Travel bugs galore

As I mentioned in my column this month, the kids love finding travel bugs in geocaches. These travelers go from cache to cache in search of a particular adventure. "Dora the Diner" is still with us after a month (we're getting her into a new cache this weekend) so we took her to another diner; this time Friendly's. Taking pictures of bugs doing silly things is a favorite activity of the kids.

A couple of days ago the travel bug tags I ordered for the kids arrived in the mail. So last night we set out to decide on our traveler's missions.

Here are the ideas (all created by the kids) that made the final cut (and all the figures were found at Goodwill for less than a dime a piece):

Ice Cream Eater. The figure the bug is attached to is a bunny riding on a bike pushing an ice cream stand. The bunny wants to go to ice cream stands across the country.

The Swimmer. The figure is "Lilo" from the Disney movie and she wants to swim in lakes, rivers, streams and oceans everywhere.

Ronny. This is a small plastic Ronald McDonald doll that wants to visits McDonalds and eat french fries across the country.

We'll be hiding our bugs in the next week or so in caches in the greater Portland area. I'll keep you updated on where they are if you want to grab one to host.