Welcome! We feature a new geocacher interview every month (hopefully), right here in the Texas Geocaching Association's Outstanding Member Spotlight!
We welcome you to suggest individuals to us by sending an email to spotlight@texasgeocaching.com. We will choose one member to interview each month, and they will be honored here in the TXGA Members area.
Thank you all for your membership. Together, we all make Texas the greatest destination for geocaching. |
posted Mar 29, 2012 7:05 PM by Matt McIntosh
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ManofSteel73
Terry Fitzgerald
Houston, TX
Last month at the Texas Challenge,
the SETX team took home the "Gold Ammo Can". While the team worked
hard, we all know that their first place score was increased greatly by
their team member, ManofSteel73. MOS73 racked up more points than any
one else in the race.
Long known in the Houston area as a
FTF Hound, MOS73 has a reputation for letting nothing get in his way
when he is headed for a cache. When you meet Terry in person, he is
kinda quiet and doesn't say much. That is because he let's his caching
do the talking.
So we weren't sure if Terry would
agree to our interview but he was more than happy to oblige. It is our
pleasure to turn this month's Outstanding Member Spotlight on
ManofSteel 73.
How did you learn about caching
and how did you decide on your caching name?
I
was in a business training class and as a part of the training, we had to do a
group presentation on any topic of interest.
One of the individuals in my group was a geocacher. He explained
geocaching to the group and we did our presentation on the subject. When I got
back home from the class, I was telling my son about geocaching and he
immediately got on the internet to check it out. After a couple of months of my
son a sking for a GPSr, I finally ordered one on the internet. The two of us
made a couple of unsuccessful searches and finally a year to the date of
creating the geocaching account, we found our first cache. We were hooked from
that point on.
My
son initially created the geocaching account using Manofsteel73. He played
football and his teammates called him Man of Steel. His number was 73 thus the father-son team
was created. When my son went off to
college, he created a separate caching name, Manofsteel72.
What is the most appealing thing about caching to
you? (When you try to convince muggles to try geocaching, what is your
strongest argument?)
The most appealing thing about caching is the fact that it takes
me to so many places that I would never know about or go to other wise. It also gets me off the couch to enjoy the outdoors.
What is your favorite type of cache (traditional, multi,
puzzle) and why? What is your caching style (PnG’s, Backwoods
Hikes, Urban Puzzles,…)
My favorite type of cache is a series of traditional caches hidden
along a trail or in a park that involves a good hike along with the possibility
of seeing some wildlife.
What goes out on the trail with you? (Name GPS,
cachemobile, extras like walking stick, first-aid kit, etc.)
I
cache with my Garmin 62S, hiking boots, and I carry a fanny pack with two sets
of spare batteries, two small flashlights, tweezers, a log stamp, pen, and a
snake bite kit that I found in a cache.
My
cache mobile is actually my wife’s 2003 Ford Expedition. I can take it anywhere
and not have to worry about getting stranded. Please share your most memorable caching milestones,
moments, adventure or a tip for a better caching experience.
My
most memorable caching milestone was my 500th find. We took a vacation trip to Portland
and Seattle to find the Original Stash Tribute Plaque cache, visit the Groundspeak
Headquarters, and the Ape cache, Mission 9: Tunnel of Light, which was my 500th
find. At the time, the old abandoned
rail road tunnel on the trail to the Ape cache was still open to the
public. My wife, son, and I hiked the
2.25 miles through the tunnel with flashlights, which was a great experience.
Another
memorable adventure was a trip to California and Nevada with three caching
friends to do the Route 66 series and the ET highway. Our first day caching the
ET highway, we found 1,000 caches in thirteen hours with the help of an extra
five gallon can of gas.
If you had a geo-caching friend who’s not a member of the
TXGA, what would you say to convince them to become a member?
I
would say that TXGA brings us a great event each year, The Texas Challenge, and
by being a member we are contributing to advancing the game addiction
for all to enjoy. Do you currently have any caching
goals that you are working towards or anything else that you would like to
share?
I
have completed most of my caching goals, the most recent on February 29th with
filling out my Calendar Grid. At the end of last year, I completed the Jasmer
challenge with a trip to Georgia to grab a cache placed in August 2000. I would like to continue finding some of the older
caches placed in 2000 as well as adding new countries to my list of finds in
nine different countries.
