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I'm thinking I wont't buy any more travel bugs. People seem to be clueless as to what they are and do not always act with the travel bugs interest at heart. Check this one. It's in a race to Cocoa beach with my Turtle Boy.

 

"It's a shame that aren't more cacher in Richmond. It this cache was a hundred miles north, south, or west it would be visited more often than once every three months or so.

 

Brought a first time cacher out to look for this one. Hiked in from Courthouse about three miles round trip, but most of it was on a level fire road.

 

Left the Rasta Man Travel Bug, but alas, I forgot to log him into my possesion, so I can't log him into the cache. Someone please rescue him.

 

I was lucky that Turtle Boy survived this:

 

"Got this cache before but stopped by to drop off TB TurtleBoy who is racing to Cocoa Beach. Help him on his way. There are currently no other bugs (Got Em and The Three Bears) in this cache. Cache is sitting in the open. Covered it up just a bit better. Pickings are slim." Everything worked out tho, but it had me a little worried.

 

I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here.

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Originally posted by BullMoose:

Worldtraveler:

I like your idea. How did you go back and log the TB in the caches you have already done?


Thanks, but it's not really my idea; it's one of the uses Jeremy suggested when he first announced the concept of travel bugs. I bought a bunch of them when they first became available and released a series of them. I intended to use one as a personal travel bug from the beginning, but I didn't relish the "grunt work" of logging all my previous finds. The finds kept piling up, and I finally decided it was time. I'm not sure if there is an easier way, but here's how I do it.

 

I go back to my original log entries and select the "edit" option. I then select the travel bug from my inventory (drop-down menu in the lower left part of screen) and complete the edit. I then open another browser window for the travel bug and log a pick up from the cache I've just "dropped" it in. I repeat those steps for each cache log entry I've made. I've also started copying the cache log entry and pasting it into the travel bug page when I "grab" it from that cache. That puts all my previous cache log entries in one place. The downside is that it is taking longer and longer to load the travel bug page as more entries are added.

 

You also don't have to do the entries sequentially. If you accidentally skip one of your log entries, you can still enter it. Just make sure you get the date right, and it will be inserted into the bug's history correctly.

 

Worldtraveler

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Worldtraveler, I didn't mean to indicate that I am a fan of the virt bug either - just thought I'd point it out as an oddity. I found the virt bug experience...well...unrewarding.

 

Using a bug to log distance between your own finds is interesting, but couldn't that also be, in effect - a virt bug? (all you really need is the number, right?)

(BTW, I'm not pickin' a fight with ya - just a friendly poke in the ribs)

 

I'm also unsure about whether to initiate my first TB. I see quite a few of them getting lost - and I ain't been here very long (4 months). Seems like a lot of people can't follow simple instructions - or else, the system itself doesn't always work. It's worked every time I've logged a TB myself, though - so I'm guessing it's "human error".

 

Well - I'm wandering off topic, so I guess I'll take my other comments to the TB forum....

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Originally posted by StarshipTrooper:

Worldtraveler,...using a bug to log distance between your own finds is interesting, but couldn't that also be, in effect - a virt bug? (all you really need is the number, right?)...


I'm not sure how it is, or could be, in effect a virtual bug. It actually HAS traveled to every location logged and in the sequential order in which they were logged. The only way if differs from the "average" travel bug is that the same person has carried it to each of the locations.

 

Am I missing something?

 

Worldtraveler

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I guess what is kinda neat about the regular travel bug as opposed to one that someone carries with them.. Is that a regular travel bug relies on more than one person.

 

It's like that seven degrees of seperation. It shows a distinct connection between strangers. And in this case the connection is a group leisure activity... Something done for no purpose whatsoever other than to be a part of something.

 

So I guess that is what is missing from virtual travel bugs -the display of a distinct connection between strangers.

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Originally posted by worldtraveler:

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Originally posted by StarshipTrooper:

Worldtraveler,...using a bug to log distance between your own finds is interesting, but couldn't that also be, in effect - a virt bug? (all you really need is the number, right?)...


I'm not sure how it is, or could be, in effect a virtual bug. It actually HAS traveled to every location logged and in the sequential order in which they were logged. The only way if differs from the "average" travel bug is that the same person has carried it to each of the locations.

 

Am I missing something?

 

Worldtraveler


 

Well, only that I implied it COULD be virt. You don't actually leave the bug anywhere, so only YOU know whether the bug actually came along or stayed at home (if you say it came along, I believe you, BTW). So - like a virt - you only really need the number to log it. The traveler itself could be in a bank vault, yet still accomplish the same intent (tracking your miles).

 

None of this really matters - because as I said, it's just a friendly poke (and now I feel foolish for bringing it up!)

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Talk about reviving an old subject, I found a TB, ! ! ! ! ! PLAY BALL ! ! ! ! !, back in Feb that only had 69.4 miles logged on it. Almost 6 months later it has logged around 66,261 miles. That's alot of miles in a short period of time for a TB. What is the farthest travelled TB anyway?

What's up with that "Play Ball" bug? It was logged 18 times in one day, and traveled 9000 some miles. That's not possible. It doesn't say anything on the bug page about being a virtual bug. Am I missing something?

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See the photos and read the adventures of Jibba-Jabba TB at Jibba-Jabba who, though not the most traveled, has had some great adventures in his 36,511 miles.

 

He travelled with me for a while and then did a tour up east and in the mid-west, was found in a casino in Florida, and returned to the Nashville area last Christmas in time for a holiday homecoming. He has endured being lost, wild animals in the forest, hardships beyond imagination, and yet, he has still brought joy to every family he has stayed with. He is still active and well-known in several Geocaching communities.

 

Of course I am predjudiced, but I think Jibba-Jabba is the greatest TB of all.

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Check out Mike the Bunny, 161191 miles. He is in the possesion of an airline pilot/geocacher and mike flies every where with him. Lots of pictures to, a great way to see the sites without leaving your computer

Personal Mileage tracker travel bugs are cool and all, but I like to see the high mileage ones that people have moved around from cache to cache. This one of ours has moved around a lot.

 

--Marky

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Talk about reviving an old subject, I found a TB, ! ! ! ! ! PLAY BALL ! ! ! ! !, back in Feb that only had 69.4 miles logged on it. Almost 6 months later it has logged around 66,261 miles. That's alot of miles in a short period of time for a TB. What is the farthest travelled TB anyway?

I think this log helps explain some of those long distance moves:

"Just picking up this Virtual TB for a visit to Wyoming, USA." ;)

 

Too bad because the orignal trip across the pond looked physical. :blink:

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