Difference between revisions of "2012-01-28 42 -87"

Latest revision as of 02:13, 13 August 2019

Location

A field north of the Illinois/Wisconsin border, west of I-94.

Participants

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife

Plans

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife are planning on attempting this geohash at Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.. Hopefully, we'll see RocketMac there.

Expedition

Friday morning when I looked at the geohash for Saturday, I noticed that the target in the Kenosha, Wisconsin gradicule was near the Illinois/Wisconsin border so I "talked" to RocketMac about a the possibility of a meetup. He said, "If you were only looking for the meetup, please don't count on me, but I will REALLY try."

I discussed it with The Wife and we decided to go for it. As she put it, "Our choices are an empty field in Illinois or an empty field in Wisconsin."

We drove over an hour to the site only to discover we were blocked by a "No Trespassing" sign. The closest I was able to get was about 850 feet. We waited around a bit in the hope meeting RocketMac (or any other geohasher), but that goal remained unfulfilled also. Perhaps we'll have better luck next time.

RocketMac's Failed Attempt: I was very much looking forward to attending a Saturday Meetup (with actual other people) and meet Evil Uncle Nomo and The Wife. I even hoped to drag along a co-worker, Jon, who accompanied me to a failed attempt. Sadly, I had Toastmasters officer training in the morning and then my wife and I had company coming over that night, so I spent the meetup time cleaning. *sigh*

Photos

Why do we always find the "No Trespassing" signs?
I'm game
Its out there somewhere
The Wife wants to go someplace warm

Achievements

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-01-28.

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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Friday morning when I looked at the geohash for Saturday, I noticed that the target in the [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha, Wisconsin]] gradicule was near the  Illinois/Wisconsin border so I "talked" to [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] about a the possibility of a meetup. He said, "If you were only looking for the meetup, please don't count on me, but I will REALLY try."
-== Tracklog ==
+I discussed it with [[User:The Wife|The Wife]] and we decided to go for it. As she put it, "Our choices are an empty field in Illinois or an empty field in Wisconsin."
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+We drove over an hour to the site only to discover we were blocked by a "No Trespassing" sign. The closest I was able to get was about 850 feet. We waited around a bit in the hope meeting [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] (or any other geohasher), but that goal remained unfulfilled also. Perhaps we'll have better luck next time.
+'''[[User:RocketMac|RocketMac's]] Failed Attempt:''' I was very much looking forward to attending a Saturday Meetup (with actual other people) and meet [[User:EvilUncleNomo|Evil Uncle Nomo]] and [[User:The_Wife|The Wife]]. I even hoped to drag along a co-worker, Jon, who accompanied me to a failed attempt. Sadly, I had Toastmasters officer training in the morning and then my wife and I had company coming over that night, so I spent the meetup time cleaning. *sigh*
 == 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:2012-01-28_42_-87_15-58-19-071.jpg | Why do we always find the "No Trespassing" signs? [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=42.51302277&lon=-87.99058023&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @42.5130,-87.9906]
+Image:2012-01-28_42_-87_15-58-19-071.jpg | Why do we always find the "No Trespassing" signs?
+Image:2012-01-28_42_-87_15-58-59-208.jpg | I'm game
+Image:2012-01-28_42_-87_16-05-53-574.jpg | Its out there somewhere
+Image:2012-01-28_42_-87_16-10-30-249.jpg | The Wife wants to go someplace warm
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{No trespassing
+| latitude = 42
+| longitude = -87
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+| date = 2012-01-28
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+| name = [[User:EvilUncleNomo|EvilUncleNomo]] and [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]
+| image = 2012-01-28_42_-87_15-58-19-071.jpg
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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--- 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]]
--->
-<!-- or if you failed :(
 [[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
+[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
+{{location|US|WI|KN}}
-[[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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