2020-03-19 43 -71
| Thu 19 Mar 2020 in Concord: 43.1282974, -71.7145168 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
South of Hopkinton, NH. In the middle of a dense swamp.
Participants
- Myself and my siblings:
- Michael
- Anna
- Sarah
- Juliana
Plans
I convinced my family to go on what I thought would be "a short quarter-mile walk to a spot next to a creek".
Expedition
First Geohash! We parked our car safely on the side of the road and started to make a bee-line for the geohash. We came upon a swamp, seemingly nothing too bad, and it appeared to end soon ahead. (I say "appeared"). The swamp slowly got denser, deeper, and all around swampier. It started drizzling and we had one casualty, Anna, who fell into waist-high swamp water. The morale of the troops was less than desirable, but despite being slowed to a rate of about 20 feet per minute, we eventually made it to the spot. Or rather, as close as we could get.
For our return trip, we thought it'd be best to find another way back. We went a little out of our way to what seemed to be woods. Sure enough, the swamp slowly cleared and we were greeted with a nice, relatively dry woodland path. We made good time on the non-swampland and came to the road, very wet, but happy.
Video of Anna and Sarah describing their experiences.
Photos
- Photo Gallery
The entrance to the swamp, so innocent looking
Juliana, trooper
Sarah, tripod holder
Anna, the one who fell in (while holding tripod)
Myself, the one responsible for getting us into this mess
Michael, path forger
Proof we got there
Some swamp water
Valiant tripod holder
Group photo taken thanks to the wonders of tripods
Feigning smiles
Carnivorous plants
We found a trail for the return trip
Trail turns out to be very nice
Final hurdle
Michael goes to get the car
Achievements
I think we're deserving of this achievement, the swamp was very dense, deep, and it was raining. We were all very wet.
 |
Odysseus and his siblings earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement
|
 |
 |
Odysseus and his siblings earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement
|
 |
 |
Odysseus earned the Drag-along achievement
|
 |