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posted Feb 29, 2012 11:47 PM by Unknown user
 March 2012:Djdiggla R. Dirk Vander Ploeg II Austin, TX
March is traditionally the month for our annual Texas Challenge. As we all head for the “big event”, we hope that everyone will put SAFETY at the top of their list. Even when we are careful, bad things can happen. Thankfully, the TXGA has members like R. Dirk Vander Ploeg II.
Last May, we all heard about Zach Underwood (tx2008u), the Austin geocacher who was severely injured while out caching. This month’s spotlight is on the TXGA member who ended up becoming the main organizer in the donation efforts to assist tx2008u with his expenses. His efforts exemplify what TXGA is all about…. making geocaching better in Texas. I would like you to meet Dirk aka djdiggla. Enjoy.
How did you learn about caching and how did you decide on your caching name?
I read about geocaching in a magazine—probably Wired or maybe Maxim but I don’t remember. I Googled the site, signed up and found there was a mystery cache at the end of my block. I enlisted my neighbor to join me, put my daughter in the stroller set off! We were using my crummy blackberry and didn’t have a firm grasp of what we were really doing so we were completely unsuccessful. After that I forgot about geocaching altogether for about a year. I had been working a lot in Columbus, Texas, which was pretty boring. I had a new iPhone, and was looking for a way to burn some time at lunch. Randomly I remembered geocaching! The iPhone app was brand new. I downloaded it and we set off. It took longer than it should have, but my work buddy and I found our first cache ( GC20PNN). My buddy later signed up as ogshowtime and we ended up placing a lot of the Austin Homegrown series together. I was hooked! I soon had bought a proper GPSr, became a premium member, and started placing my own hides.
I get a lot of questions about my handle, “djdiggla”. My other hobby is DJing (in particular scratching or “turntablism”). My handle is just the name I always used online for scratch-DJ forums. It’s a run-on of my actual DJ name “DJ Diggla”. It’s never taken when I register at a site so I’ve always defaulted to using it.
What is the most appealing thing about caching to you? (When you try to convince muggles to try geocaching, what is your strongest argument?)
I like finding cool places I never would have found otherwise. Caching (especially when on vacation) is like having your own personal tour guide. It’s really cool like that. I’ve lived in Austin most of my life and thought I knew most every corner of the city until I began caching. I’ve found so many awesome and crazy places looking for little boxes to open!
I also like the variety and think that’s a big draw—explaining to people that caching has something for everybody. It’s like a choose your adventure book where you decide what kind of challenge you want that day. Do you want to find a hard hide? Or take a challenging hike? Maybe something easy? Or possibly a long distance trip to a cache? No matter what kind of challenge you are up for there is something for anybody in geocaching.
What is your favorite type of cache (traditional, multi, puzzle) and why? What is your caching style (PnG’s, Backwoods Hikes, Urban Puzzles, etc...)
I like creative, well-camo’d, traditional, urban hides. I get horrible poison ivy and try my best to avoid the woods. I also just love the city. The creative hides in town really piqued my interest and made me want to hide my own. They reminded me of when I was a kid. I really liked spy stuff and would read all these books about how to make, hide and pass-on secret coded notes to friends and stuff. I just love it when a cache is right out in the open and all these muggles pass by every day completely oblivious... I think that’s really cool and exciting. I mostly night cache too, so the city is more suited for that.
I also love FTFs. I can usually come up with an excuse to drop what I’m doing and race after one of those! Unfortunately, I don’t get to cache as much as I would like to (as is obvious by my relatively low number of finds!) so I mostly stick to traditional hides. Multis and puzzles are usually too much work for the time I have. Traditionals give me the most bang for the buck.
What goes out on the trail with you? (Name GPS, cachemobile, extras like walking stick, first-aid kit, etc...)
I have a utility-strap that’s probably ridiculous looking. It’s actually for bike messengers I think, but it works perfect for night caching. It’s compact and small but can hold a lot. I keep a small LED flashlight and my GPSr clipped to the shoulder and hip so can just let go of them if needed and my hands are free but they are still immediately accessible. There is also a spot for my ID, extra batteries, a couple pens, money and maybe a few swag items. It’s the best! I always have it in my car ready to go. In addition to my dinky LED I also use a 250 lumen light that’s actually designed for a bike—lol. I have an order in for a compact tactical 350 lumen light that I funded on kickstarter, but who knows when it will actually be done. For a while I was riding a mountain-bike with a 50cc motor strapped to it. I had put a bike GPS mount on it and it was my little caching-machine but the rattle from the engine kept shaking my GPSr so much that the power would turn off so I gave up on that pretty quickly and just drive now. :P
Please share your most memorable caching milestones, moments, adventure or a tip for a better caching experience. (This would probably be the place to discuss your recent rescue. I will rephrase the question based upon your answer so that I can lay some groundwork and bring our audience up-to-date.)
