Difference between revisions of "2012-02-11 41 -88"

Latest revision as of 02:22, 13 August 2019

Location

Out in left field on a baseball diamond behind Oswego High School in Oswego, Illinois, U.S.A.

Participants

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife

Plans

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife are planning on attempting this geohash at Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.. It's The Wife's birthday and this is the graticule in which she was born. My mother-in-law is visiting, so we're planning to drag her along too. And the high temperature for Saturday is predicted to be 20 degrees Fahrenheit!

Expedition

This geohash was only 16 miles from our home and we were able to drive to within 320 feet of the target. We managed to convince The Wife's mother to go with us, but once we got to the site she refused to get out of the car. (To be fair, she is from Texas and is unaccustomed to this weather.) We did have an unexpected visitor: one of the wife's Asian ball-joint dolls. The wife claims he must have followed us. I suspect he hid in one of her pockets.

As predicted, it was cold. Really cold. And the longer we were there, the colder it seemed to get. The thermometer registered 24 degrees Fahrenheit before we retreated back to the car. It was The Wife's birthday, but my teeth were chattering too much to sing Happy Birthday.

After the expedition, we once again stopped at McDonald's for a hot cocoa.

Photos

Mother-in-law refused to get out of the car
It feels colder
Evil
Wife
Pookie
Happy birthday Wife!

Achievements

EvilUncleNomo and The Wife earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (41, -88) geohash on 2012-02-11 while the temperature was 24°F.

The Wife earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (41, -88) geohash on her birthday, 2012-02-11.

Is it true that EvilUncleNomo and The Wife earned the drag-along?

In principle, yes.
But we couldn't coax the mother-in-law out of the car once we reached the site. (2012-02-11 41 -88).

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 == Location ==
-Out in left field on a baseball diamond in Oswego, Illinois, U.S.A.
+Out in left field on a baseball diamond behind Oswego High School in Oswego, Illinois, U.S.A.
 == Participants ==
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+This geohash was only 16 miles from our home and we were able to drive to within 320 feet of the target. We managed to convince [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]'s mother to go with us, but once we got to the site she refused to get out of the car. (To be fair, she is from [[Tyler,_Texas|Texas]] and is unaccustomed to this weather.) We did have an unexpected visitor: one of the wife's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball-jointed_doll#Modern_Asian_BJDs Asian ball-joint dolls]. The wife claims he must have followed us. I suspect he hid in one of her pockets.
-== Tracklog ==
+As predicted, it was cold. Really cold. And the longer we were there, the colder it seemed to get. The thermometer registered 24 degrees Fahrenheit before we retreated back to the car. It was [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]'s birthday, but my teeth were chattering too much to sing Happy Birthday.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+After the expedition, we once again stopped at [http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html McDonald's] for a hot cocoa.
 == 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:2012-02-11_41_-88_16-35-45-515.jpg | Mother-in-law refused to get out of the car
+Image:2012-02-11_41_-88_16-43-25-653.jpg | It feels colder
+Image:2012-02-11_41_-88_16-43-51-973.jpg | Evil
+Image:2012-02-11_41_-88_16-44-16-055.jpg | Wife
+Image:2012-02-11_41_-88_16-44-49-203.jpg | Pookie
+Image:2012-02-11_41_-88_23-46-04-859.jpg | Happy birthday Wife!
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 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Frozen Geohash
+| latitude = 41
+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-02-11
+| temperature = 24°F
+| name = [[User:EvilUncleNomo|EvilUncleNomo]] and [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]
+| image = 2012-02-11_41_-88_16-43-25-653.jpg
+}}
+{{Birthday geohash
+| latitude = 41
+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-02-11
+| pronoun = her
+| name = [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]
+| image = 2012-02-11_41_-88_23-46-04-859.jpg
+}}
+{{Radio Yerevan
+| achievement = drag-along
+| detail = we couldn't coax the mother-in-law out of the car once we reached the site.
+| date = 2012-02-11
+| latitude = 41
+| longitude = -88
+| Optional parameters:
+| user = [[User:EvilUncleNomo|EvilUncleNomo]] and [[User:The Wife|The Wife]]
+| image = 2012-02-11_41_-88_16-35-45-515.jpg
+}}
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-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
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+{{location|US|IL|KA}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
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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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