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Revision as of 04:52, 8 November 2010
| Sun 7 Nov 2010 in 25,-80: 25.7609772, -80.5510646 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In the middle of the road, in the everglades.
Participants
Plans
Rhonda has to work, then wants to see the airshow at Homestead AFB (blue angels!), then has to get out of the airshow parking lot somehow, then will go to the hashpoint. Probably sunset-ish. Will update later. -- Rhonda 12:21, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- rhonda is still at work, won't make it to the airshow at all, and will probably be here more than an hour longer. How much more than an hour remains to be seen. --Rhonda 19:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- finally off work at 4:30. That was a spectacular fail at a short easy workday. It'll take me an hour to get to the hashpoint. --Rhonda 21:38, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Expedition
Rhonda
I encountered unexpected difficulties at work and thus didn't get to see the airshow as I had been hoping, but did get to see the edges of the Blue Angels' performance as they appeared and disappeared from the other side of the biggest hill in south florida: the dump. Don't I get to work in the best places?
Plans of a sunset geohash were, however, still attainable, as sunset was an hour after leaving work, and it took an hour to drive from work to the hashpoint. After a failed attempt to have the GPS on the dash and take a picture of it while driving, I pulled into the first left I could see, which was a place with a restaurant, bait and tackle sales, and airboat rides. They turned the big sign off while I was sitting there in the parking lot trying to phone Million zillion. After getting his voicemail several times in a row, I was about ready to call it a night, with one last shot at getting a photo while driving. Not ideal, but if it came to safety I would drop the photo.
I was just about back at 177th when Million zillion phoned me back. I had just enough time to safely get into the left turn bay when he said he would be there shortly. I told him about the restaurant parking lot, pulled a (legal!) U-turn, and crossed the hashpoint a third time to go wait for him. The speed racer might have decent evidence after all!
Million zillion
Speed racer
Tracklog
(still trying to figure out how to get a useful display of track, speed, and hashpoint -- Rhonda)
Photos
The reduced speed limit at the hashpoint
The hashpoint is straight ahead on a straight road
We're here! only for as long as it takes the GPS screen to refresh
Achievements
