North American Tag-O-Rama!

[EvilClown]

Originally Posted by V84x4

I just think dropping it somewhere would be cool after holding it for 9 days.

Let's get cracking!

[Wingfixer]

Nice lookin' scoot!

Hey, high tide isn't going to turn our egg into a castaway, will it?

[akarob]

Thanks, I haven't dumped it yet. It'll make a sweet dual sport. I made that tail bag myself too. Gonna start selling a lot of them. I need to make some larger side bags next.

If you go to get the tag, there is another nice boardwalk that goes under the train bridge. It has nice DEP educational signs too. I highly suggest the scenic walk if you make it down there. The large ice chunks ice lappiing against the rocks were impressive.

[Paco Lopez]

Tag got!


I snagged the Nutmeg State tag earlier in the day and retrieved an Israeli coin as part of the tag, I will be adding it to the stash of items accompanying the egg:



Now where should I move this to...

Edit:
Address was DEP Marine District Headquarters, 333 Ferry Rd, Old Lyme, CT.

[V8]

That was quick.
One vote for North West.

[HeyDoc]

Great tagging, guys! I guess the Groundhog was right, winter is just about over, spring-time tagging has begun !

[kg4lho]

Originally Posted by V84x4

That was quick.
One vote for North West.

Nye, South! South I say!!!

[Flashback]

East. Take it east.

[yrunotriding]

How about Southeast?

[AndyCap]

How about back to Rhode Island?

[akarob]

I'm glad someone got it quick. The bag was close to the high tide level and I was hoping no good storms came along. Bravo.

[Paco Lopez]

It snowed last night so the egg and I decided to stay inside rather than risk life and limb (not that he has any limbs).

The egg was musing about what it would be like to try on someone else's skin so I obliged:
First it was banana style:


Then we went for clementine style:


Then we realized it was taking on too much of a Buffalo Bill/Silence of the Lambs vibe so we stopped.

Then the egg went to play with the dog for a bit:


I didn't have a destination in mind when I grabbed the egg, I just wanted to save him from the high tide and add my mark so I figure he can hang out here for a few days while dig out my Dremel.

I have some big trips coming up in the next few weeks but they weren't supposed to be bike trips. I may have to punt him back out into the cold before I leave unless I can come up with something epic quick.

While I'm hanging onto him I have some thoughts about "improvements", more on that in a bit.

[Paco Lopez]

Further thoughts on the logistics of the egg:

The writing on the back of the case that was meant to prevent overzealous DHS agents from calling in the EOD team has worn off. REI sells a small black waterproof Pelican case with a clear lid displaying the words "Official Geocache" that looks much less intimidating than a camo sack and should theoretically preclude any EOD incidents should it be found by the officials. I would also think most civilians have at least heard of geocaching and would be less likely to abscond with it if they stumble across it. I would still leave the laminated note inside as backup. I may take a ride out there to see if the egg fits and swap it for the camo sack if nobody objects:
Geocache Case

I was also thinking about dropping a Chirp in with the egg. It's a tiny waterproof homing beacon with 1 year battery life that can be picked up by a compatible GPS from about 30 feet away. This could help to prevent situations like the one in Maryland where somebody couldn't find the egg and left thinking they'd been bruced but it depends on having a compatible GPS receiver. I would also worry about non-ADVers in the vicinity detecting the Chirp with their GPS because as far as I know there's no way to restrict the broadcast to only a select few. The more I think about it the more I think this is a bad idea.
Chirp

And thirdly I noticed that there's a USB memory stick in the entourage now. I spent my snow/presidents day going back through the thread and compiling a list of everywhere the tag has been (I noticed Blinkerfluid stopped updating the map a long time ago). I plan on dropping this list on the memory stick so it can be updated as the tag travels. I will post the list I've created in a separate post so you can see if I made any errors before I drop the tag again and PM me with corrections.

[kg4lho]

Originally Posted by Paco Lopez

Then we realized it was taking on too much of a Buffalo Bill/Silence of the Lambs vibe so we stopped.

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

[Paco Lopez]

Here is the list of every tag so far in order with the date it was set and who set it. If you see something that needs correction please shoot me a PM and I'll take care of it. I plan on putting this list on the USB memory stick that's floating around with the egg now.

It would be really neat to have GPS coordinates in this list as they would be more accurate than the street addresses I came up with but this list took me long enough to put together as it is. Now if everyone who placed a tag could PM me the GPS coordinates of the tags they placed I would be happy to update the list. please send in the lat/lon format that can be pasted into Google Maps like this: "37.771008, -122.41175"

Apologies but for some reason I can't figure out how to post this without a ludicrous amount of whitespace between my text and the list. I'm hoping it's just my browser and it will look normal to you guys but I doubt it.

