Monday, November 18, 2024

Monday, November 11, 2024

Monday, November 4, 2024

Monday, October 28, 2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Club UFO - National Boston Cream Pie Day

πŸ‘½

With this cache, I am halfway to my goal of a year-long streak. Woohoo!

Thank you for hosting, LuckyFeather. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3592

GCAYF1X

Monday, October 21, 2024

Monday, October 14, 2024

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Going Caching 2024

Drove from Houston with my forever geo-partner, HeyThereDlilah. We had so much fun! Best mega I’ve attended and her first.

I wish we’d come before the last one. Maybe there will be a reunion Going Caching in 10-15 years?

Thank you for hosting, Going Caching Crew. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3565

GCAJ6MP

Friday, October 4, 2024

Lake Lanier

I’m in the area for my first (and last πŸ˜•) Going Caching experience with my forever geo-partner, HeyThereDlilah. HTD needed more rest this morning, so I left her in Rome while I ventured this way. And it was an adventured, indeed! Nine years in Houston did not adequately prepare me for the crazy drivers in Atlanta. WOW!

This cache was a must-get for me while here because it fills the final gap on my Jasmer grid. WOOHOO!!

Great cache and an achievement for me +πŸ’š

Thank you, Allen_L. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3551

GC21

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Capitoline Wolf Virtual Reward

With HeyThereDlilah, my forever geo-partner, at our first (and last) Going Caching experience.

Thank you, magichat. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3543

GC7B6TH

On the Run Flash Mob

So much fun!

My forever geo-partner, HeyThereDlilah, dressed as Abby Sciuto from NCIS.

I was the made-up son of Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (of the series of children’s books first introduced in 1964), Leroy “Wikipedia” Brown, Jr. πŸ˜πŸ˜œπŸ˜„

We even have an office in Rome at the corner of Turner McCall and Broad. Just kidding; those real-life Browns sell insurance.

Thank you for hosting, Going Caching Crew. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3547

GCATP3P

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Trussville Civitan - Alabama's First Cache

As many others have done recently, HeyThereDlilah and I targeted this oldie on our way to Rome, GA. This also serves to fill in one of two remaining holes on my Jasmer grid. The last one will be claimed before we head home to Houston on Sunday. Woohoo, SO CLOSE!

Took a fair bit of wandering in the dark at 10:00 PM with the understanding that the coords were off (they’re not), but persistence paid off. Grabbed some TBs to move along.

Thank you, WheresDiB. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3529

GC126

Bonita Lakes

Road trippin’ from Houston to Rome, GA, with my forever caching partner, HeyThereDlilah. Yep, we’re Going Caching!

I have a goal to find the oldest cache in each state, so this was a requisite stop. An enjoyable hike mostly along well-maintained trails. HTD spotted the cache from quite a distance. She continues to impress me today!

Thank you, GeoTony. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3528

GC90

Wild Azalea Cache

Road trippin’ from Houston to Rome, GA, with my lovely wife, HeyThereDlilah. As I wrote on the paper log, “What she said” ^

Thank you, TJ Willy. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3527

GC763

Monday, September 30, 2024

Monday, September 23, 2024

Saturday, September 21, 2024

100 Souvenir Challenge

When it’s slow at work, I’ll peruse the map and either solve puzzles or find challenge caches I qualify for. I found this note on this cache: “124 as of 3/23/2021.” Wow! More than three years later, I’m staying at a nearby BnB for a fun weekend with my family and now have 210 souvenirs. It’s been, and will continue to be, a fun journey. Qualifying pic attached.

The cache hunt today was itself bit of a challenge. A few muggles milled about, and it’s hard for a 6’4 300# man in a bright yellow shirt to be stealthy. So I just didn’t try, opting instead to not draw more attention to myself. A nest of nasty guardians in the same tree as the cache (see pic) threatened to make a spectacle of me. I returned to the myrthmobile for my reacher tool and grabbed the container from a distance and the opposite side of the tree. Success! No undo attention drawn and no new “souvenirs” from the nasties. Phew!

Thank you, Cybercat. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3516

GC4DYVX

Monday, September 16, 2024

Litterbug

I sat at the table to wait for a couple basketballers to leave. I studied the thing. Something suspicious caught my attention. Is that it? I think so!

