Difference between revisions of "2010-11-04 39 -89"

Latest revision as of 04:29, 9 August 2019

Location

Parking lot for the "Office of the Auditor General" in Springfield, Illinois.

Participants

Dvdllr & Rachel

Plans

Peoria's geohash for Thursday was on a golf course. That would have been a great opportunity for a Golf achievement, but I've never gone golfing in my life, and I wasn't about to start today, while it was getting dark, just for a ribbon. I set my sights to the south, and found Springfield's to be conveniently located in a parking lot. Plans were to just head out, get to the spot, and then find somewhere to eat before coming back home.

Expedition

After work, with wife in tow, we left home and drove for about an hour before arriving at Illinois' capital city. Rachel shutterbugged for me as we drove through the scattered showers, and were able to enjoy a rainbow to the east for most of the trip, since the sun was low. Getting to the spot wasn't too much trouble. I opted for a No Batteries Geohash this time, since the point was easily identifiable as "the end of the sixth parking spot on the second-to-last row of the lot." Being around 5:30 pm, it was mostly empty as I had hoped. We parked in the spot right next to the one in question. I got out and took pictures while Rachel preferred to stay in the car. I found the parking lot to be for the Office of the Auditor General, for some level of government. Without much interesting to do here, we left the lot, found a Steak 'n' Shake for dinner, and returned home about three hours after we'd left. Good times!

Photos

Rainbow
Blue sky
Proof of location
Standing on the spot, a view of the building to the east
Building to the west
Successful geohasher!
Time and date info
Mrs. Geohasher
Great ball o' fire!
Red sky

Achievements

Dvdllr earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (39, -89) geohash on 2010-11-04.

Dvdllr earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by having their challenge met by Spindizzy and Jevanyn in Springfield on 2010-11-04.

Dvdllr earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (39, -89) geohash on 2010-11-04.

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 == Plans ==
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+[[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]'s geohash for Thursday was on a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.778522906178786,-89.64665492203568&z=8&q=loc:40.778522906178786,-89.64665492203568 golf course].  That would have been a great opportunity for a [[Golf geohash achievement|Golf achievement]], but I've never gone golfing in my life, and I wasn't about to start today, while it was getting dark, just for a ribbon.  I set my sights to the south, and found [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield's]] to be conveniently located in a parking lot.  Plans were to just head out, get to the spot, and then find somewhere to eat before coming back home.
 == Expedition ==
-Forthcoming.
+After work, with wife in tow, we left home and drove for about an hour before arriving at Illinois' capital city.  Rachel shutterbugged for me as we drove through the scattered showers, and were able to enjoy a rainbow to the east for most of the trip, since the sun was low.  Getting to the spot wasn't too much trouble.  I opted for a [[No Batteries Geohash]] this time, since the point was easily identifiable as "the end of the sixth parking spot on the second-to-last row of the lot."  Being around 5:30 pm, it was mostly empty as I had hoped.  We parked in the spot right next to the one in question.  I got out and took pictures while Rachel preferred to stay in the car.  I found the parking lot to be for the Office of the Auditor General, for some level of government.  Without much interesting to do here, we left the lot, found a Steak 'n' Shake for dinner, and returned home about three hours after we'd left.  Good times!
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 == Photos ==
 <gallery perrow="5">
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 1.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 1.jpg | Rainbow
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 2.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 2.jpg | Blue sky
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 3.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 3.jpg | Proof of location
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 4.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 4.jpg | Standing on the spot, a view of the building to the east
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 5.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 5.jpg | Building to the west
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 6.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 6.jpg | Successful geohasher!
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 7.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 7.jpg | Time and date info
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 8.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 8.jpg | Mrs. Geohasher
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 9.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 9.jpg | Great ball o' fire!
-Image:2010-11-04 39 -89 10.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2010-11-4 39 -89 10.jpg | Red sky
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 == Achievements ==
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+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 39
+| longitude = -89
+| date = 2010-11-04
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
+}}
+{{A Tale of Two Hashes
+| latitude = 39
+| longitude = -89
+| completed = yes
+| date = 2010-11-04
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
+| place = Springfield
+| user2 = [[User:Spindizzy|Spindizzy]] and [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]]
+}}
+{{No_batteries_geohash
+| latitude = 39
+| longitude = -89
+| date = 2010-11-04
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
+}}
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+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|IL|SM}}


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