Difference between revisions of "2012-04-14 42 -71"

Latest revision as of 03:29, 13 August 2019

Location

Leominster, MA, behind a house on Central Street

Participants

ChrisG and
WifeyGirl

Plans

Didn't really have a plan to be here today... I've been stalking easy locations in the Providence graticule, but haven't found one that works on a day when I'm free. Was planning for a non-geohash outing with WifeyGirl, when it turned into a geohash outing.

Expedition

We left the house, with our lawn chairs and a plan to head down to Galilee, RI to find a sunny spot to hang out... Me to go exploring, and WifeyGirl to read on her kindle. Stop #1 was the Newport Creamery restaurant in Cranston, RI. Over lunch, wifey saw me looking at he location of today's Providence hashpoint, and I told her it was too long a walk in the woods without a trail for me to drag her along.

Smartly, she asked if there were other points around, and I realized the Boston hash was easy... Looked to be behind a house in a reasonable area, and about 55 miles from our location. The plan was formed, and I checked google maps for a nearby park, so kindle-reading could commence afterwards. Our waitress was slooooow, and as we were leaving, I thought we'd be about 10 minutes late for the 4pm meetup.

The drive was uneventful; I don't like driving through Worcester, though it really has gotten easier than it used to be. We arrived at 4:06, which was close enough to 4pm. Nobody else present.

The hash was just at the edge of some brush behind a house, next to an Auto Zone store. The house was just kept well enough that it looked occupied, but there were no cars to make me think anyone was home. I was just taking my picture when a disembodied voice from the house asked me what I was doing... I couldn't see the guy very well, but I replied that I was on an Internet scavenger hunt, and just needed to take a picture. That turned out o be a good enough response, and the pic came out with the right location stamp - success!

I forgot to get a picture from a distance - there was a good perspective from the AutoZone parking lot (where WifeyGirl was still located). I may go back for it.

We've made our way to Barrett Park, and are enjoying the sun as I type this... Life is good.

I don't think I can claim the Ambassador achievement, but I'm definitely calling the Dragalong.

Sounds like they got there!

Tracklog

Photos

My first hashpoint @42.5156,-71.7563
Barrett Park, Leominster, Massachusetts @42.5218,-71.7730

Achievements

ChrisG earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (42, -71) geohash on 2012-04-14.

ChrisG earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging WifeyGirl to the (42, -71) geohash on 2012-04-14.

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 == Location ==
-Leominster, MA, Boston graticule
+Leominster, MA, behind a house on Central Street
 == Participants ==
-* [[User:ChrisG]] and
+* [[user:ChrisG|ChrisG]] and
 * WifeyGirl
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 == Expedition ==
 <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+We left the house, with our lawn chairs and a plan to head down to Galilee, RI to find a sunny spot to hang out... Me to go exploring, and WifeyGirl to read on her kindle.  Stop #1 was the Newport Creamery restaurant in Cranston, RI.  Over lunch, wifey saw me looking at he location of today's Providence hashpoint, and I told her it was too long a walk in the woods without a trail for me to drag her along.
+Smartly, she asked if there were other points around, and I realized the Boston hash was easy... Looked to be behind a house in a reasonable area, and about 55 miles from our location.  The plan was formed, and I checked google maps for a nearby park, so kindle-reading could commence afterwards.  Our waitress was slooooow, and as we were leaving, I thought we'd be about 10 minutes late for the 4pm meetup.
+The drive was uneventful; I don't like driving through Worcester, though it really has gotten easier than it used to be.  We arrived at 4:06, which was close enough to 4pm.  Nobody else present.
+The hash was just at the edge of some brush behind a house, next to an Auto Zone store.  The house was just kept well enough that it looked occupied, but there were no cars to make me think anyone was home.  I was just taking my picture when a disembodied voice from the house asked me what I was doing... I couldn't see the guy very well, but I replied that I was on an Internet scavenger hunt, and just needed to take a picture. That turned out o be a good enough response, and the pic came out with the right location stamp - success!
+I forgot to get a picture from a distance - there was a good perspective from the AutoZone parking lot (where WifeyGirl was still located).  I may go back for it.
+We've made our way to Barrett Park, and are enjoying the sun as I type this... Life is good.
+I don't think I can claim the Ambassador achievement, but I'm definitely calling the Dragalong.
 Sounds like they got there!
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-* Land Geohash
+ {{land geohash | latitude = 42 | longitude = -71 | date = 2012-04-14 | name = [[user:ChrisG | ChrisG]] }}
+{{drag-along
+    | latitude = 42
+    | longitude = -71
+    | date = 2012-04-14
+    | name = [[User:ChrisG | ChrisG]]
+    | partner = WifeyGirl
+}}
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+{{location|US|MA|WO}}


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