2009-04-18 31 -86
| Sat 18 Apr 2009 in Andalusia, Alabama: 31.0845888, -86.8377370 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Planning
Possible today in south central Alabama just north of NW Florida border. In pine forest less than two hundred meters south of paved road, about halfway between Wing and Brewton, Alabama. Bos will try for 17:00 meetup today
Expedition After Action Report
First known successful expedition in this graticule done by Bos solo.
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Geohasher Bos earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
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Rushed research launches to early completion at Samson Alabama rocket test facility . Beat feet across southern Alabama to make the meet at the appointed hour.
Alas attendees were limited to three dogs and Bos. The dogs greeted me from a large fenced enclosed yard next to the geohash access road. Looked in vain for a human to discuss my mission with but failing that I explained it to the dogs. They didn't seem to care but had fun raising the alarm. The hash was in a tree farm pretty close to the paved highway. I chalked my xkcd sign on the highway in front of the farm gate. The gate was locked but signs indicated the tree farm was approved for recreational use so I recreationed down the graded dirt track to within some 50 meters south of the hash. There I met some fairly dense brush but crashed through with minimal injury and arrived at the coordinates in a relatively open swampy hollow between two ridge lines. Hung around a few minutes before retracing my steps.
Another successful but lonely geocache. First in the Andalusia graticule. Said so-long to the dogs and departed to check out another National Geodetic Survey (NGS) triangulation station
Photos
Pointing the way for those to follow
Bos at entrance to tree farm
Easy trail to within 50 meters
Track to the hash
Cypress stumps (knees) in swampy pond near the hash
Today's hash in a marshy hollow
Dogs at house 150 meters east - only mammals near the meetup
Pretty creek nearby