So with that, scroll down for the list:

#	Date	Set By	Location	Street	City	State/Province	Notes
1	2/1/09	Blinkerfluid	Wright Brothers Memorial	Virginia Dare Trl US 158	Kill Devil Hills	NC	First tag in NC
2	2/7/09	B.E. Coyote	Sugar Plum Bakery	1353 Laskin Rd	Virginia Beach	VA	First tag in VA
3	2/7/09	TheWorstKind	Blackwater USA Training Center	850 Puddin Ridge Rd	Moyock	NC
4	2/8/09	screamin injin	Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment	215 67th Street	Virginia Beach	VA
5	2/8/09	TheWorstKind	GEICO	1345 Perimeter Pkwy	Virginia Beach	VA
6	2/9/09	screamin injin	Sentara Princess Ann Hospital	1925 Medical Road	Virginia Beach	VA
7	2/12/09	vatrader01	Flight 93 Memorial	1060 Lambertsville Road	Stoystown	PA	First tag in PA and first tag north of the Mason-Dixon Line
8	2/21/09	800SSDuc	War Corespondents Memorial	900 Arnoldstown Rd	Jefferson	MD	First tag in MD
9	2/25/09	Wingfinxer	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center	14390 Air and Space Museum Way	Chantilly	VA
10	2/28/09	800SSDuc	Luray Singing Tower/Belle Brown Northcott Memorial	970 US Hwy 211 W	Luray	VA
11	3/4/09	XC Rider	Rapidan Mill	Rapidan Rd & Old Rapidan Rd	Orange	VA
12	3/7/09	HburgNinja	Seneca Rocks	Roy Gap	Seneca Rocks	WV	First tag in WV and Blockhead introduced
13	3/11/09	Wingfixer	Shenandoah National Park North Entrance	Skyline Drive	Front Royal	VA
14	3/18/09	HburgNinja	Waterfall	Rt 39	Goshen	VA
15	3/23/09	Skyclad	Indian Steps Museum	205 Indian Steps Rd	Airville	PA
16	3/29/09	Wreckchecker	Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge	Eastern Neck Rd	Rock Hall	MD	Blockhead locked inside a gate
17	4/3/09	800SSDuc	Blue Ridge Parkway Route 25 Entrance	Hendersonville Rd	Ashville	NC	Chicken introduced
18	4/13/09	UpST8	Cheaha State Park	Alabama 281	Lineville	AL	First tag in AL
19	4/13/09	cahoona7	Alabama FM 100 Radio Tower	518 Mountain View Road	Ashland	AL
20	4/16/09	Bob Jr	Sunny Eve Baptist Church	780 Buckelew Bridge Rd	Anniston	AL
21	4/18/09	catang5oh	Irondale Cafe	1906 1st Avenue North	Irondale	AL
22	4/22/09	Merkur Man	Lookout Mountain Flight Park	7201 Scenic Hwy 189	Rising Fawn	GA	First tag in GA
23	4/23/09	phideaux	Tellico Motorcycle Outfitters	106-A Scott Street	Tellico Plains	TN	First tag in TN
24	4/24/09	jonesy54	Ocoee Whitewater Center	4400 Hwy. 64	Copperhill	TN
25	4/26/09	Shandy	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	81 Carl Sandburg Lane	Flat Rock	NC
26	4/27/09	Johnny Crash	Looking Glass Falls	Hwy 276	Brevard	NC
27	5/2/09	Ridge Runner	Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway	Blue Ridge Parkway	Cullowhee	NC
28	5/3/09	Shandy	Crescent Mountain Vineyards	10 Road of Vines	Travelers Rest	SC	First tag in SC
29	5/4/09	cbolling	Major Rudolf Anderson Jr Memorial F-86 Sabre Jet	Ridgeland Dr	Greenville	SC
30	5/9/09	some kid	Mammoth Cave National Park	1 Mammoth Cave Parkway	Mammoth Cave	KY	First tag in KY
31	5/18/09	haystack	High Point New Jersey	1480 Route 23	Sussex	NJ	First time in NJ and highest point in NJ
32	5/19/09	rags_splat	Times Square	Broadway	New York	NY	First time in NY
33	5/21/09	urbanXcountry	Astroland	1000 Surf Avenue	New York	NY	Chicken lost
34	5/22/09	T.F.M.	Hudson Valley Fois Gras	80 Brooks Road	Ferndale	NY	Egg introduced
