Trail Mix

Welcome back to another TB Spotlight where we take a closer look at Travel Bugs we've discovered during our Geocaching adventures. This week we look at a travel bug that we found on our drive home to Alberta from Michigan on July 27th of 2014. It was located in a cache in Minnesota called 2 Above, Louis Below which was a pretty neat cache that we drove up to down by the St. Louis River. In this cache we found the ' Catch Me A Fish ' travel bug and decided to bring it along with us on our journey home. 'Catch Me A Fish' was released back on July 7th of 2013 by its owner Dada Joka . According to Dada Joka, this travel bug was created by his son, who is an avid fisherman. The current goal is for the bug to travel to as many fishing communities as possible and at each new state or country that another lure is added to the chain, minus the hooks. As you can see there were several additional hooks attached when we caught this bug. On April 7th of 2015, a...

While on our random trip south in Utah, Torran decided to check on one of his most popular geocaches. ' I Heard It Through The Grapevine '. This cache has been going strong since 2009 when it was hidden and has received regular maintenance almost every year since. However, last year we were unable to make the journey south, which meant this cache had gone a few years without some TLC.  At first, we were unable to locate it, even with the GPS. After 10 minutes of searching we finally spotted it laying on the ground under a bush. The log was completely soaking wet and the camouflage had taken a beating from the desert environment. The hook which had once secured the cache to the Current bush was also missing. Torran decided to take the cache back to Tatterhood's parent's house and give it a little love. He replaced the hook, replaced the log and cleaned off the debris that had been collected while the cache had sat on the ground, seemingly all winter. He then...

While checking out a few things in the area, we decided to look in on the  UA The Cache Effect  again to see if all was well. To our surprise we discovered this cute little ladybug travel bug and brought it home to continue it's journey. Released on August 13th, 2012, The Ladybug has currently travelled 13721.3 miles around North America starting out first in British Columbia, Canada. The travel bug owner, sportbikegirl, has listed the current goal to be to travel from cache to cache getting as many pictures from many places before heading home. The Ladybug also has a history with the TB owner, having been on her keychain for many years before being set free to travel the world collecting pictures. Sportbikegirl has made one request with this bug, that if possible The Ladybug would be left in premium member caches only.

So we decided to start sharing some of our Travel Bug finds along with a little write-up about them. We will also link several pages to the articles so you can go check out the caches, maps and the travel bug itself.  This particular one we found in UA The Cache Effect  which is a cache we check in on frequently since we often come here on a weekly basis. The travel bug itself is called  ONEBADGTZ's Toy Jeep Travel Bug  and has already logged 8248 miles . The current goal for this little guy is to travel to cache "c 18-00-34" ( GC22KTQ ) , located in Wixom, MI. The owner of the travel bug is looking to have a picture of this item taken in front of a building which is closest to  AEV  .  This Travel Bug was released on the 28th of May, 2012 in Ontario, Canada. 

For the last few years, Geocaching hasn't been much apart of our lives. However, things have recently changed and our focus has again turned to hobbies and sports such as this one.  Since our last post, we have only had a handful of finds, most notable were two virtual caches located in the Maya Riviera of Mexico; one along the edge of Bryce Canyon, Utah; and two located at Long Lake, Alberta.  This past weekend, Torran's work had their Christmas Party in Jasper, Alberta. The weather forecast looked promising so we decided to pack-up the snowshoes and go.  We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived in Jasper and found only about an inch or two of snow. The weather remained beautiful all weekend. The first day, we headed up just behind the Jasper town-site to a popular trail system head. There, we headed off on the trails to grab the three nearby caches.  The snow was so shallow that the snowshoes never left the truck. ...