Early last week, a Houston cacher said that he was thinking about archiving a scorpion-themed Geoart he owned in Gillespie County. Local cacher and friend of the site, Razorbackgirl, put out a query: did anyone want to go after it before it disappeared? A number of cachers answered the call to action (and I didn't … Continue reading Stinger! →

There’s a Multi-cache that begins in my neighborhood a few blocks away from home. When you get to GZ, you find a yard full of gnome statues. Being not unacquainted with the wily ways of the most benign (and insidious) of the faerie folk, it was not hard for me to divine the location and … Continue reading My Favorite Faerie Folk →

A couple of months ago, I decided to go for a cache, the bonus for an Adventure Lab series, in the middle of downtown Austin.  I parked close to GZ, a monument in the shadow of the state capitol, checked the cache page, and then noticed some people hanging around at the statue.  I waited … Continue reading Chance Encounters →

My buddy Carrot Killer placed a challenge cache near Georgetown a couple of weeks ago. Its goal is relatively simple and straightforward: find a cache in all eight states that border Texas, four American, four Mexican. I'm not an FTF hound, so I didn't rush out to get it. I figured I'd go out sometime … Continue reading The Undiscovered Country →

I was worried that I was going to have to find a rock in a field of rocks for this one, but it turned out not to be the case (blessed be and crap). But this isn't what I intended to talk about. I was thinking more about the night before. A new cache showed … Continue reading Denied! →

I found myself on a walk through one of the oldest neighborhoods in Austin: Hyde Park. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was the city's first suburb. Now it is unquestionably inside the borders of central Austin. It still has many of the fingerprints of a wealthy neighborhood such as a lack of … Continue reading Anarchy Burger →

Let us address the elephant in the room (or rather, the photo) first... I found a cache on a metal casket yesterday outside of a bar devoted to music icons who have died. I opted not to feature the murals dedicated to Austin legends Randy "Biscuit" Turner and Roky Erickson because I know the musical … Continue reading Uncertainty Abounds →

I know this is hard to believe, but yesterday I went out and found a cache.  I found myself in a different urban park near the University of Texas, a green space behind one of the older dormitories.  I knew the park was there, but I hadn’t had reason to go in over a decade, … Continue reading Archenemy →

Welcome to the first cache (for me) of 2023!  Full disclosure: it was on the January 2 because I partied just enough on New Year’s Eve to be feeling a little crunchy, so I logged a challenge on New Year’s Day.  A whole bunch of new caches dropped on New Year’s Day, no doubt influenced … Continue reading The First FTF? →

For my last cache search of 2022, I went backward a bit. There had been a Mystery Cache here that had been sitting around taunting me for years. Its puzzle was based on chemistry, and while I am well versed in many scientific subjects, chemistry is a weak point for me. After several attempts over … Continue reading The Riddle Of Ink →