I'll never forget the first time, back when I was in basic training a thousand years ago, that a drill sergeant told me, "If it ain't rainin', we ain't trainin'! If it ain't snowin', we ain't goin'!" Being both mathematically minded and in Missouri in the springtime, I would think to myself that that left … Continue reading If It Ain’t Rainin’… →

There is no log I hate receiving more than when someone writes "EZ" or some variant thereof. Very few of my hidden caches are meant to be truly challenging, so telling me it was easy just annoys me. Of course it was easyish! It wasn't meant to be hard! That said, some caches are truly … Continue reading Through The Window, By The Wall →

I needed a cache a couple of days ago, so I took a jaunt out to the neighboring town of Pflugerville. I've mentioned it before, but rarely. It's a small town that once was barely an object of mention but has become connected to Austin by the capital's seemingly never-ending sprawl. It still holds its … Continue reading Civic Engagement →

Saturday morning began early. The girls and I loaded into the car, aiming for old counties and new caches. The plan was to visit six counties and get a Traditional and a Non-Traditional in each one. I had done minimal planning for it but downloaded maps with caches the night before. I'd kind of done … Continue reading Key Performance Indicators →

Yesterday, I got a call from a friend with a problem. He was at a state park and accidentally dropped his car keys in the river. After having gone down a list of obvious but unsuccessful remedies, he wanted to know if I might be able to get his spare key from home and bring … Continue reading Defective Bingo →

So, remember how I did an interview with Groundspeak several years ago, a follow-up interview a couple of years ago, and a third interview for them last year? Well, my fourth interview dropped yesterday! Since it coincided with the beginning of Cosmic Quest, we chatted a bit about space and aliens, along with what I've been doing for the … Continue reading Here It Is 14: A Redux By Any Other Name →

This weekend, I didn't go on a grand adventure. I didn't go to some far-off county or attempt some incredibly interesting cache. I didn't do anything epic or come back with some crazy story. This weekend, I rested. I did as little as possible. Now, you might think that seems like a pointless thing to … Continue reading Self-Care →

A couple of days ago, I was reading something in the Geocaching subreddit about a cacher who saw a signature on a cache log from a muggle who had no earthly idea what they had found. Of course, there was a little commentary about muggles, but I was reminded of something that happened to me … Continue reading Core Memory Unlocked →

Am I losing my mind? I have three raisons d’etre regarding this site: documenting visits to counties (and county equivalents), writing about my experiences as I cache, and photographing some of the caches I visit for reader edification. I like to think I’ve done a good job of the first and second of those; but … Continue reading More Than Just A Thousand Words →

Yesterday morning, I took a drive out to Bell County. It was my chance to put a nail in an old caching coffin I'd been carrying around for longer than I ever thought I would. Over five years ago, I signed a challenge. It was simple enough: find a hundred caches in each month of … Continue reading An Old Checkbox →