+Groves_Trekkers Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I've decided that Hawaii is a Black Hole for travel bugs. People are excited to take bugs there, but loath to bring any back with them. Here's the reason: People leave home with lots of room in their luggage, so throwing in a travel bug seems like a no brainer. People get to Hawaii, drop off the travel bug some where, then go shopping for junk that fills up their suitcases: gifts for family, friends, the person feeding the cat... It's time to leave Hawaii. No room for any TB passengers is available in their suitcase, so none get picked-up for the trip back to the mainland. Just like a real Black Hole in space, once things enter, they can never leave. I'm about to lose one of my TBs to Hawaii. Groves_Trekkers Quote
+The Frantic Cachers Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 but then how come people in Hawaii don't take them when they leave the Islands? Are you saying that Hawaiians are TB hogs? Quote
+droosa Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 Not necessary true, check this one. Although it did stay for some time. But look where it is now. http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=14156 If they don't go missing, they should eventually move. Quote
+brad.32 Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I'll seen a number of bugs that have left Hawai'i. Bugs get stuck and go missing everywhere. Quote
+MissJenn Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I would gladly go to Hawaii with an empty suitcase and bring all the TBs back, all for the sake of the game. Who wants to send me the plane ticket? Quote
+The Frantic Cachers Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 (edited) Well we wouldn't want miss Jenn to travel alone so FINE....i'll go too Edited December 3, 2003 by The Frantic Cachers Quote
Fakk 2 Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I lived there for 3 yrs so you will need a tour guide, include me with the plane ticket. Oh and a note for the boss telling them that I have to go. Quote
+The Frantic Cachers Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I was just checking out the cache maps of Hawaii and it looks like 75% of the caches have a bug in em.....maybe they have just become so common place they get easily overlooked Quote
+brad.32 Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 ... but there is the problem that any bugs that go there probably have to be found and brought back by vacationing cachers. That would be a reason to get stuck in Hawai'i. The caches there would end up being like TB hotels and bugs get stuck in those everywhere. Quote
+Sparrowhawk Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 Huh. That's wierd. Seems like a LOT of TBs that land in the Los Angeles airport cache (Grand Central Station) seem to come from Hawaii. Quote
+Team Tecmage Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 The only Tb we took to hawaii got out just fine. The curious thing is, OUR TB with a destination of Hawaii got "misplaced" in Tucson. Read here. Maybe it was the Hawaii connection? Quote
+The Gidzagubbagoos Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Hmm I was going to send a travel bug to Hawaii among other places, maybe I shouldn't... 75% have a travel bug in them!? I wish it was like that in Utah. There are only a few bugs around here and when I went to get one I found it wasn't really there Quote
+MissJenn Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Huh. That's wierd. Seems like a LOT of TBs that land in the Los Angeles airport cache (Grand Central Station) seem to come from Hawaii. When I was in Alaska, I was told that - during the winter months - the most populated "city" in Alaska is Hawaii! I wonder what the correlation is between TBs and these two states... Any statisticians out there that are looking for a project, feel free to give this a look-see. Quote
+donbadabon Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 boxermom is heading to Hawaii in January for a vacation. I will ask her to grab as many as she can and bring back to the states. Quote
+boxermom Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 I definatley have no problem picking up as many TB as I can while I am in Hawaii. I will make sure that I bring an extra suit case along just for the TBs. Boxermom Quote
ucmike Posted December 6, 2003 Posted December 6, 2003 i chuckled at the idea that a tb would take up too much space. the ones i've found and seen would fit in a pocket. maybe the hawaii bugs are supersized????? Quote
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