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2007 FOS Patch
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Travel Bugs

A travel bug is an object you leave in a geocache.  It has a dog tag that allows you to track its movments on a website.  The Buckeye Tiger was released during Summer 2005 in the "Hippies and Hoboes cache" in People's Park, Berkeley, California.  The picture below was taken by a geocacher from a boat in San Francisco Bay.  The Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in the background.  Travel bugs are tracked through the serial number on the metal tag at the geocaching website http://geocaching.com .  The travel bug, Buckeye Tigers, has been logged 25 times and has traveled over 1100 miles since it was released.  It was last seen somewhere in Colorado.

 


Send Your Den to Alcatraz
Travel bug at San Francisco Bay Buckeye Tiger Travelbug
Picture of Buckeye Tigers travel bug taken from San Francisco bay.  Alcatraz Island is on the right and the Golden Gate Bridge is in the background.

Travel bugs are easily incorporated into den or pack activities which satisfy several of the requirements for the Geography Academic Pin.  A travel bug costs about $2.00 and may be ordered online through
Releasing a travel bug involves:
  1. Finding an object to attach to the tracking tag
  2. Thinking of a name for the bug, e.g. Buckeye Tigers
  3. Deciding on the bug's mission, e.g Search, Discover, Share
  4. Placing the bug in a geocache
  5. Logging the release at http://geocaching.com
By choosing the right mission, you can send your Tiger Den to Alcatraz or your Den Leader to Disney World, or your Committee to Fargo, North Dakota, or your Cubmaster to Tahiti . . . the possibilities are endless.

Travelbugs and Google Earth

Track of Buckeye Tiger around SF Bay area If your computer has Google Earth installed, you can download and view the "track" of a travel bug from the geocaching.com website.  The image at the left shows the movement of Buckeye Tiger about the San Francisco Bay area.

Click on the picture to view the full track in Google Earth.  Your computer needs to have Google Earth installed for this to work!!!!!

If your computer doesn't have Google Earth installed, you can download and install it from here . . . . it's free!

Travelbugs released by Pack 365 and friends

RocketScout is a patch from the 2006 Buckeye District Cubscout daycamp held in Worthington on June 10, 11 in Worthington, Ohio. We launched water rockets, model rockets, rode a hovercraft, and made ice cream in a plastic bag. We do travel bugs to learn about geography and other countries. Rocket Scout was released in Venice, Italy and traveled to London via Northfield, MN. Last seen in Malta (winter 2007).
Follow Rocket Scout in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
 Rocket Scout
Rocket Scout Patch UK scouts with rocket scout tag
GOAL:  To visit scout troops in Europe


Follow C-30-05 in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
Image of travelbug
C-30-05
C-30-05 was released as part of a presentation on geocaching during the 2005 Woodbadge Course at Camp Falling Rock. It's goal was to travel to Gilwell Park, a location of great significance to Woodbadgers.  To speed it on its way, it was given to a friend who lives in Germany.  It spent the next three years visiting friends in Hannover.  It went active again on Sept. 4, 2007.

C-30-05 enroute to its
 first stop!
Follow Steely in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
Steely Eyed Missile Man
Steely Patch

GOAL:  To go where no bug has gone before! 

Steely Eyed Missile Man is a patch created for Cubscout Pack 365 Rocket derby.  Steely was released in August 2005 to Pack 365's Tiger Den cache.  It has made 17 stops and traveled over 
3000 miles.
Follow Scouter Jan in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
Scouter Jan
Scouter Jan patch
GOAL:  Scouter Jan is off to see America.
Current destination is Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

Scouter Jan is a hiking patch that was released August 2005 near Bar Harbor, Main.  This bug is still active and has logged over 20 stops and 5000 miles.     
Follow One World, One Promise in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
One World, One Promise
One World One Promise patch
Goal:  Visit Scout Troops around the World
The OWOP bug was released in Jyväskylä spring '07.  For a while we thought the bug had been muggled, but geocacher KariM1 found it and got it on its way.
Follow Buckeye Friends of Scouting in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
 Buckeye Friends of Scouting
2007 FOS patch
Goal:  Travel the world and meet new friends of scouting.
The OWOP bug was released in Jyväskylä spring '07.  For a while we thought the bug had been muggled, but geocacher KariM1 found it and got it on its way.
Follow Superbug in either Google Maps or Google Earth.  Superbug has visited states on both coasts and recently returned home to Ohio!		 Superbug
Superbug is one of the few, the proud Rally Travelbugs released in Spring '07.  This bug
belongs to Pack 365's Webelo Denleader and her son.  The picture below was
taken in Florida by Koric
-- a geocacher who found the bug
Picture of geocacher, Koric, with Superbug
SuperBug Tanning on the Beach
Ahh.. the warmth of Florida at St Pete's Beach.
The SuperBug forgot the suntan lotion
so we did a quick visit and went on our way.
Follow Airline Fox in either
Google Maps or Google Earth.
Airline Fox
Airline Fox was released by Den 5 of
Pack 365 in Fall '06.
Fox Patrol patch

Current GOAL:  To Travel all the United States coastal states and finaly arrive in Mexico!

A Bug Race! The following three bugs were released by several young Magnusons (Aug. 10, 2007) to work out some of the "bugs" (sorry) in racing travelbugs.  Watch their progress in the maps on the left.
Follow Ready, Set, Go! in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
Ready, Set, Go!
2001 PWD patch
In a race with Saws, Tigers, and Missing Fingers . . . Oh My! and
Ice Clovers first leg is Colorado to Massechusetts!
Follow Saws Tigers, and Missing Fingers . . . Oh My! in either Google Maps or
Google Earth.
Saws, Tigers, and Missing Fingers . . . Oh My!
1999 PWD patch
In a race with Ready, Set, Go! and
Ice Clovers first leg is Colorado to Massechusetts!
Follow Ice Clovers in either Google Maps or Google Earth.
Ice Clovers
2002 PWD patch
In a race with Saws, Tigers, and Missing Fingers . . . Oh My! and
Ready, Set, Go! first leg is Colorado to Massechusetts!

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