December Travels

"24th December 2007 - Nürnberg, Germany and Miccosukee Village, Florida

"While Morado:and Florence enjoy the wonders of the famous Christkindle Market in Nuremberg, Germany -- Picado is learning about the Miccosukee natives of Florida."

Now if we could hear from Coney, Rosa, Blanche, Lucky-Ducky (who is still having an awesome time in Finland) anbd Azul before the year end it would be great.

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Coney still on Patrol

Although its been awhile since he has checked in Coney has updated with the following message. He also pm'd me to say he has more pictures on the way.



ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Coney: "Uploading photos is a little tricky on my floundering internet connection but this is a picture of me awhile back when I was chillin out waiting to go out on patrol in New Baghdad."

Snow Angels in Virginia

Picado is back in the US and has been enjoying the snow in Virginia. Well -- at least he was enjoying making snow angels -- I am not sure he enjoyed cleaning the car window. Or are they snow bunnies?

Lucky-Ducky Still in Finland

"Congratulations Finland! 90 years of independence! "
Lucky-Ducky is still in Finland and has really been enjoying his stay. We are happy that he sends home reports frequently and lets us know a lot about life and culture in Finland. Read his travelog for a wonderful tour of the area.

ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: lucky-ducky:

Guests for Thanksgiving

Soar, Ruzovacek and Helen Bear were all here for Thanksgiving Dinner today. Soar, the American Eagle, had filled the others in on what thanksgiving was all about and then warned them about eating too much. His warning went unheeded and the 3 of them dozed off before they even got to taste the pumpkin pie. Helen Bear is visiting from England and Ruzovacek is here from Czechoslovakia. Soar flew in from Missouri.

Blanche Leaves for Australia

"Here I am, all ready to head to Australia. I can't wait to get there!"

Blanche has had a great time visiting in Indiana and made a trip to New York and Chicago while she was there. She is now joining the worlwide toy voyager trail and will be travelling the trail for awhile.

ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Blanche:

Picado Mountain Climbing in the Alps

"Hurray! I have completed another life mission. What a happy bunny I am!! I went to Engleberg and did some mountain climbing. It was quite high up but very pretty with waterfalls and everything. I even went in a cable car but I stayed in the rucksack as it was very steep and a bit scary."
ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Picado:

Oktoberfest!

Florence completed one of her life missions today and attended Oktoberfest in Germany. Morado is currently staying with the same host so they both went.

"Today I went to Oktoberfest. First I had to take the subway to get there. And it was so crowded already ..... there are masses of people going there. Then - the real thing. It is so huge, you cannot imagine. I got some photos outside of the Oktoberfest. Inside the tents everybody has fun, drinking a lot of beer, singing, dancing on the benches .... can you believe that one tent can hold several thousand persons? "

Travelog: Morado:

Travelog: Florence:

Coney enjoying his leave

Coney has been enjoying his leave with visits to Aztec Ruins National Monument, travels through the Canyonlands of Utah and the San Juan Skyway in Colorado.

He also has spent a lot of time just hanging around at home in Farmington.

Welcome to Froddo and Daisy Duck

Coney and Rosa were on hand to welcome the new guests that have just arrived from Iowa. Froddo hopped over from Australia and Daisy Duck is visiting America from Great Britain. Both of these voyagers are traveling the US Toy Voyagers Trail.

It was discovered soon after they arrived that it is the second trip to New Mexico in the past few months. They were recently visiting at Red River.

Rosa welcomes Coney home!

Rosa tells her story here.

Coney tells his story here.

Updates from Coney and all

Early this evening Coney called from Kuwait to let us know he will soon be arriving in New Mexico for his R&R before moving on to his next deployment. He will also be updating his travel log. Since we know where he currently is I thought it would be good to update on everyones activities.

Lucky-Ducky is enjoying an extended stay in Finland but is quite busy and updates his travelog frequently.

Florence the flighty flamingo from Florida was supposed to have left Prague and headed to Germany a few weeks ago but she has not reported in yet. Hopefully she has not gotten lost and we look forward to a travel log update.

Picado last reported in from Singapore and was leaving to go to Switzerland. We are waiting to hear news of his arrival and an update to his travel log.

Morado has arrived safely in Munich and will likely meet up with Florence when she arrives there. He will update his travel log soon.

Blanche is still staying with her host in Indiana but has travelled around to New York and Chicago and seems to be having a lot of fun. She has a lengthy post of photos on her travel log.

Azul is still missing and has not called home or checked in since he wandered off at the July 4th parade. There are no current updates in his travel log.

Rosa is winding down from her travels with Ballet Cindy and hosting other guests. She enjoyed her travels to Utah and Colorado and was excited to be made voyager of the week on Toy Voyagers. Her travel log has lots of info.

