A couple of nights ago, I needed a cache. I decided to go after a relatively new one (only a few months old) because it was very simple and pretty close to home. I've mentioned before (especially when I was bus-bound after “The Incident”) how caching has taken me to parts of Austin I'd never … Continue reading Many Happy Returns? →

It snowed yesterday in Austin. I know there are those of you in more northerly climes like Boston or Seattle or Omaha who are going to laugh at me because the amount of snow that shuts down this city is what you all call a spring Tuesday, but for us, this is a thing. We're … Continue reading Snow Business →

I was doing something in South Austin when I realized I hadn't gotten a cache for the day. No big deal, I thought. I'll just see what's around. I knew that most of the caches I hadn't grabbed down there entailed more adventure than I wanted (I didn't want to hike a greenbelt or search … Continue reading Accidental Adventure →

Yesterday, while at work, I got a notification that a new cache had been published some distance from home. As fate would have it, that distance from home was just over a mile from where I was sitting. I decided to wait until the end of the day to go out to get it; I … Continue reading Rocks And Logs →

This high-maintenance machine (and by that, I mean me) is looking forward.  If I fail to plan, I plan to fail, or so they say.  I prefer to think I’m like water, shifting with the tides and flowing where opportunities present themselves, but that also has drawbacks.  I recently realized that I have to go … Continue reading I Am Gonna Make It Through This Year →

For certain values of "ice," that is.I went up to L-Town this weekend. I was hesitant to make the trip because all the weather reports had been talking about snow and ice in East Texas, and while it would have been light and burned off during the day, I usually travel in the middle of … Continue reading Ice Caching →

Central Texas has been experiencing some odd (though not truly strange) winter weather for the last month or so. Just as it was warm enough to strip layers for hiking a few days ago (this isn't Phoenix, people), a cold front hit that threatened to bring snow to Austin. The chemicals were spread on the … Continue reading Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground →

Sunday morning, Razorbackgirl hosted a bunch of us to a bit of Canuck culture by having an early-morning Event at Central Texas's first Tim Hortons. I have sampled their fare before, specifically in Abbotsford a few years ago. I'm not super impressed, but it's all right for what it is. There were a lot of … Continue reading The Barking Dogs →

At the end of last year (and by that, I mean last week), I received a message from a visitor to the site asking, "Why is it all white people on this website. Y'all don't represent.... Why is the only black guy doing all the work?" I think it's a bit of an uninformed question. … Continue reading Representation Vs. Camera Shyness →

The old year is dead! All hail the new year! Or some kind of crap like that. It looks like I'm beginning a tradition. I hadn't intended to, but it seems to be happening. Last year, I threw Events on the final day of 2023 and the first day of 2024. This year, I did … Continue reading As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again →