2020-08-16 42 -78

Location

On Genesee St, close to Downtown Buffalo

Participants

Pedalpusher

Expedition

Similar to the recent 2020-08-10 expedition, this hash landed in the middle of the road near Downtown. Again being within cycling distance, the plan was to ride up and again attack a couple enemy portals in Ingress on the way. After a very lazy morning, I checked the weather around 11:00 and realized I needed to leave for the hash asap. There were chances of rain and thunderstorms in the forecast starting around 14:00.

I was quick to get ready and get on my way. Pretty much riding up Route 62, I took South Park into downtown stopping occasionally to attack some portals along the way. Getting into Downtown, I took Michigan to Genesee and had an easy time finding the hash. I got a couple pictures and then turned around. Getting back into Downtown, I made a few portal connections of my own and created a bunch of fields for the Enlightened. The rest of the ride home was uneventful, but I'm glad I went when I did because it did rain a bit right around 14:00.

As I was preparing to write up the report, I thought that Genesee would make for a good Tale of Two Hashes challenge since there are a lot of options for that in Western New York. However, going to the Achievement page, I found I already issued a challenge in a different Graticule, so I guess I'll complete my own challenge from 2017.

Photos

Made it!
Distance ridden to the Hash.
View East from the Hash.
View West.
View North. Instead of tearing down old buildings, Buffalo has been repurposing them over the last 5-10 years and it looks like these are new Apartments.
Standard Stupid Grin.