I have a LOT of favorites but three good ones that come to mind quickly are:
(1) Getting FTF on Below Barton Waters ( GC2V3X3). Randomly I ran into my sister there who was swimming laps! That was funny. She couldn’t believe a cache was in the pool. It was already dark. I dove under and looked and looked. Finally I found it way under the stairs. We signed the log just as the lifeguard blew their whistles for the pool to close so I had to very stealthily slip back into the water and return it—that was pretty awesome.
(2) Failing to get FTF on The Cliff Cache ( GC2WTKJ) with my brother-in-law. It is a 5/5 that had been sitting for days so I had to go for it! It was crazy hot. After a couple hours searching I gave up… didn’t ever find it and got horrible poison ivy… and then the next day had to wear an itchy rental tux for a wedding! D’oh! But it was still loads of fun climbing, canoeing and swimming with my bro.
(3) This was more somber, but getting FTF with BulldogBlitz at Cliffs at the Creek ( GC2WM6T). This is the cache that Zach Underwood (tz2008u) got seriously injured. Most people probably know the story, so I don’t know how much I need to go into it, but basically, I had met TZ on a 5/5 FTF hunt ( GC2KNNJ). He beat me. I woulda blown it off but he talked me into shedding my western boots, rolling up my jeans and making the climb like a self-dubbed “honey bear”. He had just moved here from the DFW/Plano area. We swapped numbers and kept trying to hook up to go night-caching but it just never worked out. So about a month later I heard from Bulldog that somebody got seriously hurt—he was worried it had been me since I hadn't responded on the CenTex forum. I called my two most frequent partners-in-crime, Damien and WeAreGaughen, and it was neither of them so I called TZ and left a message. His girlfriend calls back and tells me it is him. It was a total freak accident… he logged the DNF. Walked away and came back to look one more time. My understanding is he was standing at the base of the cliff and saw a funny looking boulder sticking out. He tapped it with his finger and it caved and fell on him. Long story short, I was the only person in the Central Texas Geocachers group that had any good contact info for him. There was a huge desire from everybody to help in some way but it didn't seem like anyone knew what to do. I knew of this website where you could setup a page to take donations so I went ahead and did that. I figured the sooner the better—try and raise a few bucks while it was fresh in people’s mind. TZ and his girlfriend didn’t have verified paypal accounts so I just set it up to where I was in charge of it out of necessity to do so. I thought maybe we would raise a couple hundred dollars. We did WAY more than that. The generosity from the community was overwhelming. It was unbelievable to see how giving people were—and most people had never even met TZ or just in passing like me. I think everybody kinda knew deep down that caching can be dangerous and this could easily have been them. It was amazing. I can’t remember what the final amount raised was, but something like close to $4,000.00 if I remember right. I feel like I got a lot of somewhat undue credit for raising the money myself, but all I really did was setup a donation page and coordinate between them and everybody else. It’s something I think anybody would have done. The real deal is the amazing caching community in Central Texas and worldwide. There were lots of people that visited him, people all over the world that donated (Canada, Australia, etc), txnightingale and cowboy07 changed their flash mob event ( GC2RE19) to focus on raising money for TZ, PodCacher gave the story a lot of coverage, Moon Doggie Coffee (who is owned by cachers) donated a percentage of their sales, and lots more from a lot of people. So, anyways, the cache was still out there unfound. It seemed to me like a few people outside the Central Texas community were making inappropriate comments on the page and the GC forum about finding it first solely because of the notoriety it had garnered. I thought it was distasteful and didn’t want it to be some kind of morbid bragging thing, so Bulldog and I went out at night and sniped it. It took a long time because we went the safest route possible given what had happened. It was crazy hot. We dedicated the find to TZ and that was that. I’m glad to say that TZ has recovered and we have snagged a couple co-FTFs together! He’s been placing a lot of hides too!
 If you had a geo-caching friend who’s not a member of the TXGA, what would you say to convince them to become a member?
Well, it’s only $5 and helps grow and maintain geocaching in Texas… AND for $10 more you get a geocoin and pathtag! SCORE! I really don’t see why you wouldn’t join!
