It's coming.In about ten hours, I get back on the road. I can't wait for it to get here. It's only been three months, but that feels like a lifetime. Even that ten hours will feel like forever even though it's only one (work) day out of so many like it. Heck, it's just like … Continue reading I See You Shiver With Antici… →

While normally I am just the kind of BLANK-hole who would casually throw around Latin and expect others to understand it, I have been informed by several parties (my children, my proofreader/copyeditor, my former-Latin-teacher friend) that most people don't. The title means "In Shadow Obscured," and in this case, I chose it both for its … Continue reading In Caligine Abditus →

A couple of days ago, I ran into the most interesting piece of motivation I've had in a while. So last week, I was noting that I didn't feel like going out to find a cache, so I just claimed a Challenge. Austin can be considered flush with Challenges so I decided to go grab … Continue reading And Yet, I Am Up For The Challenge →

Yesterday, I claimed a challenge. That is hardly uncommon, and my streak wouldn't exist without them. I always claim a State County Challenge on the day after I return home from that trip. I often claim challenges on days where the weather is terrible, or I'm ill, or whatever reason crops up. Heck, during the … Continue reading Some Days It’s Challenging →

Just what the title says... This was a nice little cache, worthy of note but stuck in a weird place, along a walking trail with no parking to speak of. The closest parking was a school, and, because of the time of day, that was not a wise place to do so. I ended up … Continue reading Another Day, Another Cache →

I hadn't intended to spend a weekend with the dead, but it happened. My Saturday plan was to go work on some Geoart that I had started but never finished, but I ended up oversleeping. Instead of getting up around dawn and working the back roads, I ended up rolling out of bed closer to … Continue reading Noticing Stones →

There is a concept in software that an application can be "free as in beer," meaning something is given with no cost, or "free as in speech," meaning users are at liberty to use, alter, and dispose of it as they see fit. For the most part, I think of geocaching in a similar way. … Continue reading Free As In Speech →

It is always hard when I want to get back out on the road and can’t. I really wanted to this coming weekend, but (a) my budget doesn’t reasonably allow it (it might if I squeeze a couple of things, but the memory of Arizona is still fresh in my mind), and (b) rental cars … Continue reading The Waiting Is The Hardest Part →

So, I decided to grab some challenges over the weekend. After grabbing an FTF, I headed to a challenge trail that recently cropped up. To be honest, they were all pretty similar, so much so that I stopped photographing after the first few. Once you've seen one tube sticking out of a tree, you've seen … Continue reading Ummm… Stuff And Things? →

The last week has been interesting since I got the FTF on that challenge at the beginning of the week. That was the beginning of a four-day string of FTFs that actually weren't that far from home for me. Something something pennies from heaven, right? But here's the thing: I spent a little time wondering … Continue reading Location! Location!! Location!!! →