2014-06-15 45 -122

Sun 15 Jun 2014 in 45,-122: 45.8659918, -122.8243489 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On a hillside just to the north of St. Helens, Oregon.

Participants

• Michael5000
• Frogman

Expedition

Michael5000 and Frogman drove north from Portland through alternating downpour and drizzle, but things cleared up around Scappoose and superfluous ice cream products were purchased from a drive-through restaurant. Continuing to St. Helens, we did a drive-by of the site on Germantown Road, resolving the only significant challenge of the expedition: parking. After that, it was a pleasant if slightly damp stroll up a hillside. The hashpoint was perhaps 100 meters in, just where meadow met the edge of the forest. We took pictures and generally felt victorious.

Photos

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  I remembered to grin, but not to keep my eyes open.

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  This is the place.

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  Enjoying the lightly wooded landscape.

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  Looking down the hill at the nursing home.

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  Some trees to the east.

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  Ominous clouds!

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  Some local wildlife.

Achievements

This expedition takes care of the southeastern quarter of Columbia County on Michael5000's "stained glass" county-and-graticule map.