Some friends of mine have been talking about making a trip down here for quite a while. And we had some special impetus to do so. That's why we all piled into a van and went! Two of us had our own side missions to attend to: one person wanted to visit the Davis Meat … Continue reading 163. Houston, Harris County →

What have we learned?  After 2209 miles of driving, I'm not entirely sure that we learned anything specific from this.  Everything went about as well as could be hoped.  One thing I think I learned about is quantity vs. endurance.  The more counties I try in a day, the harder I have to push myself.  … Continue reading Lessons from the Panhandle →

It's a courthouse.  There were some vaguely interesting bits, but my focus was on getting the cache so I could get home.  I had driven over 2000 miles since Saturday morning (remember this is Tuesday at this point) and tunnel vision had kicked in at this point.  The only thing keeping me from heading straight … Continue reading 162. Meridian, Bosque County →

Ok.  Now you have my attention for a bit. The grounds have a few interesting things going on here... ...but dinosaurs and tracks are all over the place here!  The town bandstand is the coolest of all! Not only that, but Ivan Stang, cofounder of the Church of the SubGenius lives here!  Sure, Glen Rose … Continue reading 161. Glen Rose, Somervell County →

Seriously, when I'm done with the project, somebody remind me to take all my courthouse photos and arrange them into broad categories.  I don't think there's a regional style or anything, but I also look at different areas at different times so there are connections I might not be making.  I say all this because … Continue reading 160. Granbury, Hood County →

It's always nice to see some upkeep work being done on a courthouse.  Sure, there's a few that are having serious work done, but I mean doing the necessary to keep it going and not letting it fall into a state that requires such serious work to be done.  Of course, county budgets should be … Continue reading 159. Weatherford, Parker County →

Tiny… We're talking Paint Rock tiny. There's a little bit going on here, but not a lot worth going into detail over. I just want to do my business and get going. The closest cache was a couple blocks away at the cemetery (there always is one). A simple can-n-cap, found, signed, bing, bang, bo-wait … Continue reading 158. Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County →

Now that's a courthouse. Make I take a moment to give an architectural shoutout to two interesting architectural features here… The one on the left? I will never (well, hardly ever) not give a nod to one of the most influential and interesting Byzantine (actually Roman, so Gibbon can go suck a lemon) emperors. The … Continue reading 157. Breckenridge, Stephens County →

So, Albany...! Yeah, I got nuthin'. Nothing clever or super interesting. It's got a lot of war monuments, so there's that. Just an earnest small town. Apparently there's a long running outdoor musical here called the Fort Griffin Fandangle. I only know this because my first attempt at a cache was near the actors' entrance … Continue reading 156. Albany, Shackleford County →

This county occupies another interesting subset that I've only recently noticed: seats that, with the county name, form the name of a person. This seems to be a rarefied category, occupied by Anson Jones and Gail Borden. I'm sure Dr. Paint Rock Concho must be sad to hear that he (or possibly she—I don't want … Continue reading 155. Anson, Jones County →