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Farmland northwest of Lake Mendota, near Governor Nelson State Park
  
 
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This was a vacation day at our school, but I was on the road to give a presentation at Madison College.  The hashpoint is about a 15-minute drive from the campus, which is over an hour from home, so a visit to the hash was definitely in order.
  
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It was a beautiful day to drive; the temperature was about (50 F / 10 C), and the trees were changing colors.  After a quick shopping detour, I headed north around Lake Mendota.  The farmers were out in the field; they clearly thought I was an idiot, but a harmless one, and gave me permission to walk across their land for a few minutes.
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Luckily, the camera batteries died only after I'd gotten the GPS proof photo.  There were extras in the car, but I was in a hurry by this time.  I got back on the road about 2:15 p.m., and headed for my appointment.  My route took me right past the entrance to Governor Nelson State Park -- and then past a gas station.  I stopped to change into clean jeans -- and they had squishies! The gas station was Trader Gus, at (43.150941, -89.414291), a distance of just under 4km from the hash.  The brand name was [[There_might_be_alligators!_consolation_prize|Alligator Ice]]: I got blue raspberry flavor.
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I got to Madison College at about 3 p.m. and gave my talk.  If anyone happens to like puzzles, I talked about properties of sequences like (3, 13, 1113, 3113, 132113, 1113122113, ...), and they made a video: it is, or will someday be, available [http://clubs.madisoncollege.edu/mathclub/Lectures/Lec118000000TBD/default.htm#Anchor-MATC-49575 here].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:29, 13 August 2019

Fri 12 Oct 2012 in 43,-89:
43.1332032, -89.4555498
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Location

Farmland northwest of Lake Mendota, near Governor Nelson State Park

Participants

SwensonJ

Plans

SwensonJ is driving to Madison for a 3:00 appointment. He'll try to swing by the hash on the way there, sometime in the early afternoon.

Expedition

This was a vacation day at our school, but I was on the road to give a presentation at Madison College. The hashpoint is about a 15-minute drive from the campus, which is over an hour from home, so a visit to the hash was definitely in order.

It was a beautiful day to drive; the temperature was about (50 F / 10 C), and the trees were changing colors. After a quick shopping detour, I headed north around Lake Mendota. The farmers were out in the field; they clearly thought I was an idiot, but a harmless one, and gave me permission to walk across their land for a few minutes.

Luckily, the camera batteries died only after I'd gotten the GPS proof photo. There were extras in the car, but I was in a hurry by this time. I got back on the road about 2:15 p.m., and headed for my appointment. My route took me right past the entrance to Governor Nelson State Park -- and then past a gas station. I stopped to change into clean jeans -- and they had squishies! The gas station was Trader Gus, at (43.150941, -89.414291), a distance of just under 4km from the hash. The brand name was Alligator Ice: I got blue raspberry flavor.

I got to Madison College at about 3 p.m. and gave my talk. If anyone happens to like puzzles, I talked about properties of sequences like (3, 13, 1113, 3113, 132113, 1113122113, ...), and they made a video: it is, or will someday be, available here.

Photos

  • The tractor driver gave me permission to journey on

  • View from parking place across the hashpoint

  • I got there!

  • A hash one mile to the east would have been more fun (and earned the Admit One Geohash achievement)

  • Cheers!

  • Madison College, main entrance

Achievements

Landgeohash.png
 SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.
2012-10-12 43 -89 Proof.jpg
GeoSquishy Achievement FirstSip.jpg
 SwensonJ earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.
2012-10-12 43 -89 Squishy.jpg
GoldStar.JPG
 SwensonJ earned 2 GeoSquishy stars
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage near the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.
2012-10-12 43 -89 Squishy.jpg
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Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash 3.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png
SwensonJ achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Dubuque, Iowa and 3 of the surrounding graticules.
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