By Bill Van Couwenberghe (akvans)
We t
ook a trip to Texas for a bowling tournament in Fort Worth. We added a few days before and after so that we could do some caching. Due to the heat (upper 90’s low 100’s), we mainly did park and grabs or virtual caches that did not require to be outside for long periods of time.
One of the caches we wanted to grab was the Odyssey Cache – Texas (GCAZV9M),which was less than two hours away. It was an easy grab. It is at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum. After logging the find, we paid admission and went into the museum. It is a small museum, and worth the price. Nearby, there are two other caches, a traditional and a virtual that are easy to do.
On our way back to the hotel room, we stopped at a Buc-ee’s (exit 79 off I-30). We had heard of these but had never been to one. Now we know what all the hype is about. Think of a gas station on steroids. There were four fueling stations with six lanes each (48 gas pumps!). On one end of the parking lot was a Mercedes charging station and a Tesla charging station on the other. Due to the size of the campus, there were three traditional caches there, along with an adventure lab in the store (The Greatest Gas Station on the Planet). The store was the size of a grocery store. Their food was very good. I had a three-meat sandwich (sausage, brisket and turkey). I could not believe how big it was! We even met Buc-ee!
Another fun cache that we did was GC6WV4R Fire Station 17-Little Big House. We saw the number of favorite points (currently at 300), so we went out of our way to grab it. The cache is a replica of the fire station. One must figure out where the key is for the lock.
