Difference between revisions of "2015-05-03 45 -123"

Latest revision as of 03:32, 15 August 2019

Location

A recycling warehouse a couple of blocks from downtown Cornelius

Participants

Jim

Plans

Go by in the afternoon after forgetting to remind the local mailing list about the not-so-nearby and not-so-accessible hashpoint.

Expedition

I was heading home when I remembered I still had an item on my "to-do" list, which was a nearby hashpoint.

I pulled over and programmed the GPS, thanks to a locally cached copy of the geohashing Twitter feed. I remembered that the hashpoint was close to 10th Street, so that helped me find it, as well as getting me to the back route to home.

As I got closer, I saw a fenced off area filled with all sorts of wood, and I suspected I was pretty close. The GPS confirmed it, and told me I got 200 feet before being stopped by a gate that reminded me that if it was closed, they weren't accepting drop-offs, thus one shouldn't throw them over the fence!

There was a huge gap in the fence that I could have climbed through to get into the facility to get to the hashpoint, but they clearly didn't want people in there, so I refrained and "honored the gift not yet given."

So, I gazed longingly in the direction of the hashpoint and then headed home, once again passing one of the "Graveyards of Washington County" that I find so often on my Geohashing expeditions.

Checking out the Google street view when I get home reveals that the wood drop-off area appears to have been only open Mon-Fri in June 2012, but has since added Saturday hours. But, despite the presence of a very rare cubicle geohash, they failed to be open on Sunday afternoon for visitors.

Photos

Achievements

No Trespassing

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 == Participants ==
-* [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]])
+* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
 == Plans ==
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 I pulled over and programmed the GPS, thanks to a locally cached copy of the
-geohashing twitter feed.   I remembered that the hashpoint was close to 10th Street, so that
+geohashing Twitter feed.   I remembered that the hashpoint was close to 10th Street, so that
 helped me find it, as well as getting me to the back route to home.
 As I got closer, I saw a fenced off area filled with all sorts of wood, and I suspected I was
 pretty close.   The GPS confirmed it, and told me I got 200 feet before being stopped by a gate
-that reminded me that if it was closed, they weren't accepting drop-off, so don't throw them over
+that reminded me that if it was closed, they weren't accepting drop-offs, thus one shouldn't throw them over
-the fence.
+the fence!
-There was a huge gap that I could have climbed through to get into the facility to get to the
+There was a huge gap in the fence that I could have climbed through to get into the facility to get to the
 hashpoint, but they clearly didn't want people in there, so I refrained and "honored the gift
 not yet given."
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 passing one of the "Graveyards of Washington County" that I find so often on my Geohashing
 expeditions.
+Checking out the Google street view when I get home reveals that the wood drop-off area
+appears to have been only open Mon-Fri in June 2012, but has since added Saturday hours.
+But, despite the presence of a very rare cubicle geohash, they failed to be open on
+Sunday afternoon for visitors.
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 [[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
 [[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
+{{location|US|OR|WI}}


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