I am not collecting Treasures intentionally. I am, however, a collector and completionist by nature. Texas has 254 counties, and I had to cache in them all. The United States has 3,144 counties (and county equivalents), and I'm working on them as well. I have a tiny itch in the back of my skull that … Continue reading Harder Than It Looks →

As I mentioned previously, this past weekend was my seventh geoversary. I was up in Longview on that day, so I decided to find a special cache to cap off my seventh. I warmed up Cachly and set it to filter out anything with less than fifty favorites. That left four caches within a twenty-mile … Continue reading Gravity →

Saturday was my seventh geoversary. Today is day 2,557 in a row of finding caches—seven years and two leap days. Normally, these would be things to celebrate and laud. But, for all their significance, they just point out a glaring and painful reality. I went to precisely zero new counties this year. In my defense, … Continue reading Narrative Disappointment →

I sort of took my own advice yesterday. When I got off work, instead of heading for one of the areas close to work or home, I decided to go a little closer to downtown. I found a simple cache in a nicer neighborhood that I've been to before. The cache had been placed by … Continue reading Do The Dumb Things I’ve Gotta Do →

As my workday came to a close, I pulled out my phone and looked for a cache. It was hot and muggy as all get out, so I didn't want something that was going to have me searching forever under the Texas sun. Low-hanging fruit has been fairly scarce for me lately. I've found so … Continue reading Where Your Eyes Don’t Go →

Saturday morning began in an atypical way. There is a recurring monthly Event in Georgetown that's been going on longer than I've been caching (of course, with a hiatus during the “Time of Cholera"). In all my years of caching, I've attended the Event only once because it traditionally happened at 7:30 a.m. Why on … Continue reading A Data-Driven Approach →

Yesterday, I chose a cache for a strange reason. I was looking for something easy to grab on a hot day after a long, tiring day at work, and I noticed an easy one that I didn't remember seeing before. It was only about a week or two old. When I looked at the two … Continue reading The Passing Of Knowledge →

I found my daily cache behind an orthodontia clinic. I was already a bit surly. My first attempt was a failure because I was trying to find a little green container in a tree in ninety-degree heat. This is not the season to deal with camouflaged micros in trees (and yes, it's gonna get worse, … Continue reading If You Walk Without Rhythm →

Most of last week has been, on a personal level, a comedy of errors. Every day has been something, whether it's been dead home internet (it's still out, but I've been using other options), friends' emergencies, or integral plans completely changing (altering my schedule and sucking up my time). Heck, if I listed them all … Continue reading The Important Things →

I mean, of course I've made mistakes. I should have gotten San Diego and Albuquerque right the first time. The entire debacle of Arizona wouldn't have happened if I didn't make mistakes. I make mistakes all the time. But I've been wondering about how I approach travel and finding new counties, and it's got me … Continue reading I Wonder If I’ve Made Mistakes →