Since all I could do last time was complain about something I had done a thousand times before, I decided to start working on something completely new and different (for me)! While looking for a cache that wasn't there a while back, I stumbled across something I had never encountered before: the word riparian in … Continue reading Change The Conversation →

I have a confession to make. It may be controversial, and you may want to stone me afterward, but I feel I have to say it.I have grown tired of micros in trees.I know you are already lighting the torches and sharpening the pitchforks, but bear with me for a moment. If you remove the … Continue reading Arboreal Ennui →

Yesterday, I found a cache. Nothing special or extraordinary, just a bison hanging in a sign pole. The only things different about it are that (a) it was hidden by a newer cacher fairly recently, and I missed it when it published, and (b) it’s in a neighborhood that I used to live in and … Continue reading Obviously, I Wasn’t In Yuma →

I picked up a cache yesterday that brought back memories. It was a nano, but it was placed by an art installation right next to an old piece of railroad trestle in downtown Austin. Many, many moons ago, I found a cache on that bridge under a blood red moon, and I've never forgotten it. … Continue reading Sentiment Is Secondary To Science →

A couple of days ago, I went out to a park to look for a cache. It was a return visit; a few weeks ago, my caching daughter and I went out for an FTF, and the cache wasn't there. A few other cachers made the same attempt and noted the same deficiency. The CO … Continue reading A Balanced Equation →

I put my children to work a bit for me this weekend. Sometime last year, I got their help looking for a cache up in a tree that I hadn't been able to find after multiple attempts. My caching daughter managed to spot it, and my muggle daughter was willing to climb to get it, … Continue reading Pressed Into Service →

A couple of nights ago, I needed a cache. I decided to go after a relatively new one (only a few months old) because it was very simple and pretty close to home. I've mentioned before (especially when I was bus-bound after “The Incident”) how caching has taken me to parts of Austin I'd never … Continue reading Many Happy Returns? →

It snowed yesterday in Austin. I know there are those of you in more northerly climes like Boston or Seattle or Omaha who are going to laugh at me because the amount of snow that shuts down this city is what you all call a spring Tuesday, but for us, this is a thing. We're … Continue reading Snow Business →

I was doing something in South Austin when I realized I hadn't gotten a cache for the day. No big deal, I thought. I'll just see what's around. I knew that most of the caches I hadn't grabbed down there entailed more adventure than I wanted (I didn't want to hike a greenbelt or search … Continue reading Accidental Adventure →

Yesterday, while at work, I got a notification that a new cache had been published some distance from home. As fate would have it, that distance from home was just over a mile from where I was sitting. I decided to wait until the end of the day to go out to get it; I … Continue reading Rocks And Logs →