Signing the Texas Challenge / Hutto Hippos

Nov. 18, 2017 - Austin, TX - Finally signed the Texas County Challenge - almost 5 months after completeing it. Had a lot of health issues with my mom which delayed our going down to the Austin area to complete it. Grampa Bob and I both met the cache owner and got the logs signed.... Bob was #149 and I was #150 to get the challenge done. From there we got virtuals and discovered a really really fun bunch of Wher-I-Go's in near by Hutto, TX. A hippo hunt using the Wher-I-Go app... 80 hippos are in the area and you have to find them... when you do, the true corrdinates of the cache are then shown to you to go find and sign as you officially found that hippo. I think we got 51 of the 80... we'll be going back for the rest in the future!! Haven't had that much fun since my first Wher-I-Go!! Click on any photo to see an enlarged version.
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This is it... the official "Texas Challenge Cache" signed and making us official finishers of the TX Challenge! Grampa Bob 14 was #149 and I was #150 on the list.	Getting a virtual in (guess where).... another graveyard.. neat tombstone.	Always heard of Round Rock... never knew it was an actual geological landmark... got to visit it while I was at Round Rock
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That's it... THE Round Rock... kinda of a let down! <GRIN>	Neat Cache Location	Start of the Hippo Search... Grampa Bob with the Granddaddy hippo.
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The story behind the Hippos and Hutto!	It is even the school mascot!!	The last one we found... neat cache container!
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Last updated: 11/20/17