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 2: Waco

After driving from College Station to Waco and meeting up with my former youth minister (his name’s Josh by the way) we found ourselves on the campus of Baylor University. The main event that evening would be the Texas A&M vs. Baylor men’s basketball game later, but there was certainly time for a couple caches before that. So, as we walked across the campus, I was able to snag smileys for…

The Knowledge Cache (2/1 Traditional by DrHogg)

Hidden just outside the library, this cache is one of those itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny magnetic containers that are one part cool and one part annoying. The cool comes with their size and subsequent level of stealth/difficulty. The annoying part, as anyone who’s found one before will surely know, is with getting that super-small log to fit back in the thing, if not getting it out in the first place. Tweezers usually come to my rescue, but in this case I was unprepared and had to do the deed by hand. It could always be worse, though. I mean, at least I found the cache.

Here Comes the Judge (2.5/1 Traditional DrHogg)

Another super-micro like the last one. This cache did, however, have a better entertainment source nearby (my apologies to  books). Just across the street from here are the two real live mascots of Baylor (the Bears for anyone who doesn’t know): Joy and Lady. Only one of them was out when we were there. Seeing as she neglected to introduce herself and was not wearing a name tag, I cannot say with certainty which one it was. Let’s just say it was Joy. That would go along with the joy of caching right?

Stay tuned for Part 3 from Crawford!

Halpert