Difference between revisions of "2015-11-02 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 05:39, 15 August 2019

Location

The north plaza of Century Link field.

Participants

Thomcat

Expedition

This is a spot crossed by thousands of people on days with (American) Football or Soccer (Football) games. Through a circuitous route, I could visit the area and then continue across a floating bridge to my place of work.

I expected this plaza to be closed, as the stadium steps are nearby and the seats and field beyond. Arriving, I was pleasantly surprised to find the gates open, and quickly found the spot in a light rain.

I then headed up the steps, to find a second set of gates I never noticed before. Happy to find the field closed but the plaza open, I further documented my success and headed to work.

We do love our cloverleafs (though probably not as much as road planners in southern California) but I managed to plot a route to work that avoided them. What I didn't avoid was traffic, and the commute consumed quite a bit more time than usual. My route home will be more traditional, around the north end of the lake, completing my loop.

November 22 addendum

Joined a friend for the game today, walked right over the spot. Earlier in the day I updated to the newest geohashdroid, so today was a good chance to test it out (since today's actual point was inaccessible on the peninsula). My only (minor) complaint is that when I switch away from the app, the date reverts to today - so the picture below is actually my second upload.

Tracklog

I will save a tracklog expedition for a geohash closer to home.

Photos

Still broken
"X" marks the spot?
Today's attire
From season ticket seats @47.5958,-122.3333

Achievements

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 I then headed up the steps, to find a second set of gates I never noticed before. Happy to find the field closed but the plaza open, I further documented my success and headed to work.
 We do love our cloverleafs (though probably not as much as road planners in southern California) but I managed to plot a route to work that avoided them. What I didn't avoid was traffic, and the commute consumed quite a bit more time than usual. My route home will be more traditional, around the north end of the lake, completing my [[Tron achievement|loop]].
+===November 22 addendum===
+Joined a friend for the game today, walked right over the spot. Earlier in the day I updated to the newest geohashdroid, so today was a good chance to test it out (since today's actual point was inaccessible on the peninsula). My only (minor) complaint is that when I switch away from the app, the date reverts to today - so the picture below is actually my second upload.
 == Tracklog ==
-I will save a tracklog [[Tron achievement|expedition]]for a geohash closer to home.
+I will save a tracklog [[Tron achievement|expedition]] for a geohash closer to home.
 == Photos ==
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_CenturyLink.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_UploadFail.jpg | Still broken
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_FromSpot.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_OnPoint.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_X.jpg | "X" marks the spot?
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_Geohasher.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_PanoSpot.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_UpperGate.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_SpotFromAbove.jpg
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_Attire.jpg | Today's attire
+Image:2015-11-02_47_-122_thomcat_1448224339748.jpg|From season ticket seats [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.59583080&lon=-122.33332950&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.5958,-122.3333]
 </gallery>
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|WA|KN}}


Mon 2 Nov 2015 in Seattle: 47.5964260, -122.3314650 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox