Let us address the elephant in the room (or rather, the photo) first... I found a cache on a metal casket yesterday outside of a bar devoted to music icons who have died. I opted not to feature the murals dedicated to Austin legends Randy "Biscuit" Turner and Roky Erickson because I know the musical … Continue reading Uncertainty Abounds →

I know this is hard to believe, but yesterday I went out and found a cache.  I found myself in a different urban park near the University of Texas, a green space behind one of the older dormitories.  I knew the park was there, but I hadn’t had reason to go in over a decade, … Continue reading Archenemy →

Welcome to the first cache (for me) of 2023!  Full disclosure: it was on the January 2 because I partied just enough on New Year’s Eve to be feeling a little crunchy, so I logged a challenge on New Year’s Day.  A whole bunch of new caches dropped on New Year’s Day, no doubt influenced … Continue reading The First FTF? →

For my last cache search of 2022, I went backward a bit. There had been a Mystery Cache here that had been sitting around taunting me for years. Its puzzle was based on chemistry, and while I am well versed in many scientific subjects, chemistry is a weak point for me. After several attempts over … Continue reading The Riddle Of Ink →

Soon this year will be over. As of this writing, I have been caching for 1,662 days, and I am on Day 1,659 of a streak. This year I have made six hides; hosted five events; and found 1170 caches (including 353 FTFs [mostly resulting from group attack of a new Geoart in the area]), … Continue reading This Year Ends →

It is not unknown for me to procrastinate.  In fact, I am currently the sitting High Priest of Procrastination (I used to be King, but a friend of mine toppled me from my throne [it took him ten days to get around to it, though]).  Consequently, I had put off GC8NEAT for a very long … Continue reading Under The Wire →

The end of the year tends to be chock-full of events. The holidays bring out the urge to gather, and after two or three years of separation, people totally want to see one another. Add that, with Community Celebrations expiring at the end of 2022, everyone wants to use them before they lose them. Consequently, … Continue reading The Most Metal Event Ever! →

The festival of Saturnalia looms over us once again, both promising to take us all into its all-compassionate embrace and threatening to consume us in its gaping maw. Or maybe something in between. I don't know you or your relationship to the season. What I do know is that no matter what you celebrate at … Continue reading Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah! →

You may not know this about me (#228), seeing as I tend to be very tight-lipped about it, but many moons ago, I completed a little something called the Texas County Challenge.  It’s a relatively obscure achievement, but I and the other finishers take a certain amount of muted pride in the accomplishment.  Imagine my … Continue reading One Of Us!  One Of Us! →

I had some time to kill over the weekend and was thinking about my cache for the day. A lot of new caches had been dropping around my home in the last couple of weeks, so I was on the lookout for unfamiliar ones when I noticed one I hadn't seen before. It was a … Continue reading Unfamiliar Stacks →