I picked a cache yesterday based on an interesting requirement. I don't know how many of you have attempted to grab a cache in every degree around your home location, but I did. It's not something I'm chasing, but it does seem a little interesting. The north is well taken care of. It's not like … Continue reading Sweating The Small Stuff →

I hate to tell you all this, my lovely and dulcet readers, but I am, on occasion, a hack and a fraud. OK, maybe I'm not a fraud, but at the moment, I am definitely playing the role of a hack. Why? Because I failed the entire blogging thing in every way yesterday. I wrote … Continue reading The Horrible Truth →

I usually start doing my travel preparations three or four days before I'm slated to leave on a trip. I find myself in the position of doing a different kind of preparation this time. Anybody who has been reading this for a while has read that I'm going to the 20th Anniversary Celebration at Groundspeak … Continue reading Especially Early Pre-Gaming →

Not every day is philosophical or contemplative. Some days are just days. I went out to grab a few caches a couple of days ago. I had intended to get up early and do it before the heat became oppressive, but that didn't happen. I picked a short series of Letterbox Hybrids on a street … Continue reading Turtles All The Way Down →

As you may know, I don’t like talking about myself very much. I feel that emphasis on a creator can detract from their work. That said, this is one of the rare moments where a personal concern and the hobby align. One of the goals of geocaching, hand in hand with getting people out into … Continue reading You Gotta Move →

Fate took me on a mission of mercy/friendship/obligation to scenic Caldwell a few nights ago. The payment for my services was simple: dinner and a cache. Dinner was achieved on the way there, and the cache, when the job was done. A quick detour was made at the Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library, and in … Continue reading To Favorite Or Not To Favorite? →

Fun fact: when I grab a cache today, it will be Day 1500 in a row of my streak that I’m no longer focusing on. Go me. The weekend went by as weekends often do. I ended up finding an old cache that had eluded me for a long time. It was pretty easy, and … Continue reading Business Old And New →

Another day, another bison tube. Except this one is actually from a couple of days ago. Yesterday, I had every intention of going out and grabbing one, even though I'm no longer wedded to my streak. I spent the day working, even though I had little to do but read docs, watch compliance videos, and … Continue reading What A Challenge Is For →

After the tragedy, restoration was relatively easy. I'm not a person who would normally ask, "What do you carry in your caching bag?" because I find the question incredibly banal and because, quite frankly, it's none of my business. However, since I'm starting again from square zero (there I go, mixing metaphors again!), now is … Continue reading A Bit Of New Kit →

Several days back, my car was broken into. Well, it wasn't exactly "broken" into. It looks like I forgot to lock my door, and someone opportunistically opened it at an inconvenient time of the morning. Other than several dollars in change missing and a lot of things tossed around, there was no real damage other … Continue reading The Thief Of Hopes →