[Az-Geocaching] What to do if you find a travel bug in a cache that has not yet been logged into that cache? Answer here

[Trisha]

Uh, ditto....guess I didn't read Waterlily's post before writing mine!
Sorry for the duplication.....
Trisha


On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 04:09:20 -0700 (PDT), xWaterLilyx wrote:

> 
> Why not simply post a note to the travel bug log
> saying you retrieved it but will wait a day or two for
> the original hider to log their visit but that the bug
> is safe in your possession?  This way the log is
> completely accurate for who had the bug when.
> 
> I can understand doing this if perhaps the person
> NEVER logs it, but in your example the bug should be
> logged within a day or two after the drop off and the
> plane lands.  **note I didn't look at the links and
> didn't read any of the examples**   But I can say I'd
> be a little peeved if I got home to log my dropping
> off the bug to find it had been done for me by
> somebody else just because I hadn't been able to do it
> yet.
> 
> 
> --- Ken Akerman <ken@highpointer.com> wrote:
> > Geocachers, 
> >  
> > Sometimes you may get a travel bug from a cache, and
> > when you go to log your retrieval of the travel bug,
> > you note that the geocacher who put the travel bug
> > in the cache has yet to log the travel bug in the
> > cache.  This may happen when you grab a travel bug a
> > very short time after the bug when placed in the
> > cache, or when you grab a travel bug placed by
> > geocachers from outside the local area who may not
> > have ready access to the Internet and thus may be
> > unable to log their geocaching visits for several
> > days.
> >  
> > If you simply "grab" the travel bug, the travel bug
> > will not earn credit for its visit to the cache that
> > you retrieved it from, and thus the travel bug will
> > not earn credit for the mileage gained.  This will
> > result in an incomplete log history for the travel
> > bug.  Therefore, I will present a solution to solve
> > this problem, and I will illustrate it with an
> > example.
> >  
> > Say you visit Have Bug, Will Travel after work one
> > day, and in it you find the travel bug Ichiro Suzuki
> > Mini BobbleHead Bug which was placed by a geocacher
> > who then boarded a flight to Japan right after
> > placing the bug, and thus could not log his visit. 
> > The travel bug is not shown as being in the cache
> > but is still listed in the possession of the
> > geocacher who put it there.  
> >  
> > Here is what you need to do.  Go to the travel bug
> > page and enter the six-digit dogtag number for the
> > travel bug before entering your log entry for Have
> > Bug, Will Travel.  Next, go to the page for Have
> > Bug, Will Travel and log your visit.  At the bottom
> > of the Log a Find page, in the section Dropped off a
> > traveller?, select Ichiro Suzuki Mini BobbleHeadBug
> > from your inventory to place this travel bug in the
> > cache.  The travel bug will thereby earn credit for
> > its visit to the cache.
> >  
> > Next, go back to the cache page for Have Bug, Will
> > Travel and click on Ichiro Suzuki Mini BobbleHeadBug
> > under Travel Bugs have been seen in this cache next
> > to the travel bug symbol in the upper right-hand
> > corner.  Enter the six-digit dogtag number again to
> > retrieve this travel bug and put it back in your
> > inventory.  Move the travel bug to another cache as
> > you normally would.
> >  
> > I hope that all geocachers do this to any travel bug
> > that they find in a cache that has not yet been
> > logged in the cache.  This will help travel bugs
> > earn credits for all of their visits to caches and
> > will help ensure that travel bugs have complete
> > travel histories.
> > 
> > Ken Akerman (a.k.a. Highpointer)  
> > 
> 
> 
> =====
> xWaterLilyx & RTF
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