Do you currently have any caching goals that you are working towards or anything else that you would like to share?
It’s pretty weak-sauce as far as number-chasing goes, but I’m hoping to hit 500 finds before my birthday in April. It’s probably not going to happen at the pace I’m going now… but I’m sure I’ll do it by the end of the year. I also would like to get up to 60 hides this year. Right now I’m trying to just go back through and do some maintenance on the 50 active ones I have and get them in proper order before I put more out.
Our thanks and appreciation to Dirk for consenting to our inquisitive questions about his geocaching perspective. We would like to feature other TXGA members as often as possible, but we will need your help to achieve this. If you know of a TXGA member who we should focus the spotlight on, please send their name to spotlight@texasgeocaching.com.
We look forward to hearing from you so that we all can meet more OUTSTANDING TXGA MEMBERS! |
posted Feb 1, 2012 10:48 AM by Unknown user
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February 2012: Zeke's Uncle Marc Moore Dallas, TX
Well, it's that time of month again! Enjoy your next iteration of the Outstanding Member Spotlight!
This month, we interviewed Marc Moore. He is better known as Zeke's Uncle. Marc and his wife have been geocaching almost since the hobby was created, and they have quite a few stories to share. Zeke's Uncle has had a vital role in the formation of the Texas Geocaching Association since its founding. While he is not one of the founding members of TXGA, he has been there since the beginning, helping where help has been needed. Take this time to meet another great Texas Geocaching Association member!
How did you learn about caching and how did you decide on your caching name?
I learned about Geocaching from an article in the Dallas Morning News in August of 2003. I was at kind-of a low point and I thought this was perfect to get me out more. I went on eBay and bought my first GPS; a Magellan SporTrak. Two weeks later, Dondi (Zeke’s Aunt) and I found all the caches in and around downtown Dallas in one day. Two weeks after that, I went to my first event; a Geovamp breakfast that had about 12 cachers there. And the rest was history. Sure has changed in 8½ years!
The name Zeke’s Uncle came from my niece. Her name is Brooke but I didn’t like it so I said I would call her Zeke. And I still do today although not so much since she just turned 17. Zeke’s Uncle was also the name of a small woodworking and crafts business we had and the eBay business we’ve had since 2000.
What is the most appealing thing about caching to you? (When you try to convince muggles to try geocaching, what is your strongest argument?)
That’s hard to say. I can only tell people what it’s like for me. I give them examples of different types of caches in different types of places and let them know there is something for everyone. Personally, it’s all the places and things I get to see. You hear it all the time, but it’s true; “I never would have known this place or thing existed if not for Geocaching.” And the people you meet. Especially when we’re on vacation. We tend to shy away from the touristy places, so we’ve met and partied with some real characters.
 What is your favorite type of cache (traditional, multi, puzzle) and why? What is your caching style (PnG’s, Backwoods Hikes, Urban Puzzles, etc...)
I usually go for traditional caches. Multi caches are OK if the stages are thought out. If it’s go here and get coords and then go there and, boom, there’s the cache, that’s easy. You should have just made it a traditional in the first place. Some of the old virtual caches can be a lot of fun and show you some neat things. And I’m not smart enough for most puzzle caches. Some are quite impressive. But I really like puzzle caches like “Necropolis” or “Druid Hunter”. You can send me on a scavenger hunt any day!
I don’t like lamp post caches. Not to mention the lack of challenge, they’re dirty, some times bug-infested, and become trash much too often. They’re also on private property so half the time there’s some security guard staring you down. Now don’t get me wrong. I believe there is a time and a place for such caches. I own a few. But they were placed in an area with very little cache activity in order to bring more cachers and caches to the area. Now Cedar Hill is covered with them and I just haven’t the heart to archive the few I have left.
I also don’t like playground caches. I can just imagine a little girl saying, “Mommy, what’s that strange man doing over there by the swing set?” Those go on my ignore list. A park is OK, but let’s stay away from the playgrounds.
Most of my finds and hides are out in the woods. That’s where the first cache was placed and I believe that was the intent of Geocaching from the beginning. It was supposed to get you out. There’s no feeling like the one you get while hiking out in the woods!
What goes out on the trail with you? (Name GPS, cachemobile, extras like walking stick, first-aid kit, etc...)
