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The man, The Myrth, The Legend

The Legend lives!

HeyThereDlilah and I spent a romantic weekend in San Antonio in conjunction with the wrap up of the Texas Winter Caching Games. Just had to include this stop “on our way” home to Houston.

We got to meet the COs yesterday and watch them humbly accept their prize for earning the most points in this year’s Games. I’m pretty sure this tribute cache is what put them over the top 😏 You’re welcome 😉

Lots of fun swag here. We traded a golf ball for a toy frog to add to my collection.

Thank you so much, SheRa_and_TxCherokee. This was fun 😃 God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
Houston, Texas, USA
#4269

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For The Pleasure Of The Listener

ZCZC INCOMING MSG

FROM AGENT 2626 LONDON
TO STATION HOUSTON
PRIORITY GREEN
DTG 234007H FEB 26

REF YOUR 20260206H QUERY STOP
SUBJECT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR LTK STOP

• LASHANA LYNCH
• ANDY BRADFORD
• FREDERICK WARDER

• STUART THOMAS
• ERIC BRYCE
• JACK MASON

REVIEW
RECRUIT
TRAIN
DEPLOY

IMPORTANT NO CACHE AT ORIGINAL COORDS

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Yee Haw! 🤠25 Years of Caching in Texas!🤠

What a JOURNEY! 👉

I was at the event tied to this cache’s publication, but I wasn’t able to escape with the FTF group for some reason 😏 I worked the numbers later and got coords that worked mathematically.

Several weeks later, after HeyThereDlilah dropped me off at GZ—so we didn’t have to pay to park—I found exactly nothing that could match the hint. HTD picked me back up, and I made note that those coords were wrong.

Today, another several weeks later, I had an opportunity to look at the puzzle again. I spent over an hour in the myrthmobile, in the park near another of the CO’s hides, trying and retrying to get the second checksum to align. I don’t know where I was going wrong but it never happened. I TACO’d. I tried again to sort through the filters and numbers at the GC website. And again. I finally resorted to using AI to get possible combinations of numbers and, by process of elimination based on the rules for mystery caches, found a single solution that matched the math and seemed likely on the map—because, you see, I was at the event tied to this cache’s publication, and I knew about how long the FTF group had been gone.

At some point I had texted sydtam for help; he got back to me right as I pulled up to my last solution. Turns out that was wrong too 😩⁉️ Copilot failed me. I used his coords and then was FINALLY able to put ink to paper. As an aside, I think the same dude sydtam mentioned being at GZ when he found the cache was there again today. Maybe 🤷‍♂️

I still can’t get the numbers I find to work, so I think I’ll turn in my puzzle cacher’s card. Heck, I may retire from geocaching altogether. Just kidding. I think. Maybe?

Thank you, Ca$hQueen, for the mental exercise and the fun story. God bless! Ephesians 2:8-9

Wandering but not lost,
myrthman (NtN065)
Houston, Texas, USA
#4258

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Grave Rubbings

A Howling Good Time - Snow Moon 2026

Did you know that each full moon of the year has a nickname? The first one of the new year is the Wolf Moon; the third is the Worm Moon, etc. Let's get together under the light of the Snow Moon!

Bring a lawnchair, a blanket, and a hot beverage. I'll provide music and the makings for s'mores. We can tell geo-stories, ghost stories, or maybe even geo-ghost stories. If the moon earns its nickname, we can even have a snowball fight!

There are caches nearby if you'd like to wander off. Maybe you could earn your NTN number?

And yes, if the urge strikes you, you can howl.

February 1, 2026
8:00-9:00 PM
Bear Creek Pioneers Park at the posted coords

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