Difference between revisions of "2012-05-21 45 -122"

Latest revision as of 04:07, 13 August 2019

Location

In front of a house in Sellwood/East Moreland. Looks like it is right near the sidewalk in a driveway.

But then it appeared to drift into the street...

Participants

Jim

Plans

Jim has something in Portland in the evening, so heading towards the East side beforehand makes a lot of sense.

Expedition

So, I started out by heading west, to Tillamook, in search of the first of two hashpoints. However, that expedition was thwarted, and I continued on to the Sellwood neighborhood, in search of the second one.

The route was pretty easy, though the traffic got slow at times. I remembered enough of the Google maps so I didn't freak out when the point's neighborhood appeared to pass me by with no access.

I found the correct street and slowly drove down it, glancing at the GPS from time to time. Eventually, the distance dropped to 19 feet, which struck me as odd, since it should have been on the sidewalk. But it had drifted, and was now in the street.

I took a few pictures and headed off to do some work. No other geohashers (or anyone else) were visible, nor appeared to have been around.

Photos

The GPS
The nearby house
The GPS shortly after arrival

Achievements

Jim earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (45, -122) geohash on 2012-05-21.

Jim earned the 2012 Geohashing Day achievement

by visiting a street in Sellwood in the (45, -122) graticule on May 21st 2012.

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-DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
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 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-Driveway of a house near Sellwood/East Moreland.   Looks like it is right near the
+In front of a house in Sellwood/East Moreland.   Looks like it is right near the
 sidewalk in a driveway.
+But then it appeared to drift into the street...
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
--->
-* [[User:Jiml|Jiml]]
+* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
 == Plans ==
-Jim has something in Portland in the evening, so heading towards the east side beforehand
+Jim has something in Portland in the evening, so heading towards the East side beforehand
 makes a lot of sense.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+So, I started out by heading west, to Tillamook,  in search of the [[2012-05-21_45_-123|first]] of two hashpoints.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+However, that expedition was thwarted, and I continued on to the Sellwood neighborhood, in
+search of the second one.
+The route was pretty easy, though the traffic got slow at times.   I remembered enough of
+the Google maps so I didn't freak out when the point's neighborhood appeared to pass me by with no access.
+I found the correct street and slowly drove down it, glancing at the GPS from time to time.
+Eventually, the distance dropped to 19 feet, which struck me as odd, since it should have
+been on the sidewalk.   But it had drifted, and was now in the street.
+I took a few pictures and headed off to do some work.   No other geohashers (or anyone else)
+were visible, nor appeared
+to have been around.
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2012-05-21 45 -122 At Hashpoint.jpg|The GPS
+Image:2012-05-21 45 -122 HashHouse.jpg|The nearby house
+Image:2012-05-12 45 -122 Near Hashpoint.jpg|The GPS shortly after arrival
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Land geohash
+| latitude = 45
+| longitude = -122
+| year = 2012
+| date = 2012-05-21
+| name = [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
+}}
+{{Geohashing Day
+| latitude = 45
+| longitude = -122
+| year = 2012
+| coorddate = 2012-05-21
+| name = [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
+| celebration = visiting a street in Sellwood
+}}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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+{{location|US|OR|MU}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-[[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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