66. Jourdanton, Atascosa County

I pulled into the circle in the center of town to find this majestic old lady. This was one of the more impressive ones I have seen on this trip. I took a walk in the chill of the day for my regular check around. I won’t lie… The day was beginning to wear on me a little bit. I love all the driving and travel, but it does wear a little bit. I sometimes wonder if I should do more partner travel. I did a few counties this way with a caching buddy, but we didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. Travel with company can be more fun, but travel alone means things get done.

The cache itself was at a local park, a nano attached to a phone pole cable. Pretty simple and to the point. I wish I had taken a photo of the nano itself, though. The top had this cool pearlescent yet translucent thing with imbeds that look like a circuit suspended in milk. I wish I knew where to get some because I would totally use them. And, since I had achieved everything I wanted to do at this point, I was faced with a choice: I could head home or I could slip in one more county. It would be close if I chose the latter, but I could do it. NO. I had a plan and I had accomplished it. I should stick to it. If I had taken my food in George West to go instead of eating in, I would have done it. But I was feeling a bit road weary and I didn’t want to drive home through San Antonio at night if I could avoid it. Pearsall could wait until another trip, probably my one-day out to Del Rio. But if I was going to go home, I might as well hit another cache on the way home…

I found a quick little virtual here at the Longhorn Museum. Of course they were closed because I don’t have that kind of luck. But at least I was able to pick up one more for the day. And, once it was done, I got back in the car and began the drive to San Antonio and, eventually, home. Eleven counties visited, ten counties cached. I call that a good day, no?