For a distance that isn't supposed to be that far, this felt like a really long drive.  It seems like a sleepy little town with a nice little courthouse.  A little light on monuments, though.  The county is named after Ben McCulloch and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about him.  He came to … Continue reading 37. Brady, McCulloch County →

It's getting into the season when courthouses start decorating themselves for holidays.  San Saba doesn't look like that's going to be a thing this year.  But that's alright.  These old buildings need maintenance and all that good stuff, too.  The workmen didn't give me a second look.  So I went for my customary walkaround. More … Continue reading 36. San Saba, San Saba County →

As I drove into town, the courthouse jumped out at me.  There's something I really like about when you drive into town and you can see the courthouse from miles away, the biggest, most prominent building around.  You know what I don't like? Confederate memorials.  My big problem is that I don't like them taking … Continue reading 35. Goldthwaite, Mills County →

So I set off early to make sure I hit Lampasas by sunrise.  If I was going to get to ten counties in one day as I planned, I needed every bit of sunlight possible.  I actually made it a bit early so I thought about how to burn a little time waiting for daylight, … Continue reading 34. Lampasas, Lampasas County →

I'm lucky to live in a good sized city where there is an active caching community.  I've been to a few places that have next to nothing cache-wise (Halletsville, I'm looking at you) and certainly not enough to make it possible for long periods of time without lots of travel.  I guess that's really any … Continue reading A Little Bit Local →

Brought back a ladder from the mini-roadtrip.  Actually, it was brought back to take care of a completely different cache (there's a magnetic nano about 20 feet up the side of a lamppost), but it was a good day to take care of this one. Pease Park is a downtown space given to the city … Continue reading The Kingsbury Arch →

There was more than one reason for this particular route.  You see, there's an AlphaNumeric Challenge that I've been working on as a side thing.  There are three 0 caches within 100 miles and the closest is 37 miles away in a neighboring town (Bastrop, if you must know).  And, as fate would have it, our … Continue reading But Wait. There’s More… →

All ZZ Top references aside, the rain finally let up before we got into town.  Walking was done in some semblance of dryness that would not last (but that would not be an issue until Bastrop, but that's something for another time). Sure, there were monuments and whatnot, but La Grange isn't much bigger than … Continue reading 33. La Grange, Fayette County →

This one reminded me of Williamson County with that giant dome on top, but that was not what drew me on this one.  Actually, it's two things.  Number one: it turns out that this county was the center of a land grant to a distant relative of my daughters (they have roots going back to … Continue reading 32. Columbus, Colorado County →

This is the definition of a tiny town.  I feel a bit cheated that they're already started putting up Christmas stuff at Halloween.  And, as you can see, our old friend Rain has dropped back in on us.  Ugh.  I didn't even try to look at the monuments (not that there were many).  I just … Continue reading 31. Hallettsville, Lavaca County →