In two weeks (February 24th 2019 to be exact), I'm going to be a guest on the one and only Geocache Talk. I'll be talking with Gary and Jesse about my experiences thus far with geocaching while black, some of my favorite caches, what it's like being a new cacher (remember, I've only been doing … Continue reading The Rare Sunday Post →

So, an opportunity has presented itself. Normally, my daughters spend the weekend with me. This weekend, however, their grandparents are visiting from behind the Pine Curtain. They want to spend some time with their grandchildren so they're going to pick them up on Saturday. This means that Sunday will be completely free, maybe to take … Continue reading A Bit Of Opportunity… →

So last weekend I had an afternoon free so I took a quick little trip down to San Antonio. I picked up one regular cache for the day, but otherwise I was on a mission. There are a lot of challenge caches down in San Antonio, so I took a jaunt to grab some of … Continue reading A Bit Of A Challenge… →

It has been a few weeks since I've been out on my big adventure and I've been in a bit of a slump. Not trouble finding caches, I mean. It's just that they've been mostly mundane, every day caches. Not that there's anything wrong with that. A cache is a cache as far as I'm … Continue reading A Bit Of A Doldrum… →

So I made it home after 1300+ miles and 26.5 hours of driving. But what have we learned, Charlie Brown? 1. Gas early, gas often... This one is really a no-brainer, but I obviously failed this one, almost a little more spectacularly than might be a good thing. I did just fine on the way out, but … Continue reading Lessons…? →

So, I'm leaving Sanderson and the weather is looking very not good. I had originally considered the possibility of taking a route home going through two more county seats (specifically Rocksprings and Leakey), but I thought better of it with the storms that seemed imminent. My planned route out of town was closed down because … Continue reading Almost There… →

I was not particularly enthusiastic about going to Sanderson. It's not a county I could have really gone to on the way somewhere else. It's over an hour from Alpine or Fort Stockton. It's two hours from Ozona. It's almost three hours from Del Rio. It's basically completely and totally out of the way from … Continue reading 54. Sanderson, Terrell County →

It was a beautiful drive into town. I'd driven from Marfa to Alpine and from Marfa to Fort Davis, but I'd never driven from Fort Davis to Alpine before. It was absolutely lovely driving through the foggy mountain roads. I also ended coming into town from a different direction than usual, resulting in a view … Continue reading 53. Alpine, Brewster County →

The county is named after Jefferson Davis. What more do I really have to say about that? That said, there is one thing really interesting about this courthouse, though... I have never seen a turnstile at a courthouse before. How much traffic did this place get to be able to rate those? I couldn't get … Continue reading 52. Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County →

I hit Marfa around 1AM after about 200 miles of driving, a stop, and a stupid inspection stop. After 20 minutes waiting, I get to the front and a border agent asks me "Are you a citizen?" with the subtext of I'd rather be doing anything else. I replied "Yes" with the subtext of What do YOU think? He waved me through and … Continue reading 51. Marfa, Presidio County →