Caching in Texas Part 4: Waco (again)

The final three finds of the journey to the Lone Star State were all back on the campus of Baylor University. The sunlight was fading and so was my time in Texas, so these finds marked the end of a 20-cache trip that bumped us up to 242 total finds in our career thus far. It was a good trip and added another state to our resume, which is always nice. Texas is now our second most-cached state behind good ole Tennessee.

Between 12:10 and 12:31 (2/1 Traditional by DrHogg)

Yet another find that DrHogg put out there. This was just one more cache that uses the tiny magnetic containers, though its more eleveated placement gave it a little uniqueness. The wind threatened to blow the miniscule log away, and I’m glad I didn’t end up having to chase that tiny slip of paper across campus. That would not have been fun at all.

Lawyers, Lawyers Everywhere (1/1 Traditional by DrHogg)

Hidden by the Baylor Law School, this one was the only lightpole cache I got on this trip. That fact is both encouraging and disappointing due to how easy these caches are to find. Oh well, I’m sure there are plenty more lightpole caches in our future.

Hogg-warts (1.5/1.5 Traditional by DrHogg)

The final find was hidden across the street from the most ginormous building ever, at least on Baylor’s campus. Click here to see a picture of it. The picture won’t do it justice, but it’s the best I’ve got. You just have to see the building for yourself to realize is huge-ness. The cache itself was a micro, I guess to balance out the building. It was a nice and easy way to cap off a good run in Texas.

Halpert

Caching in Texas Part 3: Crawford

Geocaching in the small town of Crawford, Texas (a.k.a. White House West) last Sunday was a run of ten finds that will always stand outfor me. There wasn’t a whole lot to see in the small town that has gained notoriety through the prominent owners of a ranch nearby, but ten new finds gave me a view of Crawford I wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.

Crawford Cell Tower, Crawford Water Tower, Blue Water Tower, Back-Door Crawford, Let’s Hit the Trail!, Low Water Bosque

These six are listed together because all of them are 2/2 Traditionals by DrHogg. They are also hidden in exactly the same fashion and have the following as the beggining of their descriptions online: A cammoed film canister in a tree. There’s not much else to say about these. I was spotting them from the car by the third one. But hey, I can’t complain about six more finds.

“Give Peace A Chance” (1.5/1 by HOTCrawlDaddy)

Best find of the day by far, not for creativity but simply for location. The Crawford Peace House is a great little place with a lovely garden and labyrinth. The experience was topped off by the two little puppies that ran up to me after the find. You can’t beat the dynamic duo of puppies and geocaching.

A view from the Peace House

Lean Over (2/2 Traditional by DrHogg)

A quick walk into the woods was all it took grab this smiley. Picked up a TB as well: Ticket to Crawford. Bringing this one back to Nashville will add some good miles to its name.

Ticket to Crawford

Crawford Pirate’s Stash (2/2 Traditional by Sono/Rad)

Another easy find that came after a nice walk on a day with outstanding weather to be outside in (“outside in”, does that make sense?) There was even a quaint little creek by the cache site, altough I wouldn’t recommend swimming in that water until it gets a little less murky and a lot less stagnant. You can never tell what’s lurking in the depths.

“Everybody Must Get Stoned” (3.5/1 by HOTCrawlDaddy)

The last find of the day was a quick grab on the way out of town back towards Waco. The name doesn’t refer to any illegal activities, just to clear that up. This one made it an even ten for the trip to Crawford, and I can confidently say that upon my departure I had completely cached-out Crawford. There were a few further out of the main part of town, but I’m not counting those for my claims.

Halpert

Click here to see photos from today on Flickr.

Caching in Texas Part 1: College Station

On a trip to visit a former youth minister in Waco, I made it a point to grab as many caches as possible in a state that the Stoogeteers had yet to make any progress in yet: Texas. The first leg of the trip was the flight from Nashville to Houston (see Flight  50 for photos from the sky) followed by a drive to College Station. The next morning, it was time to do some caching in Aggieland. Five fresh finds were the result of this mini-run and they are:

Civil Engineering Sculpture (2/1 Traditional by peanutsdad & PaveProf):

Easily the best find of the day, all due to the creativity behind this one. These pictures spoil it though, so if you plan on hunting this one you may want to avert your gaze for a minute. This one took the fake bolt premise to a whole different level. The search took a little longer than I thought it would, but it was totally worth it in the end.

Skaggs (3.5/1.5 Traditional by casadelrut)

This one was similar to another in Brentwood, Tennessee (stressed is desserts spelled backwards). Subsequently, this was a quick find.

lonely lock (3/1.5 Traditional by nlforeman04)

Very cool idea behind this one. I’d been wondering when I’d see a combination lock used as part of a cache. Now I have. I may steal this idea sometime down the road.

Presidential Landing Zone (1/1.5 Traditional by Chainsaw35)

Located in a field by the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library, this cache gave me the opportunity to dump a travel bug I’d had for a bit (“Torreon, Mexico” Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug). Gotta love the ole tupperware-container-by-the-trees cache.

Under the Trees/Not in the Bush (1/1.5 Traditional by Retired)

The last find in College Station was a simple hide that was easily located. Also located by the Bush library, this one wrapped up the mini-run of five finds around Texas A&M before the time came to head on up to Waco. Stay tuned for more exciting entries of caching in Texas, including ten finds in Crawford, a.k.a White House West.

Halpert