026 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 This sounds like a lot of fun. Would love to take part in the next race! Quote Link to comment
+Madam Pomfrey Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) Congratulations Dizzabella! Your Coffee Traveler - Canada TB made its way to me in Seattle today! The final 36 hours of its journey were a bit dicey - yesterday morning I received an email from a cacher - fairly new to the game, I suspect, saying he had the TB in his possession, would be in Seattle for only 8 hours, and wanted to get it to me since I am the owner of the final destination cache (Professor Sprout's Hybridization Magic"). I suggested he leave it in any Seattle-area cache he could find and let me know which one it was in. Last night I got an email from him saying he left it under a sign, near a parking pay station, at the parking area for Seattle's famous Ballard Locks! Eek! I got over there before work this morning and couldn't find it - panicked, I emailed him and by the end of the day he replied saying he hid it under some leaves. I returned after work and looked a little harder - and there it was indeed! Whew! Glad I got to it before a grounds person did! It's now safe with me - I can return it to its owner, or drop it off at Geocaching Headquarters on Friday so it can continue gathering adventure stories. Fun times! Edited July 10, 2014 by Madam Pomfrey Quote Link to comment
+dizzabella Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Congratulations Dizzabella! Your Coffee Traveler - Canada TB made its way to me in Seattle today! The final 36 hours of its journey were a bit dicey - yesterday morning I received an email from a cacher - fairly new to the game, I suspect, saying he had the TB in his possession, would be in Seattle for only 8 hours, and wanted to get it to me since I am the owner of the final destination cache (Professor Sprout's Hybridization Magic"). I suggested he leave it in any Seattle-area cache he could find and let me know which one it was in. Last night I got an email from him saying he left it under a sign, near a parking pay station, at the parking area for Seattle's famous Ballard Locks! Eek! I got over there before work this morning and couldn't find it - panicked, I emailed him and by the end of the day he replied saying he hid it under some leaves. I returned after work and looked a little harder - and there it was indeed! Whew! Glad I got to it before a grounds person did! It's now safe with me - I can return it to its owner, or drop it off at Geocaching Headquarters on Friday so it can continue gathering adventure stories. Fun times! I am amazed! I was wondering if it had been lost being it had been in the same spot without being "discovered" for a few months. Yours has had quite a journey and has moved far, but still a bit too far for me to go out to rescue Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Such exciting news!!! Congratulations on being the first to have their traveler reach their destination and what a great story! It gives me hope. Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Bee Happy is just a couple miles from its destination!! ... and it has been retrieved by its intended! Mission accomplished! Not the first, but still congrats on that one with the scary ending! The one intended for me seems to have stalled Quote Link to comment
+Gumbys4eva Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Mine didn't need to go too far and it was about 300 km from its destination. Then it got picked up last week and headed east about 1400 km. Now, I don't think it will ever get there!!! Quote Link to comment
+LuLilac Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 My Pig made it to Yuma, Arizona! whoo hoo! http://coord.info/TB663NP Quote Link to comment
+CazP Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 count me in if/when the next race starts. Do you have to have placed a cahce for it to go to? Quote Link to comment
+Muddy_Puddles Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well, the race between myself and ChooChoo1996 has been a bit of a disaster. His TB, http://coord.info/TB4XBFN, made it from Canada to the UK and got to within 12 miles of it's destination. I planned to go and collect this myself and complete it's journey but before I made the trip the cache and contents went missing and it was later archived. No sign of the TB since. My TB, http://coord.info/TB54G42, travelled from the UK to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, where it was placed in a cache which the local reviewer promptly archived. I assumed that was the last of it but someone managed to rescue the TB and move it along... back to the UK. From there it was placed in the highest cache in the UK at the top of Ben Nevis then collected by someone heading to Canada, the TB's destination... only he forgot and left it on his kitchen table. The TB was eventually placed in another cache at the opposite end of the country and surprisingly picked up by a cacher local to me while on holiday, who returned it to me at a local event. It's travelled almost 15,500 miles and is no closer to it's destination than when we started, sitting at this moment back on my desk. I think this entrant will now drop out and declare Choochoo1996 the winner as his TB got far closer to it's destination than mine did. Quote Link to comment
+nogreenworld Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 if another round of the game is starting up, i'd love to participate. my daughter and i have really enjoyed caching (relatively new, but we read, research, and follow the rules!), and we really love trackables. we started a race of our own just recently (http://coord.info/TB6F6XP), though it has yet to get going! this sounds like a lot of fun! thanks! Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hi nogreenworld! I am not the manager of this thread, and not sure if they are still around or not. I was about to offer that I would partner with you for a trade ... but I looked and you are from Akron and I am from Dayton. So we really are not that far apart. While I am still willing to do an exchange with you, it would probably be more fun if the exchange was with someone from a different state. Quote Link to comment
+CazP Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I'm up for a race, I live in south East England, but am often in Scotland at the moment. Quote Link to comment
+JulesDunelm Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I'd like to join in too, if a new race starts. Am in Cambridge, UK. Quote Link to comment
+nogreenworld Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hi nogreenworld! I am not the manager of this thread, and not sure if they are still around or not. I was about to offer that I would partner with you for a trade ... but I looked and you are from Akron and I am from Dayton. So we really are not that far apart. While I am still willing to do an exchange with you, it would probably be more fun if the exchange was with someone from a different state. thanks for the reply. i agree it'd probably be a little more fun to have something go a bigger distance, and it seems as though we've got two more people interested, so maybe we should get in contact with them and set something up. thanks! and good luck! Quote Link to comment
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