Blanche in Museum of Science and Industry

CHICAGO: Blanche appears to have enjoyed her visit to the museum and even partook in a demonstration.

She has posted dozens of photos in her travel log

Holiday Harry grounded in Utah

It was a great trip getting here but Holiday Harry, of Germany, woke up to rain this morning in Vernal. Photos of his journey can be viewed on his travelog.

Postcards and Diarys

It was great to hear from Lucky Ducky who is still enjoying his holiday in Finland. We got the following postcard from him this week.

Ballet Cindy is now ready to travel some more and visit a new host on the USATVT and has updated her journal and started packing.

Rosa is relaxing after almost 2 weeks of traveling to Utah, Colorado and back to New Mexico with Ballet Cindy.

Rosa makes Voyager of the Week on Toy Voyagers

Congratulations to Rosa, our Voyager of the Week!

Rosa comes from a distinguished family of ToyVoyagers: she is one of six , the famous Travelling Conejo's of New Mexico.

Thanks to their mentor, wourpet, all six Conejo siblings are proving 'ones to watch' on our View Voyagers screens.

With brothers in Canada, Iraq (with the U.S.Army), and Singapore, another brother who has run off solo in search of adventure, and a sister just preparing to visit ToyVoyager Hosts, Rosa stays at home, showing us the sights and welcoming visiting ToyVoyagers.

Here she is with an 'earthship', an eco-friendly home made of recycled materials.

We wish her and her siblings well, and lots more adventures. We look forward to the Conejo family reunion when they are all safely back from their individual journeys.

Ballet Cindy has Dancing feet

Cindy has recieved not just a new ballet outfit but also a pair of ballet slippers so her feet have been doing a lot of dancing and she has been having trouble keeping them on the ground.

See all the pictures and read her report here.

Blanche arrives in Indiana

Blanche has arrived in Indiana and met a few new friends, She will be heading into Chicago in a few days.

She was quite nervous before venturing off but seems to be relaxed and enjoying her visit.

View her travel log

Blanche gets ready to Travel

Blanche has been sitting around the house since her arrival in March and although she has been in a few group photos and occasional walks in the vegetable garden, she has done little else. She has now set up her travel log and is ready to hit the road. We'll update you when she leaves with information on her travel itinerary.

Her travelog

New Guests arrive

The toys gathered around yesterday to welcome our new arrivals, Ballet Cindy and Holiday Harry. Ballet Cindy belongs to 5 year old Wendy in the Netherlands and is traveling around the world sending home cheer and well wishes to Wendy who is currently in the hospital battling leukemia.

View Ballet Cindy's travel log

Florence still in Prague

Florence sent a PM this morning and said she was ready to move on even though she is really enjoying her visit in Prague. I checked her travelog and there is no doubt she has seen and done a lot during her stay.

I believe she is going to Germany next and if she times it right she might even make it to Oktoberfest.

Henry -- Voyager of the Week

Along with Wourpet and Picado both making it to the top ten lists (Picado is #4 on miles travelled) our guest Henry also made the news.

"Voyager of the Week: Henry the Adventure Hound

This is Henry the Adventure Hound a previous winner of Voyager of the Week.

Henry the Adventure Hound likes ... adventure!

No surprises there then!

Henry's idol is Indiana Jones, and he is always looking out for ways to emulate his hero's on-screen antics.

Created by Drakie, Henry is currently being hosted by wourpet in New Mexico. He has also travelled to Colorado to see ghost towns and has enjoyed seeing incredible scenery and getting to do lots of exciting missions. He's even been inside a volcano!

This picture shows Henry in contemplative mood, with his travel journal by the campfire, no doubt thinking of his next big adventure! "

ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Voyager of the Week Archive:

We've got company coming

"Then HolidayHarry and I said good bye to all other toyvoyagers and to our hosts, because we start our travel Farminton, USA. I hope, we will be there soon, because the box is rather small, but I'm happy, that I'm not alone. "


ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Ballet Cindy:

Lucky-Ducky rides the train

"I went on a train!

We took a small ride on a train Only to the next stop and back - but I was on a train! The photos are from the Helsinki Main Railway Station and it's surroundings.

The history of the Finnish railways (dating back to 1862) can be read in short here:

http://www.vrgroup.fi/index/VRGroup/Grouppresentation/HistoryofVRGroup.html"

ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: lucky-ducky:

Florence visits Prague

"6th August 2007 - Prague, Czech Republic

Today I finally visited the city center. Behind me you can see the Petřín hill, the National Theatre and the Prague Castle.

Then I went on Smetana's Embankment, where I saw Krammer's fountain - a monument dedicated to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor."


Viewing Travelog: Florence:

Picado arrives in Singapore

Picado is now traveling around Singapore with his host and attending University.

His travels have moved him up to 4th position for miles travelled on Toy Voyagers.

