Difference between revisions of "2015-11-15 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 05:50, 15 August 2019

Location

Slightly off a gravel road on a farm near Poulsbo.

Participants

zebburkeconte

zebburkeconte's friends Dillon and Liz

Plans

Walk (mostly). We knew we had to take a ferry, but wanted to stick to walking besides that.

Expedition

We set off for the ferry at about 6:45 AM from Capitol Hill, and caught the 7:55 ferry to Bainbridge. We stopped at McDonald's for some very nutritious food, and then began the walk. It was around 14 miles from the ferry terminal on Bainbridge, mostly on the shoulder of the highway. It wasn't exactly a popular route with pedestrians, and some people in passing cars stared at us, or even pointed. I found a copy of The Bourne Ultimatum on DVD on the side of the highway. Interested to see whether it still works.

Luckily for us, the bridge we had to cross leaving Bainbridge had a sidewalk (I had checked in Street View beforehand), but that sidewalk was pretty narrow and I'm not the best with heights either. We made it across, though, which is all that matters. We briefly ran as we were entering Poulsbo, but quickly realized that was not a good idea.

We still hadn't turned in the first 12 or so miles of walking, staying on 305 the whole time. When we finally came to the first real direction in Google Maps, to turn right on Bond St, we knew we were almost there (and also finally free of the references to Bond, James).

The farm the geohash was located on was very quaint--they even had a chalkboard-style sign at the entrance announcing a marriage ("It's a hitchin!"). They also had some very nice llamas.

We followed a gravel road past the farm and reached the hashpoint, just a few feet off the gravel. Expedition success!

My dad very kindly provided motorized backup, and gave us a ride home.

Photos

Liz's prophetic llama impression
We start walking!
How not to use a bench
More walking. A lot more
Whoever threw this away doesn't know how to appreciate a great movie
A bridge!
The llamas
Us, at the geohash
GPS was a little finicky, we definitely were on it though

Achievements

Zebburkeconte and friends Dillon and Liz earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (47, -122) geohash on 2015-11-15.

Zebburkeconte earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Liz, and especially Dillon to the (47, -122) geohash on 2015-11-15.

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Slightly off a gravel road on a farm near Poulsbo.
 == 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:Zebburkeconte|zebburkeconte]]
--->
+zebburkeconte's friends Dillon and Liz
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Walk (mostly). We knew we had to take a ferry, but wanted to stick to walking besides that.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+We set off for the ferry at about 6:45 AM from Capitol Hill, and caught the 7:55 ferry to Bainbridge. We stopped at McDonald's for some very nutritious food, and then began the walk. It was around 14 miles from the ferry terminal on Bainbridge, mostly on the shoulder of the highway. It wasn't exactly a popular route with pedestrians, and some people in passing cars stared at us, or even pointed. I found a copy of The Bourne Ultimatum on DVD on the side of the highway. Interested to see whether it still works.
+Luckily for us, the bridge we had to cross leaving Bainbridge had a sidewalk (I had checked in Street View beforehand), but that sidewalk was pretty narrow and I'm not the best with heights either. We made it across, though, which is all that matters. We briefly ran as we were entering Poulsbo, but quickly realized that was not a good idea.
-== Tracklog ==
+We still hadn't turned in the first 12 or so miles of walking, staying on 305 the whole time. When we finally came to the first real direction in Google Maps, to turn right on Bond St, we knew we were almost there (and also finally free of the references to Bond, James).
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+The farm the geohash was located on was very quaint--they even had a chalkboard-style sign at the entrance announcing a marriage ("It's a hitchin!"). They also had some very nice llamas.
+We followed a gravel road past the farm and reached the hashpoint, just a few feet off the gravel. Expedition success!
+My dad very kindly provided motorized backup, and gave us a ride home.
 == Photos ==
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 1.jpeg | Liz's prophetic llama impression
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 2.jpeg | We start walking!
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 3.jpeg | How not to use a bench
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 4.jpeg | More walking. A ''lot'' more
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 5.jpeg | Whoever threw this away doesn't know how to appreciate a great movie
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 6.jpeg | A bridge!
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 7.jpeg | The llamas
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 8.jpeg | Us, at the geohash
+Image:2015-11-15 47 -122 9.jpeg | GPS was a little finicky, we definitely were on it though
 </gallery>
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+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 47
+| longitude = -122
+| date = 2015-11-15
+| name = [[User:Zebburkeconte|Zebburkeconte]] and friends Dillon and Liz
+}}
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+{{drag-along
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+| latitude = 47
-[[Category:New report]]
+| longitude = -122
+| date = 2015-11-15
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+| partner = Liz, and especially Dillon
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+| name = [[User:Zebburkeconte|Zebburkeconte]]
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+}}
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+{{location|US|WA|KS}}
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-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
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