35	5/24/09	amadvikingjr	New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial	1 Memorial Lane	Holmdel	NJ
36	5/25/09	docgonzo	Fort Nonsense	US 202	Morristown	NJ	DucGonzo introduced
37	5/27/09	cyclejohn	Calvary Baptist Church	1616 West 2nd Street	Chester	PA	Blockhead united with egg and Ducgonzo
38	5/30/09	RedPower	Freemansburg Hillclimb	Riverside Dr	Freemansburg	PA	DucGonzo removed
39	6/4/09	pigmo	Chinese American Veterans Memorial	S Archer Av	Chicago	IL	First tag in IL and Blockhead removed
40	6/14/09	HOT DAMN!	Brown County State Park Abe Martin Lodge	1801 S.R. 46 E	Nashville	IN	First tag in IN
41	6/17/09	oPAULo	Hanging Rock	Cragmon St	Madison	IN
42	6/27/09	ST_Ranger	Cornish-Windson Bridge	Cornish Toll Bridge Rd	Cornish	NH	First tag in NH
43	6/30/09	whizzerwheel	West Quoddy Head Lighthouse	Quoddy Head Rd	Lubec	ME	First tag in ME and easternmost point in US
44	7/6/09	WhistlingFool	Mt Washington Summit	Mt Washington Auto Road	Sargent's Purchase	NH	Highest point in NH
45	7/13/09	EvilClown	Mont-Saint-Joseph	Chemin de la Chapelle	Mont Megantic National Park	QC	First tag in QC and first tag outside the US and first tag in Canada
46	7/26/09	Squidmark	Entrance Station	Rt 385	Mt Carleton Provincial Park	NB	First tag in NB
47	8/26/09	ULELUZE	Algonquin Provincial Park Entrance	Brent Rd	Brent	ON	First time in ON
48	8/28/09	DOGSROOT	Ireland Park	5 Eireann Quay	Toronto	ON	ON provincial capital
49	8/29/09	ULELUZE	Canadian History Wall Mural	Yonge St	Aurora	ON
50	9/1/09	DOGSROOT	R.C. Harris Filtration Plant	Queen St E	Toronto	ON
51	9/6/09	Z1Krob	Creemore Jail	Mill St	Creemore	ON
52	9/20/09	Pete O Static	Trough Creek State Park	PA 994	Entriken	PA
53	9/27/09	madmaximum	Goddard Space Flight Center	8800 Greenbelt Rd	Greenbelt	MD
54	10/16/09	Beef	Surrender Field	Water St	Yorktown	VA
55	10/20/09	TheWorstKind	Nimmo Methodist Church	2200 Princess Anne Road	Virginia Beach	VA
56	10/24/09	screaming injin	St. Luke's Church	14477 Benn's Church Blvd	Smithfield	VA
57	10/26/09	UpST8	Hollywood Cemetery	412 S Cherry St	Richmond	VA	VA state capital
58	11/6/09	hackhawk	Fenwick Island State Park	Route 1	Fenwick	DE	First tag in DE
59	11/9/09	02TAC	Mason-Dixon Tangent Line Mile 0	Delmar Rd	Delmar	MD
60	11/13/09	Wreckchecker	Bob's BMW	10720 Guilford Rd	Jessup	MD
61	11/18/09	cyclejohn	Friends Meeting House	12 Whittier Place	Swarthmore	PA
62	11/27/09	RedPower	Leonard Hill State Forest Fire Tower	Leonard Mountain Road	Gilboa	NY
63	12/4/09	Boatman	Lake Tiorati	Tiorati Brook Rd	Southfields	NY
64	12/15/09	Digiamo	Solomons Castle	4585 Solomon Road	Ona	FL	First tag in FL
65	12/17/09	Jagdpanzer	Hilochee Wildlife Management Area	Riddick Grove Rd	Clermont	FL
66	12/22/09	ULELUZE	Tiger Shark Cove Park	13800 Greenbriar Boulevard	Wellington	FL
67	12/30/09	SilverSTreak91	Stagecoach Cafe	52860 Alabama 59	Stockton	AL
68	1/1/10	motomac	Hodad's	5010 Newport Avenue	San Diego	CA	First tag in CA and first tag west of the Mississippi
69	1/16/10	John_Diego	La Posta Diner	32337 Old Highway 80	Pine Valley	CA
70	1/20/10	motomac	Galleta Meadows	200 Palm Canyon Dr	Borrego Springs	CA
71	2/2/10	1129VLD	Firestone Vineyard	5000 Zaca Station Road	Los Olivos	CA	1 year anniversary
72	3/2/10	motomac	Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum	13515 Yarmouth Dr	Pickerington	OH	First time in OH
73	3/6/10	buildit	Giant Picnic Basket	1500 East Main St	Newark	OH
74	3/8/10	mynamewasmud	Terra Cotta Vineyards	2285 Rix Mills Rd	New Concord	OH
75	3/9/10	Just GO!	Lookout Point	Bellevue St	Marietta	OH
76	3/20/10	Ratmax	Hawk's Nest	New York State Route 97	Deerpark	NY
77	3/21/10	amadvikingjr	Charles M Hankins Park	Camden Ave and Bay Blvd	Lavallette	NJ
78	4/5/10	WPurn	Croton Reservoir	Aqueduct Road	Ossining	NY
79	4/15/10	Digiamo	Moonshine Store	N 600th St	Moonshine	IL
80	4/29/10	George 99	Mankind Enlightenment Love	Main Street	Placencia	SC	First tag in Belize and first tag in Central America
81	5/21/10	SunnyTN	Lane Motor Museum	702 Murfreesboro Pike	Nashville	TN
82	5/23/10	George 99	Center of the Contiguous 48 States Monument	Kansas Route 191	Lebanon	KS	First tag in KS
83	6/29/10	motomac	Cottage Grove Lake Dam	Reservoir Rd	Cottage Grove	OR	First tag in OR and passed through Dawson City in Yukon Territory
84	7/20/10	Patrick46	Battle Rock Park	Hwy 101	Port Orford	OR
85	8/8/10	wibby	Pacific Crest Trail	Crater Lake Highway	Crater Lake National Park	OR
86	8/12/10	scout18	Pine Mountain Observatory	Pine Mountain Rd	Bend	OR
87	8/18/10	Apple Jam	Ottertail Lake	Green Point Rd	Mt Hood National Forest	OR
88	9/14/10	Digiamo	Magnetic Spring	Magnetic Dr	Eureka Springs	AR	First tag in AR
89	9/18/10	klrdude650	Tenkiller Dam Overlook	Oklahome Route 100	Park Hill	OK	First time in OK
90	9/23/10	reddirtjoe	Great Salt Plains State Park	Oklahome Route 38	Jet	OK
91	10/11/10	RFlagg42	Point Lookout POW Camp	11175 Point Lookout Rd	Scotland	MD
92	10/12/10	blaster11	Mallows Bay Park	Wilson Landing Rd	Nanjemoy	MD
93	10/15/10	EOD3MC	James Monroe Birthplace	4460 James Monroe Highway	Colonial Beach	VA	Egg case introduced
94	10/16/10	Dorito	St Francis Chapel	Furbush Rd	Newburg	MD
95	10/17/10	GSA_PILOT	St Ignatius Catholic Church	8855 Chapel Point Road	Port Tobacco Village	MD
96	10/17/10	joints4sale	Drum Point Lighthouse	14200 Solomons Island Road South	Johnstown	MD
97	10/19/10	scott P	White Sands Beach Club	1200 White Sands Drive	Lusby	MD
98	10/21/10	"Walter"	Kodori Restaurant	2792 Crain Hwy	Waldorf	MD
99	10/22/10	badguy	Glendening Preserve	1361 Wrighton Road	Lothian	MD
100	10/25/10	JaxObsessed	Hoffman Paper Mills	Gunpowder Road	Hoffmanville	MD
101	10/19/10	Wingfixer	Harris Glenn Milstead Grave	701 York Road	Towson	MD
102	11/2/10	Wreckchecker	12th Street Tunnel	D St SW	Washington	DC	First tag in DC and US national capital
103	11/7/10	WayneJ	Maryland WWII Memorial	State Route 250	Annapolis	MD	MD state capital
104	11/11/10	Boatman	Townshend Dam	2755 State Forest Rd	Townshend	VT	First tag in VT
105	11/13/10	EvilClown	USS Albacore	600 Market Street	Portsmouth	NH
106	11/14/10	PWRCRZR	Delorme Headquarters	2 Delorme Drive	Yarmouth	ME
107	11/16/10	Volta	Meriam's Corner/Minuteman National Park	Lexington Rd	Concord	MA	First tag in MA
108	11/20/10	AndyCap	Quarry Trail in Wasserman Park	116 Naticook Road	Merrimack	NH
109	11/23/10	Squidmark	French King Bridge	Route 2	Gill	MA
110	11/27/10	Volta	Fruitland Scenic Vista	Prospect Hill Rd	Harvard	MA
111	11/28/10	DocGS	Nathan Hale Homestead	2299 South St	Coventry	CT	First tag in CT
112	12/1/10	HeyDoc	Arcadia Management Area	Rt 165	Exeter	RI	First tag in RI
113	2/19/11	akarob	D.E.P. Marine Headquarters	333 Ferry Rd	Old Lyme	CT	2 year anniversary