Surprise! I got a cache yesterday! I decided to take a trip down south of the river, primarily for an FTF. I didn't find it. That was no big deal because it's not a driving thing for me and besides, I've already found one (actually more) this month. After a short search, primarily fueled by … Continue reading I’m So In Love With This Dirty City →

On Friday, unlike Captain Ahab, I slayed one of my proverbial white whales. I went out to find a cache I've tried a number of times before at a pavilion on Town Lake. GZ had always been at a tree on the edge of the water so believe me that on many occasions I felt … Continue reading From Heck’s Heart, I Stab At Thee →

After complaining about the old Treasure collections that I haven't completed, I decided to do something about it. A whole bunch of the new caches dropped along Town Lake and the accompanying Hike and Bike Trail have exactly what I need, being mostly Traditionals with the Scenic View attribute. I made my way towards downtown … Continue reading Attention Must Be Paid! →

A little while ago, I was looking through some challenges I had signed but hadn’t completed. One of them seemed simple enough: find a Wherigo in every month of the year. Surprisingly, I hadn’t found one in June or December. I set up a couple of reminders to alert me when the times came. Hence, … Continue reading I’ve Got A Little List →

1. It being Fathers' Day weekend, the Girls were down here for a visit. They helped me find a cache on Saturday while we were running around doing stuff and things. Mistakes were made and that caused some difficulty, but it all got resolved in the end. 2. On Friday, Juneteenth, a Mystery dropped at … Continue reading Four Things →

To the (no doubt) glee of you all, I am planning a road trip.  Where am I going?  You’ll find that out in a couple of weeks so be patient.  I’ve already started my standard preparation (cache lists for all the counties, identifying which towns are county seats, special caches, interesting stops according to Atlas … Continue reading Travel Tangents →

Yesterday I picked up an FTF.  The day before I also picked up an FTF.  The former one might have been the result of storms that morning; the regular FTF hounds chose to stay home that morning, allowing me to grab it on the way home from work.  The latter makes me think that they … Continue reading Victim Of My Own Success →

Yesterday was my eighth geoversary.  It doesn’t feel like eight years; it still feels like yesterday.  In the last year I found just over 800 caches and picked up 60 new counties, completing my tenth state (Colorado), and hitting three new ones (Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia).  I also dipped my toes back into Utah, but … Continue reading And STILL No Narrative To Interrupt This Time… →

I cracked open my emails to see a short list of newly published hides.  I noticed one of them wasn’t that far from work so I figured it wouldn’t be that big a deal to head over and grab it.  I didn’t have an FTF for the month of June (not that I actually care … Continue reading Déjà Vu 2 (Electric Boogaloo) →

A couple of days ago, I was Austin’s beloved Zilker Park for my daily cache.  There’s an Earthcache there at Barton Springs, the spring that feeds the main pool and, as part of your geologic education, one has to measure the water temperature.  I’ve already done it (thanks to the always prepared Magftplanner), which is … Continue reading Tipping →