Difference between revisions of "2011-05-21 40 -74"

Latest revision as of 06:36, 9 August 2019

Location

D & R Canal path, in Princeton Township. The tow path on the east side of the canal is the dividing line between Princeton and West Windsor Township [1], so the margin for error overlaps the border.

Participants

Jevanyn will try to make it at 4PM, time is somewhat flexible, and I may be bringing Evan and/or other dragalongs.

Plans

Jevanyn: I've been in the area a hundred times, as 206 is my regular route to Cape May. I can't make it in the morning, but I'm going to make an effort to be there if there is a meetup.

Expedition

Feh. Google Maps lied; there was no trail on the east side of the canal. Starting from Alexander Rd., a short gravely path leads to a fenced off power station just before the train line. Beyond the train tracks is a grassy way, but it was flooded in places. I made the closest approach possible on the opposite side of the canal. If I'd come earlier, and if there had been more people (ahem) I could have rented a canoe and gotten closer, but I was (briefly) within the margin of error for my GPS.

Not knowing the lay of the land (GPS malfunctioning until after I got to the trailhead) I ended up parked about a mile from the canal. It started to rain just as I headed back. -- Jevanyn 03:31, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

Stuff that sucks

The weather. Rained six days in a row.
The GPS on my phone, without which I parked over a mile from the canal.
Google Maps, which said there was a path or something on the east side of the canal, when there wasn't.
Walking uphill for a mile in the rain.
Not getting a canoe when the geohash is spitting distance from a canal. Duh!

Photos

Shockingly, this map was useful.
Students: no left turn
After a mile hike downhill....
Pedestrian-activated warning lights at crossing, 3 to 5 times more effective than wildly waving your arms
Princeton welcomes you! Please wipe your feet
Do you see a trail here? I see flooding and a natural gas pipeline.
It's not a drawbridge, but the rail crossing has some sort of works underneath.
The geohash
A geohasher
Either 10 miles or half a mile from something more interesting
Based on which way the numbers face, it's 15 miles to Trenton, and 28 miles to New Brunswick YMMV.

Achievements

Jevanyn earned the 2011 Geohashing Day achievement

by celebrating in the (40, -74) graticule on May 21st 2011.

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 :[[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]]: I've been in the area a hundred times, as 206 is my regular route to Cape May. I can't make it in the morning, but I'm going to make an effort to be there if there is a meetup.
-=== Also of interest ===
+== Expedition ==
-The Berlin meetup is a 4PM European time, which is 10AM here.
+*Feh. Google Maps lied; there was no trail on the east side of the canal. Starting from Alexander Rd., a short gravely path leads to a fenced off power station just before the train line. Beyond the train tracks is a grassy way, but it was flooded in places. I made the closest approach possible on the opposite side of the canal. If I'd come earlier, and if there had been more people (ahem) I could have rented a canoe and gotten closer, but I was (briefly) within the margin of error for my GPS.
-== Expedition ==
+Not knowing the lay of the land (GPS malfunctioning until after I got to the trailhead) I ended up parked about a mile from the canal. It started to rain just as I headed back.  -- [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] 03:31, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+== Stuff that sucks ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+*The weather. Rained six days in a row.
+*The GPS on my phone, without which I parked over a mile from the canal.
+*Google Maps, which said there was a path or something on the east side of the canal, when there wasn't.
+*Walking uphill for a mile in the rain.
+*Not getting a canoe when the geohash is spitting distance from a canal. Duh!
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-32-51-211.jpg | Shockingly, this map was useful.
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-33-53-512.jpg | Students: no left turn
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-34-37-725.jpg | After a mile hike downhill....
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-36-20-186.jpg | Pedestrian-activated warning lights at crossing, 3 to 5 times more effective than wildly waving your arms
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-37-18-364.jpg | Princeton welcomes you! Please wipe your feet
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-38-29-916.jpg | Do you see a trail here? I see flooding and a natural gas pipeline.
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-39-34-084.jpg | It's not a drawbridge, but the rail crossing has some sort of works underneath.
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-40-11-304.jpg | The geohash
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-40-46-112.jpg | A geohasher
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-41-32-663.jpg | Either 10 miles or half a mile from something more interesting
+Image:2011-05-21_40_-74_03-43-40-383.jpg | Based on which way the numbers face, it's 15 miles to Trenton, and 28 miles to New Brunswick YMMV.
 </gallery>
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+{{Geohashing Day
+    | latitude = 40
+    | longitude = -74
+    | year = 2011
+    | coorddate= 2011-05-21
+    | name = [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]]
+}}
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
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-<!-- if you reached your coords:
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+{{location|US|NJ|ME}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
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-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
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