I carry a DeLorme PN60. I won’t get into a discussion of which GPS is best, but I won’t use anything else. Of course, I have to get there in “The Mighty Zekemobile”. A 2006 GMC Sierra. Yes, it is a Travel Bug. My camelback has munchies, small logs, baggies, flashlight, good old fashioned Boy Scout compass, small first aid kit, pens, spare glasses, mirror, whistle, spare batteries, phone, phone list, a couple of carabineers and signature items. And the Zekemobile is a mini cache factory with containers, duct tape and other necessities.
Please share your most memorable caching milestones, moments, adventure or a tip for a better caching experience.
I’ve been caching for 8½ years and only have 2400 finds. Quality above quantity I always say. And because of that, I’ve had some pretty amazing experiences. I’ve crawled through a cave and been to Jurassic Park and on top of a volcano in Hawaii, hiked 2½ miles up a mountain for number 1000 in Washington (and Dondi was with me!), walked the tunnel to the A.P.E. cache, Geocaching Headquarters and meeting and talking to Jeremy and the lackeys, Gettysburg and Amish country, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg, Las Vegas and the E.T. Highway (and watched the Rangers in the World Series at Li’l A Li Inn with the locals), not to mention all the bars, restaurants and out of the way places we’ve seen and small experiences we’ve had. Like watching a Cowboys game with some rather earthy lake people in a run down bar on a small back road in deep east Texas. They all add up.
It all depends on planning. I like to research where I’m going and what’s there. Then I look for caches that interest me. I also read the cache pages to get an idea of what the cache is like. All this helps give me an experience. By just downloading coords and going to them and looking for the cache, you can miss out on so much more. There’s some pretty interesting history and information in some of those pages. Yes, I actually believe it’s not about the numbers.
 If you had a geo-caching friend who’s not a member of the TXGA, what would you say to convince them to become a member?
Well, I’m not going to convince anyone to join TXGA. Certainly there are more cachers out there than we have registered members. Some people just don’t care. All they want to do is cache. Some people don’t even log their finds. Some people say that’s the beauty of Geocaching. That it can be done any way by any body. And that’s fine. But I believe we have a responsibility to both the caching community and the muggle community. The number of “illegal” and “dumb” caches continues to grow. And we all know that “it’s only a few bad cachers”, but that doesn’t make any difference. It still reflects on the group as a whole. TXGA works to inform cachers of the Geocaching Guidelines (yes there really are some!), provide tools and resources to help them become better cachers and works with the muggle community through information and cooperation to prevent problem incidents. How can that not be better?
Do you currently have any caching goals that you are working towards or anything else that you would like to share?
I’ve spent the last 6 years working to create and expand TXGA along with Will Nienke (9key) and Candy Lind (Moosiegirl). I wondered many times if we would reach that goal. Now that it seems to have taken off and is in good hands, I’m just going to go back to caching. Maybe I’ll work on my 81 grid. I’ve been more interested in Earthcaches lately and I’ll never stop hiking in the woods. Dondi wants to see more of America (she was never east of the Mississippi until last year), so the past couple of years, we have been planning our vacation around GeoWoodstock. This year will be our 4th. My mother’s side of the family is from Lexington, Kentucky, so we’re going to spend a few days there seeing the horse farms and the bourbon distilleries before we go to GW10. Like I said, it’s not about the numbers.
Our thanks and appreciation to Marc for allowing us to poke and prod him with geocaching questions. We would like to feature other TXGA members as often as possible, but we will need your help to achieve this. If you know of a TXGA member who we should focus the spotlight on, please send their name to spotlight@texasgeocaching.com.
We look forward to hearing from you so that we all can meet more OUTSTANDING TXGA MEMBERS! |
posted Dec 31, 2011 2:08 PM by Unknown user
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 January 2012:Moosiegirl & The Outlaw Candy & Wayne Lind Austin, TX
Happy New Year and welcome to the newest feature on the Texas Geocaching Associations website, Outstanding Member Spotlight. As often as possible (hopefully monthly), we will be turn our focus onto an outstanding member of the Texas Geocaching Association. These featured geocachers will all be members who make caching in Texas better and the Texas Geocaching Association stronger.
Our very first profile is of Candy and Wayne Lind. You might know them better as Moosiegirl and her caching partner, The Outlaw. In 2002, Moosiegirl was one of the three founding members of the Texas Geocaching Association. To us, this indicates a love of caching and a commitment to caching in Texas. We thought that it would be of interest to our members if you had the opportunity to learn a bit more about Candy & Wayne aka Moosiegirl & The Outlaw.
How did you learn about caching and how did you decide on your caching name?
