This was a little unexpected, but a friend of mine  (who will come up more in tomorrow's entry) is taking a day trip out of town tomorrow, several counties and has no particular need to return back by the same route.  This is especially helpful because I'm doing an AlphaNumeric challenge.  I'm missing two caches … Continue reading Pre-Gaming →

Welcome to the University of Texas at Austin, home of the third winningest college football team, second largest endowment, and one of the best astronomy departments in the country.  It also has a nice little smattering of caches all over.  I haven't claimed them all (there's a mystery cache I haven't done because I haven't … Continue reading Hook ‘Em (Or Something Similar…)! →

So, if I'm town bound, I run into lots of caches that aren't particularly interesting, though they serve their purpose.  Along with the Project, I'm also working on several other challenges, including one where I have to find one every day for a year (currently at 132/365) and another where I have to reach 500 … Continue reading Fishy Fishy Fish →

Over the weekend I went out caching with my daughters.  We started in West Austin near a veterinarian's office.  The gorilla across the street is completely unconnected, merely coincidental. We ended up finding a cache at a local drugstore famous for its old school lunch counter.  Of course, we stopped for a milkshake and a … Continue reading Weekend Caching →

This was an interesting one because of its location.  It's another in-town cemetery that the city has grown around.  What makes this of note (and it's difficult to encapsulate this in a photo) is that it exists in a middle ground between two apartment complexes.  This black fence is actually two fences, one connected to … Continue reading Cemeteries Are Everywhere →

I have not flown from county to county these last two weeks.  I have not added to the catalog of counties.  There is a certain amount of sadness for me in this.  It's liberating to hit the road and just go.  To have that driving add to a greater purpose brings even greater satisfaction.  But … Continue reading …And Yet It Does Not End. →

So, remember how it was raining off and on all over the place? Yes, that's my car.  For the record, this all happened about 2 weeks before this writing.  A rain burst hit while I was on the road and visibility dropped to a hundred yards.  I started slowing down and I spun out.  I … Continue reading Not Coleman County… →

So the rain kept coming down off and on as I came into town.  As I came into town, routing led me to a jail, not to the courthouse.  I stopped at a convenience store to get directions that were about two shades away from "go up the road a spell and turn where the … Continue reading 28. Brownwood, Brown County →

It may be hard to tell, but there's a bit of a Native American theme to be found here... But these are not my favorite parts of this trip.  Want to hear a story? You see this tree and rock?  The ones right on the courthouse square?  Well, check this out...  So apparently the town's … Continue reading 27. Comanche, Comanche County →

Such an impressive courthouse for such a tiny town...  As I did my traditional walkaround (and bathroom stop, but that's a different issue all together, I was a little surprised that the building was even open.  It was a national holiday after all, but not exactly one of the big ones.  It also started raining … Continue reading 26. Hamilton, Hamilton County →