I ended up picking up an unintended FTF yesterday. It's a little outside of Austin, and I had decided to pick up one of the other caches in that area I hadn't gotten before, hoping I could save it for today and have an FTF for May early on. Unfortunately, the ones I chose turned … Continue reading Looming →

A challenge near Bandera requires attending a CITO on each of the seven days of the week. This challenge has been on a lot of people's minds as of late. Consequently, there has been a spate of mid-week CITOs on the calendar. One, in particular, has been bouncing around for the last few weeks. One … Continue reading Relieving The Burdens of Mother Earth →

The weekend found me making an unexpected trip to Longview to attend a funeral. Luckily, the occasion, though sad, was not tragic. It did however mean that I was a little more far afield for my daily cache than usual. I headed up early, leaving a good amount of time beforehand. I stopped in a … Continue reading I Hate The Reason →

A new cache was published about a week ago on the other side of town from me. Another local cacher known for hunting FTFs took a shot at finding it but failed. The CO checked up on it, realized that they had used incorrect coordinates, and revised them. I assume that nobody else wanted to … Continue reading Victoria Parva →

Yesterday evening, I got the customary messages that new caches had dropped in the area, and by "area," I mean within fifty miles of home. One caught my eye: it was about twenty minutes away once rush hour had died, and I don't have an FTF yet this month. It wasn't far from where I … Continue reading A Six Foot Column Of Sugar →

On any other day, if you had asked me what the most important constant is, my answer would have been π (followed closely by e). That said, frame of reference can be a funny thing. Last week, after I had written my final post for the week but before I went out for the weekend, … Continue reading The One Constant →

This weekend, the Scorpion Expeditionary Force, operating under the team name Austin Area Geo-Herd or AAGH, set out on another trip, this time to scenic La Grange. A trail of mostly Traditionals was established eight years ago for a Texas Roundup being held in the area. We knew we weren't going to make it all … Continue reading The Things I’ll Do for A Souvenir →

My latest cache turned out to be a little PVC contraption, partially buried in the mulch of a rose garden. Anyone else would mistake it for a capped pipe or sprinkler, but for those of us who engage in our secret art, it protruded from the garden like the proverbial sore thumb. Oddly, however, it … Continue reading I Never Promised You A Rose Garden →

I want to get back out on the road so badly! It's like a burning sensation that doesn't hurt but only itches. And that itch is in the back of my head and just won't go away. There are so many places I want to go and see with my own eyes, so many counties … Continue reading Itching →

This weekend, the girls visited me for Easter. Consequently, Friday afternoon, I made a drive up to Leon County, halfway between Austin and Longview, to pick them up. After some dinner and a request to stop at Buc-ee's on the way down, we hit the road for home. Since I had just gotten off work, … Continue reading Lacking Egg-Related Content →