Wouldn't it be SOOOO cool if . . .

[Trek420]

You could sign "the thing". Ride, wear "the thing" (hard to be a jersey because of sizes), sign it or draw, pass it to the next person.

Or take a picture with "the thing", post and ride onward.

[just1morebike]

Well, I'm smack dab in the middle of Utah, and I'm in!

[staceysue]

This is so awesome! Some of us (me included) are probably so hard to get to that nobody would think it was worth it - BUT - we could get some real long tours going. Some of us would have to schedule our vacations around it. Or maybe we could have it mailed to us then we could go on a long road trip with it and do trip reports or something . . . .

I wonder if there'd be any way to get some sort of little GPS locator inside of "the thing" so that we could all watch it's progress online? We could combine some ideas - do like a torch that we could all sign and get our pictures taken with?

[rubywagon]

Well, I'm smack dab in the middle of Utah, and I'm in!

I am just north of you. This sounds like fun!

[Red Rock]

I am south of you all-greenbeanvw and just1morebike- in Utah's southern most warm tourist town. Perhaps this way we will be able to meet.

Red Rock

[spokewench]

If you want to come south or come from the south, I'm in Flagstaff Arizona, south of Utah.

[Trek420]

I move that we establish a "thing" to be moved around and carried from TE rider to rider such as:

the official TE lobster bib or ...
the official TE sock puppet or ...
the official TE banana keeper

and someone gets one and starts it off.

All those in favor say "aye"

[HoosierGiant]

Aye!

[shootingstar]

I move that we establish a "thing" to be moved around and carried from TE rider to rider such as:

the official TE lobster bib or ...
the official TE sock puppet or ...
the official TE banana keeper

and someone gets one and starts it off.

All those in favor say "aye"

"Aye", but we need several simultaneous, waterproof "things". Otherwise 'thing' gets stuck somewhere on east coast of North America, meanwhile someone wants to cycle between Australia and New Zealand shortly thereafter.

Gotta thing of something virtual that will map route and gives dates of end and start dates with TE name at start to meet up with 2nd TE in destination.

I know boring.........but we can't have 1 portable 'thing'..it'll take the next century to make its trip around the world!
Anything better on the 'relay' baton or this GPS route mapping? ANd we must set up a thread dedicated to this journey(s).

[rubywagon]

I am south of you all-greenbeanvw and just1morebike- in Utah's southern most warm tourist town. Perhaps this way we will be able to meet.

Red Rock

I want to bike in Southern Utah so badly. I like this idea.

[jusdooit]

Aye. I'm in, central MS.

[HoosierGiant]

Or take a picture with "the thing", post and ride onward.

Love this idea! Just like the Flat Stanley projects so many of the elementary schools do.