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== About ==
 
== About ==
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*[[User:excellentdude]]
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The day's hash point was in one of Michigan State University's farms.
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*Maybe others?
 
  
 
== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
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It sounds like someone went, but we don't have an expedition report.
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[[User:excellentdude|excellentdude]]: When the coordinates for this weekend were determined, I was quite excited about Sunday's coordinates.  For one, they were within walking distance of my apartment.  Therefore, I had my first opportunity to get the [[Walk_geohash]].  I had to take advantage of this, because who knew [[2009-05-18 42 -84|when it might happen again]].  Second, the spot was just close enough to my office on Michigan State's campus to get me the almost honorable mention [[Cubicle geohash achievement]].  So at 11:17am, I set out.
  
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Not having a device which gives me a track log, I took pictures of many intersection signs along the way to document my progress.  I began with the intersection outside my apartment, but then not three minutes into my walk I encountered what looked like a garage sale.  Upon further inspection, there was just stuff in a driveway with a sign that said "Free".  Having a few things that I needed, I asked the people if I could come back later with a vehicle.  They said I could have the stuff if it was still there, but they weren't going to hold it.  I decided to put the geohash on hold, return home, and get my car.  I ended up with a DVD case, a desk, and some Canadian-American ice skates (among other things).  The stuff didn't fit well in my car, so the seller and I just carried the shelves and desk to my apartment.  Those 1.80 kilometers aren't figured in my walk total below.  Having scored some nice free swag, I restarted my walk at 12:02pm.
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this page yet.
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Aside from that incident, the walk was rather uneventful but scenic.  After a long winter, it was great to see all the trees and flowers blossoming everywhere and the Red Cedar River flowing through campus.  About an hour after I restarted, I arrived at the farm containing the hash.  The point looked easily accessible as it was on university land and there were no fences around the location.  That said, I could understand if people associated with the farm didn't want random people walking through it.  I looked for someone working there to ask about accessing the point.  As I was doing so, a woman drove through the farm in a red truck.  She saw no problem with me accessing the point, so I proceeded.  There were grass paths between various planted fields.  I was able to walk on grass right to the hash since it was on the edge of the grass and a field.
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From there, I proceeded back through campus to my office before going home because I had some stuff I needed to print off.  Not usually approaching my office from this direction, I saw parts of campus I'd never seen before.  Particularly good to see was the arboretum.  I plan to go back there in the future and explore it sometime.  I got several interesting pictures along the way that I have posted below.  Eventually, I made it to my office.  I printed off a short, ten-page article at the agonizing rate of one page every 90 seconds.  I then headed the rest of the way home and got there just in time for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was a great geohashing trip for many reasons on this day!
  
 
== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==
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     | date = 2009-05-17  
 
     | date = 2009-05-17  
 
     | name = excellentdude  
 
     | name = excellentdude  
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}}{{cubicle geohash
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    | latitude = 42
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    | longitude = -84
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    | date = 2009-05-17
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    | name = excellentdude
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    | honor = almost
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}}{{Walk geohash
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    | latitude = 42
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    | longitude = -84
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    | date = 2009-05-17
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    | name = excellentdude
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    | distance = 12.04km
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}}{{consecutive geohash
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    | count = 2
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    | latitude = 42
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    | longitude = -84
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    | date = 2009-05-17
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    | name = excellentdude
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}}{{Ambassador geohash
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    | latitude = 42
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    | longitude = -84
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    | date = 2009-05-17
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    | name = excellentdude
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}}  
  
 
== Photos ==
 
== Photos ==
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Haslett And Hagadorn.jpg|We start at the intersection outside my apartment
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Swag 1.jpg|I stopped along the way to grab a free DVD case...
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Swag 2.jpg|...and a free desk, ice skates, and a few other things
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Confused Swag.jpg|These skates seem to be confused
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Burcham And Hagadorn.jpg|Farther down the road after I restarted
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Not My Law Enforcement.jpg|Glad this wasn't me
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Nice Spring Foliage.jpg|After a long winter, things are looking great here
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hagadorn And Grand River.jpg|The biggest intersection along my walk
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Full Red Cedar River.jpg|The Red Cedar River was high but contained
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 About Halfway.png|The river was close to halfway for me
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Barrier Ahead.jpg|Most blatant barrier encountered while geohashing
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 More Flowers At Service.jpg|Some more nice spring flowers
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Service And Hagadorn.jpg|Farther along my path
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash First Visible In Distance.jpg|My first view of the hash in the distance
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hagadorn And Mt Hope.jpg|The last big intersection before the hash
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Protect Water.jpg|Fortunately I left my toxic chemicals at home
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Looking Back At Main Campus.jpg|MSU's main campus to the north
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Beat The Train.jpg|I arrived just in time to beat this train
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash In Field Somewhere.jpg|Getting close to the hash
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Mt Hope And Beaumont.jpg|The last turn
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 First Area Sign.jpg|It makes sense this would happen at a farm
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Now With Science.jpg|Ooo!  Now with SCIENCE!
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Spartan Green Farm Fleet.jpg|Of course all the MSU cars are green
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 And One Of These.jpg|MSU even has one of these, too
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Potato Breeding.jpg|I really want this to be something nefarious
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 GPS.png|Made it to the hash!
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Goofy Grin.jpg|Goofy Grin
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash.jpg|Hash is on edge between grass and field
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash To Main Campus.jpg|MSU's main campus to the north
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash East.jpg|East of the hash
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Hash South.jpg|South of the hash
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Service And Bogue.jpg|On the way to the office
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Arboretum.jpg|This sport allows me to find cool places I can go visit later
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Robin.jpg|The only bird that was still long enough for a picture
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Cyclotron Receiving.jpg|Apparently we have a cyclotron!
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 More Foliage.jpg|More nice foliage
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Red Cedar Downstream.jpg|Red Cedar River downstream
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 My Office Building.jpg|My office building
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Aged 83 Years.jpg|It's nice, but not new
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 My Literal Cubicle.jpg|My literal cubicle!
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Sloooow Printer.jpg|Very slow printer
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Collingwood And Grand River.jpg|Starting toward home...
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Snyder And Collingwood.jpg|...continuing...
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Gunson And Collingwood.jpg|...continuing...
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Gunson And Burcham.jpg|...continuing...
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Drug Free School.jpg|Not one of those drug-encouraging schools
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Back To Burcham And Hagadorn.jpg|Now just a few blocks from home
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Back To Haslett And Hagadorn.jpg|Back where I started!
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 My Apartment Building.jpg|My apartment building
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Image:2009-05-17 42 -84 Walk.png|Recreation of the path I took
 
