2009-02-18 40 -74

Wed 18 Feb 2009 in White House Station, NJ: 40.6097695, -74.7734449 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

The hashpoint was tucked just inside someone's front yard in White House Station, New Jersey.

Brandon and Brandon's Dad

• Both of our first geohash
• 96 miles roundtrip
• About 3 hours door to door

Brandon convinced his dad to ditch work for the afternoon and to come along on the adventure.

We left Manhattan by car and headed west into New Jersey. The rain soon turned into snow. Along the way we found out that the hashpoint was with in walking distance of a NJ Transit station. The point itself was tucked just inside someone's front yard behind a set of bushes. We took a picture in the driveway and when no one came to chase use out we grew slightly bolder. There was a bench just inside the yard almost exactly at the hash point; so we sat on it. It was quite wet.

In the mood for a squishy--take that snow!--we stopped a McDonald's we had passed half a mile from the hashpoint. Alas, it was the smallest McDonald's we had ever seen and there was no room for a frozen carbonated beverage vending machine. We ate there anyway.

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  We found a bench

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  It was wet

Achievements

Brandon and his dad earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (40, -74) geohash on 2009-02-18.

Brandon earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Brandon's Dad to the (40, -74) geohash on 2009-02-18.

Brandon's Dad earned the Oldest Geohash Achievement by geohashing on 2009-02-18 by geohashing at the age of 67 years.

Brandon and his dad earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (40, -74) geohash on 2009-02-18 despite being thoroughly wet.