And yet, there is a county that Baltimore is separate from. I was struck by the courthouse I found here, enjoying all the marble and limestone. Little bits of life were buzzing around, to the point that I had to wait for wedding photographers to move, and eventually I asked someone who I thought was … Continue reading 777. Towson, Baltimore County (MD02) →

Oh, Maryland!So, for the first time, I have encountered a new kind of county equivalent: the independent city. Many independent cities are very old, founded with state rules predating the Constitution, though this is not always the case. There are also cities where the city and the county have merged into one entity that takes … Continue reading 776. City Of Baltimore (MD01) →

On Saturday, my daily cache was an Event, a semiannual gathering held at each equinox. A bunch of us conversed together regarding our lives, our travels, and our histories. Some faces we hadn't seen in a long time were there, which was nice. I was especially nostalgic since they were the COs behind both my … Continue reading Dramatis Personae →

My last few caches have not been the most exciting or distinctive. Actually, they've been downright mundane because I've not been trying too hard. Even though the summer heat has begun to abate, I've still not been in the mood to search for anything difficult or far out. Those both just mean more time in … Continue reading The Emotions Fly →

I was talking to someone yesterday who said something that’s been kicking around the back of my head for a long time: Travis County has a lot of caches (over 2,500, if you must know), but not enough of them are truly quality caches. It may be a little hyperbolic to say that there’s a … Continue reading Dereliction Of Duty →

So the girls and I went for a drive. I had to get them back to their mother after a weekend of shenanigans. At the same time, I also realized that I didn't have a cache for the day. But that's one of the good things about grabbing a cache on the road. We were … Continue reading A Small Weekend →

I feel it is time to offer you all one of my greatest, most closely guarded secrets. I didn't start writing all this so that I could document every county in the United States. I started writing this so that I could make terrible, pun-like jokes to a captive audience! So, assuming nothing goes wrong, … Continue reading Five Thousand, Two Hundred And Eighty Feet of Rock →

The hardest part about an upcoming trip is that it never seems to arrive fast enough. In two weeks, I and five of my caching buddies will be boarding a plane and making our way north. Five of us are finishers of the Texas County Challenge. For one of them, this trip will result in … Continue reading So Close, And Yet… →

Many, many moons ago, the House of PodCacher suggested the idea of holding flash mobs of geocachers. So in 2007, the first World-Wide Flash Mob (WWFM) was born, encompassing twenty events in two countries. People seemed to think it was a good idea because it kept happening, at first every six months, and eventually yearly. … Continue reading Wet For The Wet God! Splash For The Splash Throne! →

Yesterday, I went to get my cache of the day in the parking lot of a nearby park. After a quick search, I spotted it in a tree, farther out of my reach than its T2 would have suggested. It was, of course, little challenge for me. I pulled the pole out of my trunk … Continue reading Phoning It In →