Difference between revisions of "2009-09-25 35 -107"

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Location

In a small ravine among rolling hills in the Zuni Mountains south and west of Grants.

Participants

Redaragorn

Plans

Take the dirt roads as far as I could and hike the rest of the distance to the hash point. The entire area was located on National Forest land, so access wasn't an issue at all.

Expedition

After missing out on the Albuquerque geohash on the way west, we finally made it out to Grants and headed south after the Malpais. We headed northwest into the Zuni Mountains on the bumpy road up Bonita Canyon. After a few miles, I parked the car and walked a half mile or so over to the geohash. Little squirt made the entire walk there and back on his own despite the fact that it was up and down most all of the way. He did good, and was a willing participant in my drag-along achievement.

Check out the track here.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (35, -107) graticule, here, on 2009-09-25.

Redaragorn earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging his son to the (35, -107) geohash on 2009-09-25.

Pictures

GPS coordinates to prove we're at the hash.
My little guy with requisite goofy grin (trust me, ALL of his grins are goofy!).
Me with my goofy grin.

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 {{meetup graticule
+| map=<map lat="35" lon="-107" date="2009-09-25" />
 | lat=35
 | lon=-107
-| date=2009-09-17
+| date=2009-09-25
-| graticule_name=Grants
-| graticule_link=Grants, New Mexico
 }}
-=== [[User:Redaragorn|redaragorn]] ===
-I knew that I'd have time to FINALLY get out and find my first geohash today, so I was a little disappointed to wake up and find a nice steady, soaking rain.  Not that you're ever TOO disappointed to get a good rain in the desert.  When the market opened and I got the coordinates, though, I found that it wasn't far from home--on the west side of Albuquerque near the Rinconada Canyon section of [http://www.nps.gov/petr/index.htm Petroglyph National Monument].  I grabbed my hiking stuff, but I was glad I threw in the raincoat for good measure.
+== Location ==
-It was raining all morning.  Not super hard, but good and steady.  I got to the trailhead parking lot and wondered for a second about how silly I was being, then pulled on my hiking boots, put on my raincoat, and headed out into the grey.  I took the trail around most of the way, then headed up the basalt cliffs to the southwest at the nearest point to make a beeline to the hash.  Let me point out that going overland on the west mesa in wet weather is not especially pleasant.  I was rather wet and muddy by the time I reached the hash point.  I didn't see a whole lot of point in hanging out there, so I took a couple of quick pics and retreated back to the relative dryness of the car.
+In a small ravine among rolling hills in the Zuni Mountains south and west of Grants.
-Check out the track [{{meetup graticule
+== Participants ==
-| lat=35
-| lon=-106
+* [[User:Redaragorn|Redaragorn]]
-| date=2009-09-17
-| graticule_name=Albuquerque
+== Plans ==
-| graticule_link=Albuquerque, New Mexico
-}}
-=== [[User:Redaragorn|redaragorn]] ===
+Take the dirt roads as far as I could and hike the rest of the distance to the hash point.  The entire area was located on National Forest land, so access wasn't an issue at all.
+== Expedition ==
 After missing out on the Albuquerque geohash on the way west, we finally made it out to Grants and headed south after the Malpais.  We headed northwest into the Zuni Mountains on the bumpy road up Bonita Canyon.  After a few miles, I parked the car and walked a half mile or so over to the geohash.  Little squirt made the entire walk there and back on his own despite the fact that it was up and down most all of the way.  He did good, and was a willing participant in my drag-along achievement.
 Check out the track [http://www.trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:99YM?units=imperial here].
-{{Virgin graticule    | latitude = 35| longitude = -107 | date = 2009-09-25 | name = [[User:Redaragorn|Redaragorn]] }}
+{{Graticule unlocked    | latitude = 35| longitude = -107 | date = 2009-09-25 | name = [[User:Redaragorn|Redaragorn]] }}
-{{drag-along          | latitude = 35 | longitude = -107 | date = 2009-09-25 | partner = his son | name = Redaragorn | image =  }}
+{{Drag-along          | latitude = 35 | longitude = -107 | date = 2009-09-25 | partner = his son | name = Redaragorn | image = 2009-09-25 35 -107 - Little guy.jpg }}
+== Pictures ==
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
+<gallery>
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]] here].
+Image:2009-09-25 35 -107 - GPS.jpg|GPS coordinates to prove we're at the hash.
+Image:2009-09-25 35 -107 - Little guy.jpg|My little guy with requisite goofy grin (trust me, ALL of his grins are goofy!).
+Image:2009-09-25 35 -107 - me.jpg|Me with my goofy grin.
+</gallery>
-{{land geohash | latitude = 35 | longitude = -106 | date = 2009-09-17 | name = Redaragorn | image =  }}
-{{Drowned rat geohash | latitude = 35| longitude = -106 | date = 2009-09-17 | name = Redaragorn | image =  | reason = steady, soaking rain...in ALBUQUERQUE! }}
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|NM|CI}}


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