Yesterday evening, I got the customary messages that new caches had dropped in the area, and by "area," I mean within fifty miles of home. One caught my eye: it was about twenty minutes away once rush hour had died, and I don't have an FTF yet this month. It wasn't far from where I … Continue reading A Six Foot Column Of Sugar →

On any other day, if you had asked me what the most important constant is, my answer would have been π (followed closely by e). That said, frame of reference can be a funny thing. Last week, after I had written my final post for the week but before I went out for the weekend, … Continue reading The One Constant →

This weekend, the Scorpion Expeditionary Force, operating under the team name Austin Area Geo-Herd or AAGH, set out on another trip, this time to scenic La Grange. A trail of mostly Traditionals was established eight years ago for a Texas Roundup being held in the area. We knew we weren't going to make it all … Continue reading The Things I’ll Do for A Souvenir →

My latest cache turned out to be a little PVC contraption, partially buried in the mulch of a rose garden. Anyone else would mistake it for a capped pipe or sprinkler, but for those of us who engage in our secret art, it protruded from the garden like the proverbial sore thumb. Oddly, however, it … Continue reading I Never Promised You A Rose Garden →

I want to get back out on the road so badly! It's like a burning sensation that doesn't hurt but only itches. And that itch is in the back of my head and just won't go away. There are so many places I want to go and see with my own eyes, so many counties … Continue reading Itching →

This weekend, the girls visited me for Easter. Consequently, Friday afternoon, I made a drive up to Leon County, halfway between Austin and Longview, to pick them up. After some dinner and a request to stop at Buc-ee's on the way down, we hit the road for home. Since I had just gotten off work, … Continue reading Lacking Egg-Related Content →

I wouldn't call myself a souvenir hunter, though I have gathered quite a number of them. I never let one pass me by if it is in view. I've brought Signal back to HQ. I was a Peak Performer and an Ultimate Explorer. I walked down Memory Lane, solved the Mystery at the Museum, and … Continue reading One Foot In Front Of Another →

But today I will still not fall into the trap of cute and digestible bon mots. I received a message from a member of the Scorpion Expeditionary Force.  Many of the Geoarts we had been working near Granger were archived yesterday!  We were crushed!  We had found over five hundred of them in the last few months, … Continue reading Yesterday Is History, Tomorrow Is A Mystery →

We converged on a restaurant in Georgetown for some breakfast. There is a monthly gathering of cachers that meets early on the first Saturday of each month, so we all dropped in to it because it made for a good starting place. After some breakfast tacos, a hearty handshake and chat with a German cacher … Continue reading Attack! Always Attack! →

A couple of days ago, I played hooky from work for a special reason. A longtime reader of the site was visiting the area for a week and wanted to come down to Austin to see what the city has to offer from a caching perspective. Would I ever pass up a chance to meet … Continue reading A Different Special Guest! →