Difference between revisions of "2009-07-21 44 -78"

Latest revision as of 02:59, 20 March 2024

About

Today's hash was located on Enfield Rd, north-east of Oshawa.

Expedition

Splitdipless

A hash on the road somewhere? You'd have to be crazy not to try a Speed racer achievement.

Entering the hash on my GPS at work, I noticed that the battery was at 2 bars. I wasn't even done entering the number when I got 0 bars, and a low battery warning. So, I had my GPS off for the most part.

Using directions to get within 1 concession, I turned the GPS on and started collecting track data about 2 km away from the hash and rolled through the hash a little under 50 km an hour (approaching a stop at 9th Concession), stopped and saved my track.

I turned around and parked on the road. No shoulders, and no public parking in the hamlet/villiage of Enfield, so I was a bit unconfortable hanging around, and it was starting to rain, so I ran back to the hash, snapped a pic of my GPS declaring victory, did a little dance, then hopped back into 'Em' to start on my trek back home.

Lots of fields out there, and one 500 kVA power line corridor. Also, I passed a huge mansion on Trulls as I was heading back to relative civilization.

Earned the Speed Racer achievement, the Graticule unlocked achievement, and I'm one step closer to getting the Minesweeper Geohash achievement.

Edit: This is part of a Consecutive geohash. See 2009-07-22 43 -79 for the exciting conclusion!

Photos

The little bit of the travel I did record with my dying GPS.
Left hash in the dust, about 50m down this road.
I wouldn't get this shot if I was on the highway.
The stupid grin is never optional on a win in my book.

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-== Planning ==
+== About ==
+Today's hash was located on Enfield Rd, north-east of Oshawa.
+== Expedition ==
 === [[User:Splitdipless|Splitdipless]] ===
-A hash on a road, in a virgin graticle in one of the 8 graticles around my 'home' graticle? How can I possibly say no?
+A hash on the road somewhere? You'd have to be crazy not to try a [[Speed racer achievement]].
+Entering the hash on my GPS at work, I noticed that the battery was at 2 bars. I wasn't even done entering the number when I got 0 bars, and a low battery warning. So, I had my GPS off for the most part.
+Using directions to get within 1 concession, I turned the GPS on and started collecting track data about 2 km away from the hash and rolled through the hash a little under 50 km an hour (approaching a stop at 9th Concession), stopped and saved my track.
+I turned around and parked on the road. No shoulders, and no public parking in the hamlet/villiage of Enfield, so I was a bit unconfortable hanging around, and it was starting to rain, so I ran back to the hash, snapped a pic of my GPS declaring victory, did a little dance, then hopped back into 'Em' to start on my trek back home.
+Lots of fields out there, and one 500 kVA power line corridor. Also, I passed a huge mansion on Trulls as I was heading back to relative civilization.
+Earned the [[Speed racer achievement|Speed Racer achievement]], the [[Graticule unlocked|Graticule unlocked achievement]], and I'm one step closer to getting the [[Minesweeper Geohash|Minesweeper Geohash achievement]].
-Satellite imagery has placed the hash on Enfield Rd south of 9th Concession (if that doesn't sound country, I don't know what does) by a hamlet called Enfield. If you can call it a hamlet... I call it a couple houses in the middle of nowhere. Normal driving conditions would place it 45 minutes from my work location, 1 hour from home. Traffic will not be ideal.
+Edit: This is part of a [[Consecutive_geohash_achievement|Consecutive geohash]]. See [[2009-07-22 43 -79]] for the exciting conclusion!
-Driving while gathering proof is not smart, so I'll have to save a track. I may 'circle around' to get definative proof.
+== Photos ==
+<gallery perrow="3">
+Image:2009-07-21_44_-78_A.jpg | The little bit of the travel I did record with my dying GPS.
+Image:2009-07-21_44_-78_B.JPG | Left hash in the dust, about 50m down this road.
+Image:2009-07-21_44_-78_C.JPG | I wouldn't get this shot if I was on the highway.
+Image:2009-07-21_44_-78_D.JPG | The stupid grin is never ''optional'' on a win in my book.
+</gallery>
-[[Category:Expedition Planning]]
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+[[Category:Meetup on 2009-07-21]]
+[[Category:Meetup in 44 -78]]
+[[Category:Graticule unlocked achievement]]
+{{location|CA|ON|DR}}


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