It didn’t take as long as I expected for the ballers to tire out. They and a practicing tennis player opposite the thing actually left all at the same time. They weren’t together as far as I could tell. What just happened? Is there a schedule?

I approached the thing. I grabbed part of the thing. I put one foot on the thing. Vertigo set in immediately. Nope.

I retreated to the myrthmobile for a TOTT and was then successful in making the grab. Now, can I get it back in place without it taking a plunge..? Yep!

Such fun! +πŸ’š

Thank you, Jojohnite. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3511

GCAT3YB

How YOU Do It?

joey friends pronounce tv television

Monday, September 9, 2024

Thursday, September 5, 2024

10 Years (and Counting)

September 5, 2014 was a memorable day in my caching careeer. That was the day I found my first one. Quite by accident, I stumbled on what I would later learn was a UPS. I thought the nearby college students were stashing drugs. So of course, I open it and discover a log sheet instead. I was immediately hooked and have been caching ever since.

September 5, 2024 marks 10 years of fun, finds, friends, and FTFs! Come celebrate with me! BYO$ for food and beverages. If weather permits, we'll be outside. Bring stories, especially of your first find or how you got into geocaching, and TBs to trade and/or discover.

GCAWYHV

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Monday, August 26, 2024

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Unhorsed! A Texas Mutiny

Read, solved, and found after doing the new EarthCache across the highway.

It’s very interesting to me that people had to be taught how to walk. I suspect it’s more likely to do with developing stamina for long marches in harsh weather and varying terrain, but the wording makes me think they all went straight to the saddle while still in diapers.

Thank you, Texas Dreamweaver. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3470

GC8MZX6

Monday, August 19, 2024

Monday, August 12, 2024

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

House of Spears

Not Britney... the building! It caught my eye one morning on my commute, and I thought others would enjoy seeing it too.

You're looking for a cricket-style container designed and 3D-printed by fellow geocacher NanoBanana. Stealth is a must and PLEASE use caution, especially during rush hour!

This is a busy street. Please be careful.

GCAVCQ3

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

𝒸𝒢𝓇𝓅ℯ 𝒹𝒾ℯ𝓂 - Black Carp

HeyThereDlilah took myrthling #3 to the Galleria area for an activity that started at 5:30 PM. Knowing this was going to happen, I stayed late at work. I boarded a bus at 6:40 PM. All this to say that HTD and m3 were passing the Park & Ride lot at the very moment I was exiting. We honked and waved. She called saying m3 wanted to go with me for my daily find. Who am I to refuse such a request? After the switcheroo, it was a quick drive to GZ for any easy find.

Thank you, Lightstormz. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3406

GCAHWTF

Monday, July 22, 2024

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Flying Solo

As it does every morning, my bladder woke me well before my alarm was set to go off. As I do every morning, I checked my phone. As I do every time I see a New Cache email, I considered whether or not to make the run for FTF. When my eyes lit on the new cache’s owner’s name, my routine suddenly changed. What a surprise! My lovely wife published a cache? My lovely wife published a cache! I took care of business, grabbed my sneakers and darted out the door.

And... ZINGO!! {FTF} at 6:06 AM. Whoop! And the container and log sheet match the cache title? There’s a theme! Even though this cache might not make Youtube, here’s a πŸ’š. Well done indeed! Also, you never know...

Thank you and love you, HeyThereDlilah. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3401

GCAVB22

Monday, July 15, 2024

Home Again, Home Again

George and the log were both damp. However, it’s a sunny July afternoon and my engine has been at it since Downtown. I placed each on the HOT hood of the myrthmobile for about 30 seconds. Then flipped. Then signed and repackaged. Follow me for more recipes 😁

Thank you, Kirbydox. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3397

GCA39Z6


I forgot to mention this in my Found It log. I have now broken my biggest streak. Today is 83 days in a row with a logged cache or event… WOOHOO!! On my way to a year.

Reversal

nanobanana russian reversal joke cycle geocache find you

Monday, July 8, 2024

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Kellner's Cache

At GZ, almost all at once and definitely in this order...

  1. I spotted the cache;
  2. I saw a fuzzy gray branch next to the cache;
  3. I thought to myself, “What an odd branch;”
  4. I reached forward and touched the container;
  5. The branch darted away;
  6. I jumped back, clutching my chest;
  7. I realized it was a squirrel’s bushy tail; and
  8. I was pelted with a dozen acorns from above.