Coney sends more pictures

We were happy to receive some photos from Coney yesterday. It appears he's been quite busy.

Coney is now patrolling with the Armored Division

In the photo below you can see the large container on the right where Coney spent his first several days in Baghdad.

The fluffy white guy he met up with on base is Wuffy II and although not a Toy Voyager, he will be spending some time in Iraq before returning Stateside.

Henrys updated scrapbook

Henry the Adventure Hound is on his way to Missouri and has yet to let us know he arrived. We have an up to date picture of his last scrapbook entry he completed just before leaving. We wish him all the best in his future travels and adventurous missions. His travel log is here.

Budd stays on in Farmington

Budd is still visiting and over the weekend she came down to help out at the booth in the civic center. Afterwards we stopped by the post office since she will likely be departing from there quite soon.

Her travel log is available by clicking here.

Update on Florence and Lucky-Ducky

Florence the flighty flamingo from Florida has reported in that she has now arrived in Prague but we have no pictures to share yet.

Lucky-Ducky is touring many areas in Finland and has loads of pictures to share.

Click on their names in the Toy Voyagers section of the side bar for the latest updates on their travel logs.

Henry leaves for Missouri

"In the picture are Aunt Flora and the twins Petal and Blossom, Budd, Blanche, Rosa, me, Stinger and a bear whom I don't think I have even met. Oh, and the rather large prickly one is a very big hedge hog. I have enjoyed my visit to Farmington, NM and the road trip into Colorado. Many thanks to my hosts and new friends, I'll keep in touch."

Read his latest travels and his spelunking mission. ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Henry the Adventure Hound:

Coney on Patrol

"18th July 2007 - Baghdad, Iraq

Well, today we were supposed to go to another FOB, but unfortunately Wuffy and I had to give up our seats, so another soldier could link back up with his unit.
I did get a picture of me and Wuffy chilling out, right before we got the news."
More... Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: Coney:

n.b. I talked to Coney's partner after this was posted and asked what music Coney preferred. He said "he has a taste for irish/celtic punk/folk -- ya know, dropkick murphy's, flogging molly, wylde nept....

Oh -- and Wuffy is the one with the shades!

Lucky-Ducky is out and about in Finland

"Me and flag of Finland! I'm bowing my head for respect. "


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Coney Checks In

In a brief offline IM from Coney this morning I learned
he's getting an op order tonight for a mission tomorrow, hes last 3 missions got scratched at the staging area....and he wants a big can of country time lemonade ^^

Henry the Pooch explores ghost towns and climbs into volcano

Henry has had an incredibly adventurous week. After viewing the site of the Ludlow Massacre he viewed the ruins of several old ghost towns. He climbed over the rim of the Capulin volcano in New Mexico and descended down into the core at the bottom of the crater. At Cokedale he viewed the old ovens used to process the coal.

Read his travel log updates for more stories and pictures.

Rain temporarily stalls the Adventurers

Rosa, Budd and Henry patiently wait inside the travel trailer for the rain to end so they can get back outside.

Henry had fun exploring old ruins near the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado and an extinct volcano in New Mexico. Budd enjoyed plenty of awesome scenery along the Sangre de Cristo mountains range, tended the campfire and went fishing in Trinidad Lake, while Rosa toured the town of Trinidad, Colorado and did some shopping.

Budd is awed by New Mexico and Colorado landscape

Budd has been enjoying New mexico and Colorado while touring, fishing, camping and enjoying the wonderful views. More photos and details in the travel log.

Picado is heading for Singapore

After a busy week at a National Forest, shopping and enjoying some Oregon nature, Picado is now on her way to Singapore. Check the latest travel log updates.

Florence flirts with Swans on the Danube

Florence seems to be having an incredibly fun filled vacation in Austria. Check out her updated travel log

Lucky Ducky in Finland

Lucky Ducky has arrived at his host's in Finland and has updates on his travel log.

Remember to scroll down to the bottom for the most recent updates -- including pictures of his brand new homemade bed -- and other friends.

Lucky-Ducky leaves for Finland

ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures - Viewing Travelog: lucky-ducky: "4th July 2007 - En Route to, Finland

I really am a lucky-ducky. When my friend said she was going to leave me downtown and turn me loose I was a little worried about how I would make do but she changed her mind and brought me home. I got lucky again when we got a message from Finland inviting me to visit. I am just SOOOOOOOO excited and I am packed and ready to go. I'll let you know what its like when I get there. I'm going to cross an ocean -- whoo-hoo!! "

Ahumado 'Coney' Conejo is Missing

We have not heard from him for sometime now and we are anxiously awaiting an update on his whereabouts.

Picado Makes Top Ten List

While he's having a ball in Oregon going to rodeos and visiting old bridges, Picado has made the top ten list for distance traveled.