Last year, I helped a friend of mine place some caches as part of a service project. I offered to help her maintain them because they’re out of town but in places I frequently pass through. Unfortunately, I do not monitor them directly. Yesterday, I learned that two of them had been archived, and one … Continue reading I Am The Reason →

Yesterday, I went up to Round Rock to grab a cache (he said as if anyone not from the Austin or Georgetown areas knows where that is). I grabbed a Multi in a caching buddy's series I've mentioned before, devoted to fictional Texas counties. As always, the redirector is a telephone pole with numbers to … Continue reading The Surveillance State →

Yesterday, I picked up a challenge I thought I needed to help me complete a different challenge. I was wrong, but none of that really matters. Right now, I’m swimming in challenges after the activities of the weekend. They will all, of course, be claimed in due time. Normally, when I log a challenge, I … Continue reading Trust But Verify →

Saturday morning, I drove up to Williamson County, intent on caching. I spent the last month avoiding any serious caching because I had something I needed to do. I'd been sitting on my (first) book for a long time, avoiding a second round of edits. At the end of October, I decided that if there … Continue reading The Completionists →

Traditionally, when I have discussed turkey, I meant it in reference to the "country formerly known as" instead of the common American fowl. Now that the country has become more insistent on its name being properly rendered (and rightly so), the obvious joke based on the confusion of their names is lost. All I am … Continue reading Meleagris Gallopavo, Not Türkiye →

I could regale you with tales of high adventure, but I would be spinning all the lies if I did so. While you might normally expect a visit with the girls to involve returns to Texas counties scarce remembered by me, that didn't happen this weekend for a few reasons. That means you're stuck with … Continue reading My So-Called Weekend →

Yesterday, I got off work (as I do most weekdays) and needed a cache for the day. As you can imagine, after caching for 2,349 days in a row, I've found most of the low-hanging fruit in this county, and it's not uncommon for me to pop over to a neighboring one if I've got … Continue reading Who Am I Kidding? →

A couple of days ago, a bunch of related caches (not a series) dropped, placed by our resident difficult hider and his acolytes, all of whom have been featured on these pages before.  As was to be expected, they were all high difficulty, several being high terrain.  Well, all but one.  A single cache out … Continue reading Gut Punch! →

My last few days (from a caching perspective) have been defined by needs for maintenance. A few days ago, that lovely couple visiting from Canada DNF'd a cache of mine. The last person who went for it a month before also DNF'd it, but they only had half a dozen finds, so I just assumed … Continue reading All My Dreams Torn Asunder →

The other is gold (as they say in the Girl Scout songbook).Last night, I went to a recurring Event based around sweet treats of various types. Our host decided to have one more this year before the weather started to get cold, which was probably a good decision since it's starting to turn cool, bordering … Continue reading One Is Silver →