Number 8 may have been my imagination. But then, why do I have bruises? Maybe I’m nuts πŸ₯œ

Thank you, Cartergreenteam. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3384

GCA2WQ1

Monday, July 1, 2024

Thursday, June 27, 2024

The Royal Promenade - ♪We Three Kings...♫

HeyThereDlilah and I went to a Space Cowboys game tonight with friends from church. At 9:00, they had to leave to get their baby boy and two older kids home for bed. We were hot and a storm was blowing in from the east, so we decided to leave also. It was the top of the 7th inning and the Cowboys were down 3-4.

We stopped for gas and I still hadn’t found a cache to maintain my streak, so I checked for something nearby. This one was right across the street!

At GZ, I couldn’t see because my glasses immediately fogged up when I opened the door of the myrthmobile (We were hot, remember? The AC was on FULL BLAST). Anyway, retrieved the container sans glasses and retreated back to the AC to do the necessaries. Replaced a worn baggie and a soggy loggie before putting everything back in place… again, sans glasses.

Just before submitting, I checked the score. The Space Cowboys came back to win 9-6! Woohoo!!

Thank you, Ca$hQueen. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3379

GC5M49N

Monday, June 17, 2024

Friday, June 14, 2024

AABB: Fore!

With this series, familiar I was not;
Saw the title and here was my thought:
“This is a poetic rhyming scheme,”
So formed already was my logging dream

Sbe funevat lbhe fgbel, V tvir zl gunaxf!
Urer’f zvar: Ba neeviny, gb xarrf V fnax
naq n fbeg bs svfuvat V qvq tb,
erryvat va gur terra ghor sebz orybj

The sheet was wet and just a tad saggy,
so gave a new one, complete with baggie;
Ere my commute, sought and signed,
Here’s the log for this, my daily find

Thank you, oceankissed. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3365

GC8WDDF

Monday, June 10, 2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Is That An Acorn?

I’ve been wanting to bring my newest traveler to this one since it published. Neither of us was disappointed. In fact, his eyes got so big that he is now stuck in the tree. He need never look for his nuts again!

Thank you, SFTX. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3356

GCARCKK

Monday, June 3, 2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Monday, May 20, 2024

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Power Pellet

Waka waka! Fun cache!

Thank you, Shake-N-Bake!. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3324

GC6BQGH

Monday, May 6, 2024

Friday, May 3, 2024

Pizza Pizza !!!!

Very nice! +πŸ’š

Thank you, alwayswrong75. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3315

GC67NP7

Thursday, May 2, 2024

He Was Made of Snow, but the Children Know ♫☃️#6

It looks like Frosty has melted πŸ™

I remember placing a cache in this parking lot, maybe 30 feet from GZ!

Thank you, Ca$hQueen. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3314

GCAGV0R

puddle melted snowman

Monday, April 29, 2024

Monday, April 22, 2024

Monday, April 15, 2024

Monday, April 8, 2024

Monday, April 1, 2024

Monday, March 25, 2024

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Mural

What a fun mural! Reminds me of some filters I’ve played with while experimenting lately with some AI image generators.

HeyThereDlilah and I are part of a team planting a new church. We’ve been meeting within 400’ of GZ since the beginning of the year but this is the first time I’ve checked for nearby caches. Who knew?!

Thank you, NanoBanana. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3299

GCA7F8N

I thought I’d try to recreate the mural with AI. With just a few descriptive sentences from me, Microsoft Copilot generated the attached image. Pretty cool technology!

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Ivanhoe!🐍🦎🐒🦜

So this turned into an adventure I wasn’t expecting...

Just out casually grabbing a cache or two or three for the souvenir this week. This was an easy grab for me. So easy in fact, that I found two containers. One is clearly the CO’s intended; the other could be his from another timeline, but that would just be insane πŸ˜‰

Anywho, in my excitement to document this fun from the comfort of the myrthmobile, I failed to bring my keys out with me when I went back to the hidey spot. And as habit dictated, I pushed the lock button as I got out. I didn’t even realize it until I was bouncing happily back across the street. Reached into my usual pocket, then all the others, and my bounce became a slouch and a sigh. D’oh!!

And here I will wait until the locksmith arrives. I’m glad I at least had my phone in my pocket.

Thank you, NanoBanana. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
#3295

GCAHJYJ