Secret Egypt - Part III

I haven't been doing any geocaching for the last month because I don't really care for the heat (and bugs).  In the meantime, I've been reading about the further adventures of a travel bug that I had the privilege of releasing back in early 2011.  Egyptian Explorer 01 was one of around thirty travel bugs released by the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum back in the Fall of 2010 and whose goals were to visit specific Egyptian-themed sites around the world.  I was asked by a lady who works for the museum if I could start a bug on its journey to visit sites in Memphis before making it's way back to the museum in England.

It took much longer than expected to arrive, but I was able to visit all of the requested Memphis sites and take pictures with the TB.  Afterwards, I put it in a TB Motel near the airport - Aerotropolis TB Hotel and hoped it could make the jump across the ocean and on it's way home.  It was reported as missing soon afterwards, but it turned out that it was picked up by a cacher who dropped it off near another TB motel near an airport 1,046 miles away in Connecticut.  It went from Connecticut to Rhode Island and off to the Netherlands.   I have been monitoring other Egyptian Explorer bugs that seemed to get stuck in the Netherlands, but mine made it out and into Germany, where is has been slowly moving south.

The final goal of this bug and the other Eqyptian Explorer bugs, was to complete their missions and make it back to the museum by June 2011 to be displayed as part of their Egyptian exhibit.  Some made it back in time, mine (and others) is more than a year late.

As of this date, the bug has traveled 5078 miles and is in Germany headed south towards Switzerland.