It's funny because I rolled into Franklin wondering where the courthouse was.  I looked left and right but couldn't spot it.  Then all of a sudden, BOOM!  How could I have missed this?  Interesting note: as I was walking around the place, I noticed that the cornerstone was noted as being laid in 2011 (it … Continue reading 13. Franklin, Robertson County →

So this morning I set off on the road to hit some new counties.  So I set off in a semicircle around the counties east of where I have already been.  That started me off in scenic Marlin.  Well, maybe it was scenic.  I'm not sure.  I wasn't there very long. It's a nice little … Continue reading 12. Marlin, Falls County →

That dashing guy is Peter Hansborough Bell, cavalry officer at the Battle of Buena Vista, third governor of Texas, and namesake of Bell County.  I barely managed to get here before the light was gone.  In fact, I'm amazed I was able to get this shot.  It was just after sundown and the shots from … Continue reading 11. Belton, Bell County →

Home of Dr Pepper and Baylor University and inspiration for a great many country songs.  I got out of work early and shot straight up here so I could knock out a county or two tonight.  Well, a new one and one backfill.  Waco is a special county, so I hit several caches tonight instead … Continue reading 10. Waco, McLennan County →

...but it's mine. Welcome to Austin's newest cache (assuming that the reviewers OK it [they have!])!  If you don't hide things, there's nothing for folks to find.  That and I should have more hides, I think.  Having hides be 1% of your number of finds doesn't seem unrealistic.  That means I owe the world at … Continue reading It’s Not Original… →

Welcome to the home of the Bobcats (or some kind of crap like that).  My real question, though, is why does the courthouse have all the upper-floor windows boarded up?  Not a clue.  But here we are.  With time bearing down on us, we decided to go easy.  See that historical marker?  That's a Virtual, … Continue reading 9. San Marcos, Hays County →

I threw my kids in the car this morning, and we made a trip.  I realized a while ago that if I'm going to make this project work, I was going to have to get things in gear.  I can't just go to one or two counties and just go around and get a bunch … Continue reading 8. New Braunfels, Comal County →

I was going to make a trip this morning, but my schedule was vastly changed last night.  I had to stay here and do social/kid stuff instead of jetting off to grab a couple of counties.  Luckily, there's always another day.  and by "another day", I mean tomorrow morning.  So I'm getting ready to do … Continue reading Pre-gaming and More Future Prep →

So I went back out to get my first night cache.  And I learned something important: if you have a weak flashlight, it's hard/impossible to see reflectors.  So an iPhone light and a single LED light are not enough for our purposes.  So my first night cache was a failure.  Survey says go out and … Continue reading Night Cache? →

Two nights ago I looked at a mystery cache and noticed that I had already claimed 19 of the required 25 virtual caches to claim it.  So I thought "What the heck!  Let's go claim some virtuals!" So I went downtown to get some!  There were a couple not far from each other on the … Continue reading Challenge Accepted? →