Laundry is in the washer. Routes are being finalized. Schedules are being massaged. Oddly enough, crosswords are being done. We are in final preparation mode for our journey. It’s been complicated by an outside issue. Part of our trip involves visiting two museums, but the closer one opens late, and the farther one closes early. … Continue reading Down To The Wire →

My daughters were slated to come to Austin for spring break. Normally, their mother brings them down, but because of real-world complications, she couldn't bring them until later in the week. I was able to rectify that. I drove up to Longview to take them on a driveabout as I have on several other occasions, … Continue reading From East To Central →

Okay, not. It’s just that I find myself in a strange position that I’ve never been in before thus far in my authorial “career.” I did things today that are caching related, but I can’t discuss them, which leaves me with not much to write about. So instead of revealing “state secrets,” I’ll just talk … Continue reading This Space For Rent! Or Not! →

As I have mentioned in these pages before, Texas Challenge approacheth. It looks to be the biggest affair we have done to date, which is saying something because several of them have been pretty impressive to me. As Central Texas Representative for the TXGA, I have several responsibilities involving the shebang. Obviously, I will be … Continue reading Inside Baseball →

Our slow and inexorable progression continued this weekend. After picking up the girls in L-Town, we headed north and northwest. I’m still keeping an eye on my find count. If I want my ten thousandth to be the approaching Block Party, I can’t get too many without jeopardizing my current streak (which I officially don’t … Continue reading Step By Step, Inch By Inch →

Finding an ammo can in the woods is always nice, especially inside the city. It involved a couple of minor inconveniences, the biggest being that it's placed on the wooded hillside overlooking a charter school complex. I'm not enamored of being close to a school, but I cast no blame for that. I'm pretty sure … Continue reading Recent Past, Impending Future →

Yesterday, while I was considering what cache to find for the day, I remembered I had wanted to go for one last week but opted not to because it was raining. The funny thing about Texas weather is that it can change vastly over a short period. While last week was wet and cold, the … Continue reading Turtle In, Rabbit Out →

Yesterday, I found a cache that's been eluding me for a long time. The hider, who is notorious for not providing hints, left a hint in the logs that was more than enough to make it findable. The container, however, gave me pause. I've seen lots of shotgun shells used for hides (I've used them … Continue reading Nota Bene, Everybody →

Texas has been experiencing a serious cold snap for the last few days, resulting in below-freezing temperatures for the last few nights. I already know for a fact that those of you in Denver, Omaha, and Boston are laughing your butts off at how precious that sounds coming out of my mouth (or pen, as … Continue reading I Don’t Begin To Know Cold →

Yesterday, I was looking at the map and trying to decide on my daily cache. I was looking at a part of town I rarely find myself in when I noticed a large cache that I hadn't found before, located in a forested patch near a big-box home-improvement store. I thought it would be a … Continue reading Easy As Pie? →