So remember that deer embossed leather book?  So I go into the appropriate building and give the nice lady at the information desk the appropriate phrase.  She says "Nobody has said that in a very long time!  Wait here!" She made a call and then hung up the phone.  "It turns out that it's been … Continue reading The Plot Thickens… →

Or some kind of crap like that? I haven’t looked at many cities in a caching capacity (well, OK, I’ve looked at London and Istanbul because a man can dream, right?), but in Austin, I’ve noticed that some areas are devoid of caches of any kind.  West Austin (a traditionally wealthy area) and the surrounding neighborhoods are … Continue reading Socioeconomics? →

So, thanks to a birthday party, a spontaneous playdate, an unexpected sleepover, and the inconvenient kindness of people who love me, I was in danger of not getting a cache today (actually, as of the time of publishing, a few days ago, but that's neither here nor there).  Accordingly, I ended up setting out really … Continue reading Unintentional Night Caching →

...is a joy forever.  So, there is a series of mystery caches in downtown Austin.  I solved the first one and it led to a place where there used to be a bunch of newspaper kiosks that are there no longer.  I reached out to the cache owner who was kind enough to tell me … Continue reading A Thing Of Beauty… →

So I was looking for my cache for the day so I decided to head for this one.  Walnut Creek Park is pretty cache dense with over 20 caches in 293 acres, but this one is one of the most popular (outside of a highly regarded night multicache called Threat Level Midnight, but that's a … Continue reading Whispering Angel Falls →

So local caching continues apace.  I'm hoping to do a seven county trek down to Corpus Christi sometime before Christmas, but there's no guarantee that it will happen (keep your fingers crossed, though).  But, as always, Austin has lots of caching opportunities.  The above was a STF for me (Second To Find for those of … Continue reading Local Caching →

So, there are Four Great Chinese Classics, four novels which are so central to Chinese learning that you are not considered educated if you haven't read them.  Well, about a month ago I got a bunch of travel bugs.  About a week ago, it occurred to me that four bugs and four books seem to … Continue reading Trackables, You Say? →

So this completes my first, full bore all day run through counties without interruption.  My Marlin-Bastrop trip was cut short because I ended up having to come back into Austin much earlier than planned and Gatesville-Brownwood ended super early because, well, you know.  And now that it's accomplished, lessons have been learned. 1. Paper Maps … Continue reading Lessons →

[UPDATE 02/07/21: There has been a tragic turn of events for the courthouse.] The sun was just down when I pulled into Mason, slowly growing darker as I pulled up to the courthouse.  Kudos again to the iDevice for taking good low light photos while I walked the grounds.  The most interesting thing of note … Continue reading 43. Mason, Mason County →

I'm a little surprised to have been in Junction of all places.  I've been through here several times on the way to Marfa and West Texas, but I've never stopped here (I usually stop in Sonora to gas up).  Basically, Junction is two halves: one attracting the dollars flying down I-10 and the old town … Continue reading 42. Junction, Kimble County →