Saturday morning, I drove up to Williamson County, intent on caching. I spent the last month avoiding any serious caching because I had something I needed to do. I'd been sitting on my (first) book for a long time, avoiding a second round of edits. At the end of October, I decided that if there … Continue reading The Completionists →

Traditionally, when I have discussed turkey, I meant it in reference to the "country formerly known as" instead of the common American fowl. Now that the country has become more insistent on its name being properly rendered (and rightly so), the obvious joke based on the confusion of their names is lost. All I am … Continue reading Meleagris Gallopavo, Not Türkiye →

I could regale you with tales of high adventure, but I would be spinning all the lies if I did so. While you might normally expect a visit with the girls to involve returns to Texas counties scarce remembered by me, that didn't happen this weekend for a few reasons. That means you're stuck with … Continue reading My So-Called Weekend →

Yesterday, I got off work (as I do most weekdays) and needed a cache for the day. As you can imagine, after caching for 2,349 days in a row, I've found most of the low-hanging fruit in this county, and it's not uncommon for me to pop over to a neighboring one if I've got … Continue reading Who Am I Kidding? →

A couple of days ago, a bunch of related caches (not a series) dropped, placed by our resident difficult hider and his acolytes, all of whom have been featured on these pages before.  As was to be expected, they were all high difficulty, several being high terrain.  Well, all but one.  A single cache out … Continue reading Gut Punch! →

My last few days (from a caching perspective) have been defined by needs for maintenance. A few days ago, that lovely couple visiting from Canada DNF'd a cache of mine. The last person who went for it a month before also DNF'd it, but they only had half a dozen finds, so I just assumed … Continue reading All My Dreams Torn Asunder →

The other is gold (as they say in the Girl Scout songbook).Last night, I went to a recurring Event based around sweet treats of various types. Our host decided to have one more this year before the weather started to get cold, which was probably a good decision since it's starting to turn cool, bordering … Continue reading One Is Silver →

Yesterday, I went for my daily cache in a suburb I have visited a few times for such purposes. I pulled up to its pool complex, a location familiar to me. A couple of years ago, I found another cache there, one of the older ones in the area, a clever combination locked box that … Continue reading The Cat Came Back →

I was back in East Texas this weekend, which meant carting the girls around to some more counties. This time, however, we had an unexpected guest with us. The girls' aunt accompanied us for the day. She had long known about geocaching from me and my older daughter. She and some friends even accidentally stumbled … Continue reading Two Cachers, Two Muggles →

A couple of days ago, I went for a solved Mystery cache but couldn’t find it.  It was sad losing time searching like that, but it was no huge deal.  I merely went up the highway to a different solved Mystery.  I was a little worried about that one since the last person to attempt … Continue reading About The Weather →