Difference between revisions of "2013-05-13 33 -97"

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Location

The hash was is a field a few miles southeast of Gainesville, about 200 yards from a 2-lane farm-to-market road. (Since many hashes in this area are located on agricultural land, travel on one of these is almost always necessary to reach the location.) This location was a relatively easy one to reach for me; even though it was about 30 miles away from where I live, about 25 of those could be done at 65 MPH with the help of the interstate.

Participants

Neimster

Expedition

Upon arriving in the area, I parked the car and began searching for a way around the barbed-wire fence between me and the hash. No trespassing signs were not posted. Upon reaching a gate, I quickly climbed over it and into the field. Just as I began my final navigation toward the hash, I noticed that there stood a herd of cows, standing in the shade near the fence. I estimate they were about 30 feet away from me, and, not wanting to risk injury, I decided to abort the mission and climb back over the gate.

Photos

These are the cows. You can only see a couple in the picture, partly due to the poor lighting, but there were more.
People often fail to recognize the beauty of an open field.
This is as close as I was able to get.
Close enough that you couldn't tell based on the coordinates (rounded to the nearest 1000th of a degree).
While driving back through Gainesville, I happened upon some some sort of ancient ruins.

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+The hash was is a field a few miles southeast of Gainesville, about 200 yards from a 2-lane [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm-to-market_road farm-to-market road]. (Since many hashes in this area are located on agricultural land, travel on one of these is almost always necessary to reach the location.)  This location was a relatively easy one to reach for me; even though it was about 30 miles away from where I live, about 25 of those could be done at 65 MPH with the help of the interstate.
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+Upon arriving in the area, I parked the car and began searching for a way around the barbed-wire fence between me and the hash.  No trespassing signs were not posted.  Upon reaching a gate, I quickly climbed over it and into the field.  Just as I began my final navigation toward the hash, I noticed that there stood a herd of cows, standing in the shade near the fence.  I estimate they were about 30 feet away from me, and, not wanting to risk injury, I decided to abort the mission and climb back over the gate.
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+Image:2013-05-13 33 -97 cows portrait.jpg | These are the cows.  You can only see a couple in the picture, partly due to the poor lighting, but there were more.
+Image:2013-05-13 33 -97 field.jpg | People often fail to recognize the beauty of an open field.
+Image:2013-05-13_33_-97_map_screenshot.png | This is as close as I was able to get.
+Image:2013-05-13_33_-97_stats_screenshot.png | Close enough that you couldn't tell based on the coordinates (rounded to the nearest 1000th of a degree).
+Image:2013-05-13_33_-97_gas_station.jpg | While driving back through Gainesville, I happened upon some some sort of ancient ruins.
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