Re: [Az-Geocaching] The Return of a legend

Yes, Mr Potato Head was before Kermit. However,
Kermit was the first Travel Bug with the gc.com tag
attached.

--- Jake Olson <jake.teamai@gmail.com> wrote:

> But doesn't Mr. Tata beat Kermit the Frog by 9
> months as well?
>
> On 9/11/06, Bob Renner <renner001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I guess the first true Travel Bug was Kermit the
> Frog
> > (TB18). He was first placed by Jeremy on Sept. 5,
> > 2001 before he officially anounced the Travel Bug
> > tags. He spent all his travels here in Arizona,
> and
> > has not been seen since Jan. 21, 2003.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > --- Jake Olson < jake.teamai@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Actually... according to AZgeocaching.com's link
> to
> > > the Mr. Tata Head's
> > > Adventures link, his adventures started
> 01-01-2001,
> > > and Moun10Bike's own
> > > page lists his first release of a Moun10Bike
> coin as
> > > September 30, 2001.
> > > That's pretty much 10 months difference between
> the
> > > two starting dates. The
> > > only true difference is that the Moun10Bike coin
> was
> > > given special tracking
> > > status on GC.com due to Moun10Bike's friendship
> with
> > > Jeremy. The Moun10Bike
> > > coins came out about the same time as Jeremy got
> the
> > > idea for trackable
> > > dogtags to be added to the sport. As a gesture
> of
> > > thanks for the support
> > > Moun10Bike had given to the start of the
> > > Geocaching.com site, he was given a
> > > special icon and his coins were made trackable
> on
> > > the site.
> > >
> > > http://www.azgeocaching.com/mrtata/mrtata.html
> > >
> > > http://www.switchbacks.com/gc_geocoins.html
> > >
> > > If it were a closer time frame it could be in
> > > dispute, but 10 months is
> > > quite a gap in time for the coins to go through
> the
> > > minting process.
> > >
> > > Jake - Team A.I.
> > >
> >
> >
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