Wayne had asked for (and received) a GPS for Christmas so he wouldn’t get lost when walking in Walnut Creek Park in Austin (there’s a story there). His friend Trey at work asked him if he had heard about geocaching. They looked it up on the Internet and decided to go try a couple, and I decided I wanted to go along. We found our first cache March 10, 2002. I chose my caching name (Moosiegirl) because I’m a collector of all things moose (there’s another story there). Wayne started out as “ydx3075” (there’s a story there) and then later changed his handle to “The Outlaw” (yet another story)
What is the most appealing thing about caching to you? (When you try to convince muggles to try geocaching, what is your strongest argument?)
I see geocaching as a mind-body-spirit activity – and each person can make it into whatever they want. Challenge your mind with a puzzle cache – or, like me, just try to remember everyone’s real and geo-name! Get your exercise with a ½ mile trip around a small park or a longer trek around your local lake or even a National Forest (When I was caching all the time, I became the fittest I had ever been in my life. I need to get back there!!). The experience of being outdoors communing with nature is the strongest pull for many. It can be a very spiritual thing.
What is your favorite type of cache (traditional, multi, puzzle) and why? What is your caching style (PnG’s, Backwoods Hikes, Urban Puzzles, etc...)
My favorite is the last one I did. I love doing caching runs with good friends, but boy am I glad when they’re over! When I’m at my fittest, I enjoy nothing more than a great hike around a scenic park or lake, and I really love going after a string of caches on a kayak.
What goes out on the trail with you? (Name GPS, cachemobile, extras like walking stick, first-aid kit, etc...)
We’ll always take a ride in a 4x4 when we can, but we haven’t owned one (yet). We’ve had Garmin GPSr’s since we started – first Vistas, then 60CSx/76CSx. I’m a huge gadget geek, so as soon as I can afford one, I’ll probably upgrade to one of the new 62’s. Telescoping mirrors and magnets, along with a back scratcher, very often come in handy in search and retrieval. We usually have a small cache repair kit with us (log sheets/books, containers, permanent markers, camo duct tape, wire or paper clips). We carry packs with plenty of bottled water, hydro packs, or both if it’s REALLY hot. We carry NUUN tabs or electrolyte capsules and some kind of energy bars or trail mix if we’re going to be out a long time. We have a small first aid kit but it seems it rarely contains what we really need. I am a complete klutz, so I do my best to remember a walking stick. Even that hasn’t saved me from a few broken bones courtesy of geocaching – first a wrist, then a couple of bones in my hand, then an ankle.
Please share your most memorable caching milestones, moments, adventure or a tip for a better caching experience.
Most memorable: 1) GCBA34 "Rapunzel" by 9key and HackAttack, done with a big group of Central Texas cachers. 2) GC1BNMP “To Boldly Go” (EEK! Which I haven’t logged! How could this be???) which I found after looping through Enchanted Rock S.P. hiding caches for TC09. 3) The defunct A.P.E. cache in the D.C. area (done on our “anniversary trip” in 2006). 4) the cache at Bruce Lee’s grave in Seattle; these are off the top of my head. There are so many more I could list!!
The aforementioned broken wrist and my propensity for trying to get the cheapest cache containers available spawned a great event in 2003 called “Sign my cast and grab an ammo can!” – folks from all over the state can tell adventure tales spawned by that event. It was a blast.
Tip for a better geocaching experience? Take it from the Boy Scouts – BE PREPARED. And TAKE A FRIEND.
If you had a geo-caching friend who’s not a member of the TXGA, what would you say to convince them to become a member?
One of the best things about geocaching is the community and camaraderie, and one of the best ways to be part of it is to become a member of the organizations in your area and state.
Do you currently have any caching goals that you are working towards or anything else that you would like to share?
Since we are now going to be on the road all the time, next goal is to get all the CONUS states, and maybe choose some county or DeLorme challenges that are feasible given our assignments. Wayne used to try to keep his 50-mile radius cleaned out but that’s completely impossible now, since Texas is expanding practically exponentially. Of course, that won’t stop us from caching as much of Texas as we can!
Our thanks and appreciation to Candy and Wayne for submitting themselves to our scrutiny. We would like to feature other TXGA members as often as possible, but we will need your help to achieve this. If you know of a TXGA member who we should focus the spotlight on, please send their name to spotlight@texasgeocaching.com.
We look forward to hearing from you so that we all can meet more OUTSTANDING TXGA MEMBERS! |
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