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− | Who:
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− | Me & S.O.
| + | Image:20090613 53 -1 whirlow6.JPG|[[2009-06-13 53 -1|Sheffield, UK]] |
− | | + | Image:20090613_50_10-04.jpg|[[2009-06-13 50 10|Breitensee, Germany]] |
− | The Plan:
| + | Image:2009-06-13_-37_144_mdb_005.jpg| [[2009-06-13_-37_144|Melbourne west, Australia]] |
− | Watch the shuttle launch, race off to disney for the last week end of Star Wars weekends and hit the geohash on the way home.
| + | Image:2009-06-13 48 -123.IMG 3688.jpg|[[2009-06-13 48 -123|Victoria, British Columbia, Canada]] |
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− | Expedition:
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− | As always, the best laid plans go awry. We packed our fanny packs, laid out our clothes and went to bed early with the intention of getting up at 4am. Yes, Yes, I can hear you snickering now.
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− | Well bedtime was close to midnight anyway and then we woke up late at 5am. The launch was scrubbed! So now I was awake and no where to go. Upon further checking the geohash coords it landed in the middle lane of a five lane section of highway!
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− | being resourceful, i noticed that the nearest named street was "Arabian nights way". Aha! That tourist attraction has a fairly obvious advertisement on the edge of the highway.
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− | we found a new place to breakfast at, went to disney world and snapped a pic as we passed over the geohash. A fairly tame and somewhat successful first ever geohash expedition.
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