Difference between revisions of "2011-08-25 44 -92"

Latest revision as of 00:36, 13 August 2019

Location

A corn field on a small road off a small road off a small road off the freeway.

Participants

RocketMac - Heading home from Minneapolis to Milwaukee

Plans

The trip on Monday went so well, I decided to see if I could hit any hashpoints on the way back. Only two were within a reasonable distance. It was going to be later in the evening maybe even dark, but I decided to try.

Expedition

My departure from Minneapolis had been delayed by the worse traffic (2 miles in 25 minutes at one point) and then with a longer than planned dinner stop at Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge which put me at the nearest freeway exit approaching dusk.

After the freeway it was one side road after another and another each lasting longer and longer. It was getting darker and I didn't know if I would be there before dark.

When I reached the spot, I realized what I was seeing on the map between the road and the hashpoint. Corn. And lots of it.

The advantage of all those delays in town and the twists and turns away from the main roads was the sky. Without the light pollution, the night sky was full of stars.

Tracklog

My log for the trip is available in GPX and KMZ formats

Photos

A starry night over the top of a corn field
GPS reading of where I was standing
Distance from the hashpoint

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (44, -92) geohash on 2011-08-25.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 <!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
@@ Line 7: / Line 6: @@
 tag from your image file name, and replace the all upper-case word IMAGE in the above line.
-And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it!
+And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your repo rt, but that means we first have to discover it!
 -->
 {{meetup graticule
@@ Line 15: / Line 14: @@
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
-__NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+A corn field on a small road off a small road off a small road off the freeway.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended -->
+[[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] - Heading home from Minneapolis to Milwaukee
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+The trip on Monday went so well, I decided to see if I could hit any hashpoints on the way back. Only two were within a reasonable distance. It was going to be later in the evening maybe even dark, but I decided to try.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+My departure from Minneapolis had been delayed by the worse traffic (2 miles in 25 minutes at one point) and then with a longer than planned dinner stop at [http://psychosuzis.com Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge] which put me at the nearest freeway exit approaching dusk.
+After the freeway it was one side road after another and another each lasting longer and longer. It was getting darker and I didn't know if I would be there before dark.
+When I reached the spot, I realized what I was seeing on the map between the road and the hashpoint. Corn. And lots of it.
+The advantage of all those delays in town and the twists and turns away from the main roads was the sky. Without the light pollution, the night sky was full of stars.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+My log for the trip is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2011-08-25.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2011-08-25.kmz KMZ] formats
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2011-08-26 44 -92 01.jpg | A starry night over the top of a corn field
+Image:2011-08-26 44 -92 02.png | GPS reading of where I was standing
+Image:2011-08-26 44 -92 03.png | Distance from the hashpoint
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+{{land geohash
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+| latitude = 44
-[[Category:New report]]
+| longitude = -92
+| date = 2011-08-25
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
+}}
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
-[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
--->
+{{location|US|WI|DN}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-[[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.
--->


Thu 25 Aug 2011 in 44,-92: 44.7747264, -92.0248838 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox