We all gathered in our colors early on Saturday morning: myself, my daughters, and a whole bunch of cachers from all over. We had come to face each other, intent on bringing the Golden Ammo Can home to our own personal regions. This year involved a few changes on many levels of the competition. On … Continue reading The 22nd Annual Texas Challenge and Festival →

The girls and I awoke in a Wichita Falls hotel on Friday morning. When I travel alone, I barely even stay in hotels, but in the interest of being a good steward of my children, I booked a room at the convention center hotel. We spent our days enjoying hotel life close to all the … Continue reading The Day Before… →

And not one new county to show for it? That short distance barely gets me to a new county, much less back home! And yet, for such a short distance, it was an eventful weekend round trip. I only got back last night at a late hour, and I was in no condition to write. … Continue reading Eight Hundred And Fifteen Miles →

Yesterday, the girls and I began a northward trek. We packed our bags in the back of the car and started the drive to Wichita Falls. Along the way ... ... I visited a few old friends (and by "visited," I mean photographed from a moving vehicle). But since I was carting the girls along … Continue reading Aggressions Of The Micro Variety →

The girls made it down from scenic L-Town to spend a week with me in Austin, as they have in years past.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t take the entire week off to take them out on a road trip to cache, but I could drag them out with me to grab my daily cache.  At least … Continue reading Lonely But Not Alone →

There are few things more annoying than trying to find a micro in a tree, but one of those things is searching for that micro in the wrong tree. But that's a complaint for another day. It was welcome after my previous attempt at a cache, which I aborted because I didn't feel like tromping … Continue reading Warm Up The Boilers! The Gears Must Turn! →

A few days ago, I was having dinner with a good friend of mine. We discussed many things, but one thing that came up was the fact that he is trying to declutter his home. His attempts at decluttering have not been entirely successful because he has bought a number of things, offsetting the stuff … Continue reading The Start Of A New Era? →

Anybody aware of my caching handle probably knows that I was pretty much honor-bound to watch a new movie that just premiered. I said I was going to wait until the crowds died down, but I'm obviously a liar because I saw it at the first reasonable opportunity. I slipped out of work and headed … Continue reading Time Was Running Out →

Friday was a strange day. After the shenanigans of GeoLeap 2024 the day before, it felt weird having to go back to work. Leap Day felt like a Saturday! I intended to go to a morning event at a donut shop, but after my previous long day on the road and late evening writing about … Continue reading The Aftermath →

The primary organizer of GeoLeap 2024, the legendary (and, to some, infamous) TTO2, began wondering about the idea of holding a Mega-Event on Leap Day almost a year ago. Would anyone come? What kind of caching could be shoved into a leap day? He and his compatriots began planning in earnest. Being people who get things done, … Continue reading GeoLeap 2024 →