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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
 
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On a street in Granger, IA.
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
 
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[[User:Stretch|Stretch]]
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This geohash was reached by [[User:Stretch|Stretch]], his second geohash. Stretch arrived at 1601 local time and left at 1610. The geohash was easily reachable, located in the middle of Broadway Street next to some baseball fields. Stretch parked at a nearby park, walked about and snapped some pictures, waited a bit, and then departed. He also drove through the hash at a blistering 25 miles per hour, thus earning the Speed Racer Geohash Achievement. The weather was beautiful, despite recent flooding in the area (see pictures).
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Image:DSC01448.JPG|The actual hash location as seen from the sidewalk.
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Image:DSC01442.JPG|A nearby baseball diamond.
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Image:DSC01447.JPG|Stretch, posing near a street sign to verify the location.
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Image:DSC01438.JPG|Nearby Beaver Creek had overflowed its banks from recent storms.
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=Geohashing in Granger, IA=
 
 
[[Image:DSC01448.JPG|thumb|300 px|The actual hash location as seen from the sidewalk.]]
 
[[Image:DSC01442.JPG|thumb|300 px|A nearby baseball diamond.]]
 
[[Image:DSC01447.JPG|thumb|300 px|Stretch, posing near a street sign to verify the location.]]
 
[[Image:DSC01438.JPG|thumb|300 px|Nearby Beaver Creek had overflowed its banks from recent storms.]]
 
This geohash was reached by [[User:Stretch|Stretch]], his second geohash. Stretch arrived at 1601 local time and left at 1610. The geohash was easily reachable, located in the middle of Broadway Street next to some baseball fields. Stretch parked at a nearby park, walked about and snapped some pictures, waited a bit, and then departed. He also drove through the hash at a blistering 25 miles per hour, thus earning the Speed Racer Geohash Achievement. The weather was beautiful, despite recent flooding in the area (see pictures).
 
 
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Revision as of 07:57, 26 January 2010

Fri 6 Jun 2008 in 41,-93:
41.7596630, -93.8253824
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Location

On a street in Granger, IA.

Participants

Stretch

Expedition

This geohash was reached by Stretch, his second geohash. Stretch arrived at 1601 local time and left at 1610. The geohash was easily reachable, located in the middle of Broadway Street next to some baseball fields. Stretch parked at a nearby park, walked about and snapped some pictures, waited a bit, and then departed. He also drove through the hash at a blistering 25 miles per hour, thus earning the Speed Racer Geohash Achievement. The weather was beautiful, despite recent flooding in the area (see pictures).

Photos