Difference between revisions of "2011-01-09 45 -122"

Revision as of 07:11, 10 January 2011

Location

In the driveway of a farm near Hockinson, Washington

Participants

Jim

Plans

Jim's planning on heading up there, and maybe revisiting the 2008-02-19 45 -122 point.

Expedition

2011 Hashpoint

I printed out Google Maps and directions to both of the hashpoint, in hopes of getting some better pictures and information about the first Geohashing expedition.

I first went to today's hashpoint, which was fairly straightforward. As expected, it was in the driveway of a home in a rural area. I felt strange about driving down the driveway, so I managed to find a place to park alongside the road, and then walked back to the hashpoint.

I walked in, passing through the hashpoint, and then asked if I could take some pictures at the home. They were amenable to the idea, so I walked back, and snapped a few pictures of the GPS, hashpoint, and area.

2008 Hashpoint revisited

I then headed north on the Hwy WA-503, which leads to Hwy WA-502, which takes me back to Hwy I-5 (which heads North to Seattle.) A couple of exits north I hit La Center, which is where the Feb 2008 hashpoint is. I found my way onto the correct side road, and eventually got close to the hashpoint.

Then things started to go awry. But the first apparent roadway in was labeled Private, so I figured I'd see if there was another way in. I went down the road in an attempt to go around, but that didn't help. I backtracked to the obvious pathway in. It was confusing, since it seemed to be marked as a Public road as well as a private road. I saw some folks go in, which made me suspect it was just a shared driveway, so I went partway in to see what the setup was. There were a number of houses, so it really was a shared roadway.

I finally noticed a "Dead End" sign, which made me think there wasn't another way in, at least to the paved section the area. I'll dig for more info to see if I can figure out how the original expedition managed to access the site.

Photos

To Be uploaded

Achievements

Land Geohash
Ambassador

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 == Location ==
-In the driveway of a farm in Washington
+In the driveway of a farm near Hockinson, Washington
 == Participants ==
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 == Plans ==
-Jim's planning on heading up there, and maybe revisiting the 19 Feb 2008 point.
+Jim's planning on heading up there, and maybe revisiting the [[2008-02-19 45 -122]] point.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+=== 2011 Hashpoint ===
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+I printed out Google Maps and directions to both of the hashpoint, in hopes of getting some
+better pictures and information about the first Geohashing expedition.
+I first went to today's hashpoint, which was fairly straightforward.   As expected, it was
+in the driveway of a home in a rural area.   I felt strange about driving down the driveway, so
+I managed to find a place to park alongside the road, and then walked back to the hashpoint.
+I walked in, passing through the hashpoint, and then asked if I could take some pictures at
+the home.   They were amenable to the idea, so I walked back, and snapped a few pictures of
+the GPS, hashpoint, and area.
+=== 2008 Hashpoint revisited ===
+I then headed north on the Hwy WA-503, which leads to Hwy WA-502, which takes me back
+to Hwy I-5 (which heads North to Seattle.)  A couple of exits north I hit La Center, which is
+where the Feb 2008 hashpoint is.  I found my way onto the correct side road, and eventually
+got close to the hashpoint.
+Then things started to go awry.
+But the first apparent roadway in was labeled Private, so I figured I'd see if
+there was another way in.   I went down
+the road in an attempt to go around, but that didn't help.   I backtracked to the
+obvious pathway in.   It was confusing, since it seemed to be marked as a Public road as well
+as a private road.  I saw some folks go in, which made me suspect it was just a shared driveway,
+so I went partway in to see what the setup was.   There were a number of houses, so it
+really was a shared roadway.
+I finally noticed a "Dead End" sign, which made me think there wasn't another way in, at least
+to the paved section the area.  I'll dig for more info to see if I can figure out how the
+original expedition managed to access the site.
 == Photos ==
+To Be uploaded
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 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+* Land Geohash
+* Ambassador
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
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-[[Category:New report]]
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
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-<!-- if you reached your coords:
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-<!-- or if you failed :(
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-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
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