Difference between revisions of "2009-04-10 42 -84"

Latest revision as of 23:10, 18 March 2022

About

As with many of my Midwestern hashes this time of year, it was in the middle of a harvested corn field.

Expedition

This was one of the more ho hum geohashes you'll ever read about. I saw that the day's point was close to I-96, I hadn't geohashed in awhile and I wanted to, and I'd never been to Ionia County before. So off I went! It was an easy geohash to get to. I took a nice Friday afternoon drive up I-96, got off at the appropriate exit, went under the highway, and in less than a mile I was there. I drove up and down the road once to try to determine the best place to park and whose land the hash might be on. I eventually went to the house pictured below. Once there, I knocked on the door and saw one adult quickly run up the stairs inside the door. I waited, knocked again, and no one answered. So I drove across the road to the barn and parked my car. The was no fence, no "no trespassing" signs, and no crops planted, so I decided to proceed. A very short time later, I was at the hash. I took the normal pictures and a couple pictures of I-96 so you could see how close it was to the hash. If you compare the two photos, you can see the cars moving down the highway.

Achievements

excellentdude earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (42, -84) geohash on 2009-04-10.

excellentdude earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching 3 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-04-10.

Photos

Goofy grin
The hash
GPS reading
The aforementioned house and barn
There's I-96
You can see the cars move
My car at the barn

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 == About ==
+As with many of my Midwestern hashes this time of year, it was in the middle of a harvested corn field.
 == Expedition ==
+This was one of the more ho hum geohashes you'll ever read about.  I saw that the day's point was close to I-96, I hadn't geohashed in awhile and I wanted to, and I'd never been to Ionia County before.  So off I went!  It was an easy geohash to get to.  I took a nice Friday afternoon drive up I-96, got off at the appropriate exit, went under the highway, and in less than a mile I was there.  I drove up and down the road once to try to determine the best place to park and whose land the hash might be on.  I eventually went to the house pictured below.  Once there, I knocked on the door and saw one adult quickly run up the stairs inside the door.  I waited, knocked again, and no one answered.  So I drove across the road to the barn and parked my car.  The was no fence, no "no trespassing" signs, and no crops planted, so I decided to proceed.  A very short time later, I was at the hash.  I took the normal pictures and a couple pictures of I-96 so you could see how close it was to the hash.  If you compare the two photos, you can see the cars moving down the highway.
 == Achievements ==
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = 42
+    | longitude = -84
+    | date = 2009-04-10
+    | name = [[User:excellentdude|excellentdude]]
+}}{{consecutive geohash
+    | count = 3
+    | latitude = 42
+    | longitude = -84
+    | date = 2009-04-10
+    | name = excellentdude
+}}
 == Photos ==
+<gallery perrow="4">
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 Goofy Grin.jpg|Goofy grin
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 Hash.jpg|The hash
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 GPS.PNG|GPS reading
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 House and Barn.jpg|The aforementioned house and barn
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 I-96 Alpha.jpg|There's I-96
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 I-96 Beta.jpg|You can see the cars move
+Image:2009-04-10 42 -84 Parked.jpg|My car at the barn
+</gallery>
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
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 [[Category:Meetup on 2009-04-10]]
 [[Category:Meetup in 42 -84]]
+{{location|US|MI|II}}


Fri 10 Apr 2009 in Lansing: 42.8624990, -84.9597201 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox