2019-09-11 42 -78

Location

Next to a Park off Oakwood Ave in Blasdell

Participants

Pedalpusher

Expedition

Not yet realizing we were in the beginning of the Dark Ages, I was still hoping for a quick restoration of the Wiki. Plus, I had a Consecutive hash to achieve. This was also close enough to bike to and I really hadn't had many opportunities to do so in 2019.

I don't recall what was going on that day, since it was so long ago, but my pictures indicate I arrived at the Hash around 19:00 and got home a half hour later. That means I left for the hash around 18:30 and I get home from work around 17:30 so I must have taken the dogs to the park for a run. That makes sense as I wouldn't feel bad about leaving them home all evening while I galavanted after hashes.

I do recall considering a Tron, but that was out as the park the hash was in was in the corner of the neighborhood that was bound by the Thruway and a major road so I wouldn't be able to get out without crossing my path. I was also considering a Juggernaut, but was thinking it wasn't quite far enough away to account for a couple mandatory deviations. This was also a moot point, when I took a wrong turn and went even more out of my way getting to the hash. I ended up turning one street too soon, but even so, later calculations found that, mistake free, it still would not have qualified, having a deviation of 0.0688.

In any case, I was able to do a short GPS Dance using the HashDroid app and got proof for another successful (and Consecutive - Yesterday's expedition link here) hash.

Additional Notes: Since we have fully entered the Dark Ages at this point I started to really consider any potential hash if it was even worth it to make the attempt. I was still hopeful for a quick wiki recovery at this point, but as the weeks turned into months, I was getting far less optimistic. I still watched the hashes (wasn't going to give up on the unlikely Couch Potato hash if there was even a remote chance the wiki was coming back), but any attempt would only seriously be considered if it was on the way somewhere I was already going. Needless to say, it would be another couple months before I hashed again in the new year.

Not surprising, being in the Dark Ages, this is a Last Man Standing Expedition as well...correction, with Michael5000 posting an expedition report a couple years late, this is no longer a Last Man Standing (see Discussion page for details).

Photos

Arriving at the hash, distance traveled.
Made it!
View North from the hash. Looks like I'm actually just off the Park property.
View East toward the playground.
View sort of SW, looking at this man-made depression. Not sure if it used to be a pond or is just a water collection area for rain.
Standard Stupid Grin.
View of the hash as I'm heading back to the bike. Hash is near the pole on the edge of the cut grass.