This is a bi-area buddy multi-cache; one in the Houston area and one in Round Rock. If you are in the Round Rock area, you will need to contact a cacher in the Cypress area to complete the cache. The posted coordinates will show you the final coordinates for the Houston area cache. Once you have a Cypress friend to help, they go to
GC7HNMN "Being Sent Down To The Minors" and they will get the final coordinates for this cache. It is a win-win for both cachers!
Baseball returned to Round Rock in 2000 with the first Round Rock Express game.
Originally started as the Double A team for the Houston Astros and were owned in part by Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan and his son Reid, The Express roared to the Texas League Championship with a 83 and 57 record drawing over 650,000 fans to Round Rock in 2000.
The pipeline to Houston was opened, with such MLB stars as Roy Oswalt, Hunter Pence and Wily Taveras.
In 2005, the Express would start their inaugural year as the Houston Astros Triple AAA team. Sadly, in 2010, the relationship with the parent club in Harris County would end. But the Express would stay with a Texas team and soon produce major league talent for the Texas Rangers.
In the eighteen years that the Express has played in Round Rock, they have drawn over 11.5 million fans.
The Express play in Dell Diamond, which has 8,631 permanent seats and room for 3,000 more to sit on the berm in the outfield, has many family friendly events such as 💥 Fireworks Friday and Spike (their mascot).
Hopefully, finding this cache will establish some "caching connections" between the two areas of Texas, as cachers from both parts need to form a team in order to help each other in order to find their respective finals.
So no worries, you do not need to travel to Round Rock or Houston to log your find (unless you want to!). At stage 1 of the Houston area cache, the final coordinates for the Round Rock cache will be found and at stage 1 of the Round Rock area cache the final coordinates for the Houston will be found.
To complete the cache, find the coordinates at stage 1 in your area, write them down and go to the webpage of the “twin” cache. There, post a note asking for a partner to help complete the cache. If there is already a note asking for help on THIS listing page, react to it first. This way, you give the coordinates you found at stage 1 to the cacher in the other area, who will take over from there. Once you have received the coordinates for stage 2 in your area, find it. Only the person who finds this final stage is allowed to log this cache as a find. If your teammate didn't physically find this final stage, they cannot log it as a find, per Groundspeak Guidelines. If you are feeling really adventurous, you can hop on a plane to Round Rock or Houston and complete the caches in person as well!!
1.None of the geocachers working on a team can enter an online find log until that team completes the cache.
2. There are no restrictions on member locale. One geocacher can travel to both spots and complete the cache on his or her own if so desired.
3. The cachers must identify their team member in the log.
4. It is okay to contact multiple people to start, but once you have provided coordinates to someone, that someone is your selection. You should not provide coordinates to another person in that area. It would be considerate to let the others that you contacted but will not select know that you won't be selecting them.
5. txgo4fan and BigguyinTexas will not be FTF on either cache and cannot help in locating the final for either cache.
This cache was inspired by “Hot as Heck in Texas and Cold as heck in Michigan” (GC3VBHT and GC3VHOR) twin multiple caches.
Good luck and be sure to thank your new Buddy for the help!