I managed to get another FTF yesterday at a cemetery I had never heard of before, placed by one of the new cachers (actually, I think it's a parent and child using one account) in the area. I went ahead and gave it one of my stingily hoarded favorite points for its camo and because … Continue reading Am I The Grognard? →

A couple of days ago, I went and found a cache (as I am wont to do) placed by one of the new cachers in the area who has been refilling old places. I was led to a duck pond not far from home. I’m pretty sure I had gotten a cache there a few … Continue reading Intellectual Property →

When I started the weekend, I had a small rundown of the things I thought I would do, specifically cache maintenance and hunting down a coveted cache. How many of those things did I do? The title says it all. Well, that's not entirely true. I did go get a theoretically coveted cache, but not … Continue reading None Of It →

So many murals, so little time. I've had quite a number of FTFs over the last week, which is unexpected. I've never been an FTF chaser, really. On occasion, when one drops close to home, and I'm feeling like getting off my butt, I'll go out for it, but normally I only shoot for one … Continue reading All The Fresh Logs →

The last few weeks have been relatively easy for me, cache-wise. The new blood in the region has been placing new caches around town in places I had long since cleared out, especially in areas around my home. It's been a while since I could snag one on the way home from work without having … Continue reading Things To Be Thankful For →

This weekend, I ended up going to L-Town, a relatively rare back-to-back trip up there, to see the girls. I would have liked to go on another trip with the renamed Scorpion Expeditionary Force to attack some Geoarts outside of San Marcos, but in any competition between caching and my daughters, the girls win hands … Continue reading Unfinished Business →

I haven’t gotten a cache yet today. I can only assume that I will. When I do, it will be Day 1,700 of my caching streak. I don’t make a thing out of milestones (all evidence to the contrary), and I don’t really think 1,700 is as impressive as 1,500 or 2,000, but I felt … Continue reading How Will It End? →

A few days ago (for reasons, if you must know), I found myself doing something I don’t often do: going back to find an old cache. In this case, it was one I claimed four years ago. From time to time, I’m tasked with looking at and considering their contribution to the caching ecosystem. Every … Continue reading You Take The Good, You Take The Bad →

Well, now I believe it. The promised springlike conditions did, in fact, materialize, as did power after three and a half days. While crews from neighboring cities and towns are still working on outages, Austin has mostly recovered, and I am short-sleeved again (at least for a few days, anyway). I found myself working on … Continue reading Thawn Is An Archaic Word →

Austin received half an inch of ice in the last few days. I'm sure those of you living above the thirty-fifth parallel scoff at the notion that that's even a problem, but we're just not prepared for such winter weather (despite something similar happening just two years ago, but that's a discussion for a different … Continue reading Iced Out →