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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[[Category:Meetup on 2009-05-17]]
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[[Category:Meetup in 42 -84]]
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About

The day's hash point was in one of Michigan State University's farms.

Expedition

excellentdude: When the coordinates for this weekend were determined, I was quite excited about Sunday's coordinates. For one, they were within walking distance of my apartment. Therefore, I had my first opportunity to get the Walk_geohash. I had to take advantage of this, because who knew when it might happen again. Second, the spot was just close enough to my office on Michigan State's campus to get me the almost honorable mention Cubicle geohash achievement. So at 11:17am, I set out.

Not having a device which gives me a track log, I took pictures of many intersection signs along the way to document my progress. I began with the intersection outside my apartment, but then not three minutes into my walk I encountered what looked like a garage sale. Upon further inspection, there was just stuff in a driveway with a sign that said "Free". Having a few things that I needed, I asked the people if I could come back later with a vehicle. They said I could have the stuff if it was still there, but they weren't going to hold it. I decided to put the geohash on hold, return home, and get my car. I ended up with a DVD case, a desk, and some Canadian-American ice skates (among other things). The stuff didn't fit well in my car, so the seller and I just carried the shelves and desk to my apartment. Those 1.80 kilometers aren't figured in my walk total below. Having scored some nice free swag, I restarted my walk at 12:02pm.

Aside from that incident, the walk was rather uneventful but scenic. After a long winter, it was great to see all the trees and flowers blossoming everywhere and the Red Cedar River flowing through campus. About an hour after I restarted, I arrived at the farm containing the hash. The point looked easily accessible as it was on university land and there were no fences around the location. That said, I could understand if people associated with the farm didn't want random people walking through it. I looked for someone working there to ask about accessing the point. As I was doing so, a woman drove through the farm in a red truck. She saw no problem with me accessing the point, so I proceeded. There were grass paths between various planted fields. I was able to walk on grass right to the hash since it was on the edge of the grass and a field.

From there, I proceeded back through campus to my office before going home because I had some stuff I needed to print off. Not usually approaching my office from this direction, I saw parts of campus I'd never seen before. Particularly good to see was the arboretum. I plan to go back there in the future and explore it sometime. I got several interesting pictures along the way that I have posted below. Eventually, I made it to my office. I printed off a short, ten-page article at the agonizing rate of one page every 90 seconds. I then headed the rest of the way home and got there just in time for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was a great geohashing trip for many reasons on this day!

Achievements

Landgeohash.png
 excellentdude earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (42, -84) geohash on 2009-05-17.
Cubiclehm.png
 excellentdude earned the cubicle geohash almost honorable mention
by working not that far from the (42, -84) geohash on 2009-05-17.
Walk.PNG
 excellentdude earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -84) geohash on 2009-05-17 on foot, travelling a distance of 12.04km.
Consecutivegeohash.jpg
 excellentdude earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-05-17.
Gift.PNG
 excellentdude earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission to access the (42, -84) geohash on 2009-05-17.

Photos

  • We start at the intersection outside my apartment

  • I stopped along the way to grab a free DVD case...

  • ...and a free desk, ice skates, and a few other things

  • These skates seem to be confused

  • Farther down the road after I restarted

  • Glad this wasn't me

  • After a long winter, things are looking great here

  • The biggest intersection along my walk

  • The Red Cedar River was high but contained

  • The river was close to halfway for me

  • Most blatant barrier encountered while geohashing

  • Some more nice spring flowers

  • Farther along my path

  • My first view of the hash in the distance

  • The last big intersection before the hash

  • Fortunately I left my toxic chemicals at home

  • MSU's main campus to the north

  • I arrived just in time to beat this train

  • Getting close to the hash

  • The last turn

  • It makes sense this would happen at a farm

  • Ooo! Now with SCIENCE!

  • Of course all the MSU cars are green

  • MSU even has one of these, too

  • I really want this to be something nefarious

  • Made it to the hash!

  • Goofy Grin

  • Hash is on edge between grass and field

  • MSU's main campus to the north

  • East of the hash

  • South of the hash

  • On the way to the office

  • This sport allows me to find cool places I can go visit later

  • The only bird that was still long enough for a picture

  • Apparently we have a cyclotron!

  • More nice foliage

  • Red Cedar River downstream

  • My office building

  • It's nice, but not new

  • My literal cubicle!

  • Very slow printer

  • Starting toward home...

  • ...continuing...

  • ...continuing...

  • ...continuing...

  • Not one of those drug-encouraging schools

  • Now just a few blocks from home

  • Back where I started!

  • My apartment building

  • Recreation of the path I took

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