Difference between revisions of "Paducah, Kentucky"

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== Today's Location ==
 
== Today's Location ==
[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=37&long=-88&zoom=9&abs=-1 {{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}} Paducah, KY]]
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[{{Today's location|lat=37|lon=-88|text={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}} Paducah, KY}}]
 
==About==
 
==About==
The [[37,-88]] graticule contains Paducah, KY, known for it's annual quilt show and not much else. Fortunately, it's very near [http://www.lbl.org Land Between the Lakes].
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The [[37,-88]] graticule contains Paducah, [[Kentucky|KY]], known for it's annual quilt show and not much else. Fortunately, it's very near [http://www.lbl.org Land Between the Lakes] and the [http://www.fs.usda.gov/shawnee Shawnee National Forest].
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==People==
 
==People==
[[User:SporkOnABike|Spork (on a bike)]] is now watching this area religiously, as well as neighboring [[36,-88]] and [[36,-87]], which contain the bulk of LBL.
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Paducah is currently home to the three active users of this graticule:
==Upcoming Events==
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*[[User:SporkOnABike|Spork (on a bike)]]
A trip is being planned for [[2010-02-05_36_-87|Saturday, February 26th]] to [[36,-87]]'s  GeoHash in LBL.
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**Now watching this area, as well as neighboring [[36,-88]] and [[36,-87]], which contain the bulk of LBL.
 
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**Vehicle: Trek 4300 hardtail mountain bike.
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**Equipment: Garmin eTrex Legend, Sony Cybershot, and/or HTC Aria
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*[[User:Tuna|Tuna!]] has a car and a nice digicam and is usually up for random pointless adventure.
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*[[User:Team Tismon|Team Tismon]] has a car, an Oregon 450 and an android smartphone. We love hiking and will use any excuse to get out including hashing and caching.
 
[[Category:Kentucky]]
 
[[Category:Kentucky]]
 
[[Category:Illinois]]
 
[[Category:Illinois]]
 
[[Category:Indiana]]
 
[[Category:Indiana]]
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== Adventures ==
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*[[2010-08-21 37 -88]] Success-Spork: There wasn't really a plan, I just kinda made it my Saturday ride.
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*[[2010-08-27 37 -88]] Failure?-Spork
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*[[2010-10-05 37 -88]] Success-Spork: Impulsive FB invite for morning bike ride to coords.
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*[[2012-03-10 37 -88]] Failure-Team Tismon: We tried to get as close as we could, but alas, it was on private property.
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== Achievements ==
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{{Graticule unlocked|date=2010-08-21|latitude=37|longitude=-88|name=[[User:SporkOnABike|Spork (on a bike)]]}}
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Latest revision as of 06:50, 20 March 2024

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Today's location: not yet announced

Today's Location

[2024-06-17 Paducah, KY]

About

The 37,-88 graticule contains Paducah, KY, known for it's annual quilt show and not much else. Fortunately, it's very near Land Between the Lakes and the Shawnee National Forest.

People

Paducah is currently home to the three active users of this graticule:

  • Spork (on a bike)
    • Now watching this area, as well as neighboring 36,-88 and 36,-87, which contain the bulk of LBL.
    • Vehicle: Trek 4300 hardtail mountain bike.
    • Equipment: Garmin eTrex Legend, Sony Cybershot, and/or HTC Aria
  • Tuna! has a car and a nice digicam and is usually up for random pointless adventure.
  • Team Tismon has a car, an Oregon 450 and an android smartphone. We love hiking and will use any excuse to get out including hashing and caching.

Adventures

Achievements

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Spork (on a bike) earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (37, -88) graticule, here, on 2010-08-21.