I was prepared to make a pilgrimage to the hinterlands of Central Texas over the weekend. With it being International Earthcache Day, I was ready to go get an Earthcache and earn my new souvenir. As you can imagine, I've been all over Austin and gotten pretty much every Earthcache in the area. Full disclosure: … Continue reading Harry Potter And The Permineralization Of Trunks →

There are some controversial subjects I avoid when it comes to caching.  Usually, it's because I think they really have no place in the hobby for one reason or another, but almost as often it's because I don't want to offend anyone on the other side of the subject.  Politics is probably the biggest one … Continue reading You Gotta Have Faith? →

Sometimes I think to myself that I've gotten pretty good at this geocaching thing. And then other times are like yesterday.So, I'm on my way home and I decide to stop off for a cache on the way (as I am apt to do).  There was one in particular that I had been saving for … Continue reading If It Had Been A Snake →

I'm sure that I've mentioned this before, but for some reason I just don't like going to far South Austin for caches. I'll go east, west, or north, even to surrounding communities to keep from going south of the river. And I figure that if I go far enough south, I might as well continue … Continue reading An Oldie But… →

I've mentioned this before, but I'm being more direct about it now. There are many people who sing the praises of Cachetur. In a general sense, I'm one of them. It's an incredibly powerful tool for trip planning and I'm glad something like it exists for serious trip planners (I said as if I do … Continue reading This Is Wrong Tool… →

I sometimes wonder if the folks reading anything I write even think I'm into geocaching at all. Why? Because I feel I sometimes go on random tangents about things that may be tangentially related to geocaching for me, but are completely separate to most cachers' experiences. Today, my friends, is one of those days. And … Continue reading All Words Are Made Up →

It's still a weird feeling to go up to L-Town and only have one caching buddy with me, but cache we did. We had to run some errands around town and one of them involved the local mall. In my experience, shopping centers of most kinds always have one or more caches for the finding. … Continue reading Missing Men (And Women) →

For those of you who haven’t been following my comings and goings intently for years, Austin traditionally has Events on the equinoxes and the solstices. Beloved friends used to hold them, but they moved to the Pacific Northwest. Another friend and I took up the mantle to continue the tradition: she does the equinoxes; I … Continue reading Cachers Gathered In Their Masses →

Ladies, gentlemen, or however you personally identify, I have recently encountered what might (or might not) be the dumbest question that I actually am giving significant thought to. I have recently learned that I have unintentionally been making a mistake in my county naming. I knew that some counties have very specific legal spellings (I … Continue reading Less About Caching Than Counties →

This past Saturday was the third annual CITO Across Texas. I didn't even write about the first one when it happened, though I did the second one. This one was a little different, though. You see, the idea of it caught on a bit so this has turned out to be the first CITO across … Continue reading Across The State, Across The World →