LosseFamily Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) Travel Bug Tag #: TB7Q2K1 Hi Geocachers, I'd like to share a travel bug that our family has created to honor my nephew whom we lost tragically and suddenly this January. Kyle was 14 years old and an aspiring, rising baseball star. He was being looked at by the Brewers and Diamondback scouts at this young age for his amazing baseball skills. He had pure, raw talent, was an absolute joy to be around with his caring attitude and great humor. He was just an overall awesome boy. Unfortunately we will never know his potential. One of Kyle's dreams was to see every MLB Stadium in North America. We created this travel bug by cutting out the center of his MVP Medal at the 1st Annual Kyle Losse Memorial Baseball Tournament and attaching a travel bug to it. We will be heading to L.A this July 12-15 to spread Kyle's ashes at Dodgers Stadium (his favourite team). We will be putting this travel bug in a Geocache in LA and i'm curious if there's any baseball fans out there that would start Kyle on his journey? I will report back to this post and let you know the Geocache ID# we placed him in. From there, his journey begins! Your help is appreciated Travel Bug Tag#: TB7Q2K1 Edited July 5, 2018 by LosseFamily added image of travel bug Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 This is a great tribute. Just remember that once you let it out in the wild, it could disappear, so if this piece is valuable to you, perhaps a copy of some kind could be used. Something to consider. Happy caching! 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I am so sorry for your loss. This is such a wonderful way to honor Kyle! Like Eartha said, please be prepared that there's a fair chance the TB will disappear, and a copy should be considered. She said it perfectly. I hope the TB has a long and great trip to see see baseball stadiums! Quote Link to comment
LosseFamily Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 21 hours ago, Max and 99 said: I am so sorry for your loss. This is such a wonderful way to honor Kyle! Like Eartha said, please be prepared that there's a fair chance the TB will disappear, and a copy should be considered. She said it perfectly. I hope the TB has a long and great trip to see see baseball stadiums! Thank you Max and Eartha. This is a cutout from the middle of his custom MVP Medals we had made for the 1st Annual Kyle Losse Memorial Baseball Tournament last weekend. We do have other medals that are not cutout that could be used again one day. I hope this doesn't disappear, that would be really unfortunate. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, LosseFamily said: I hope this doesn't disappear, that would be really unfortunate. Now that we have free apps that allows anyone to instantly "play" with no real knowledge of the hobby, we're seeing a lot of trackables with incorrect logs, locations, or go "missing". Maybe until you gain a bit more experience in how trackables move around, it'd be good to take it with you (the Visit log) on your journeys cache-to-cache. Many who don't want to take the chance of some kid putting it in their pocket while mom & dad are signing the log use the "Visit" log. - Or, you could share your memories with others by using the Discover log, for folks you meet on the trail, or at events. Stays safe. Quote Link to comment
LosseFamily Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 HI all, We did not place Kyle in a Cache in LA, simply we 'dipped' him in a few. We will be taking him to Seattle where he can begin his journey outside of our hands and into the Geocache Community. Thanks for your interest so far. Quote Link to comment
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