Difference between revisions of "2012-10-17 43 -88"

Latest revision as of 06:33, 13 August 2019

Location

A small patch of land off Greenfield road not far from a route from work to home.

Participants

RocketMac

Plans

My original plan was to stop there on my way to work. Then I enjoyed sleeping in too much. Then I planned to leave work right on time and make the stop on the way home.

It doesn't look to be very exciting, but I haven't had a reachable hashpoint in almost a month.

Expedition

I left work a little early and swung by a new geocache that was less than a quarter of a mile from work that the weather had kept me from.

After that I was on my way. Leaving work just those fifteen minutes early put me between a couple of rush times and I flew to the hash.

...and then past it. ...then back. Okay.

The odd item on the map turned out to be a driveway to nowhere. It looked like the land had been originally set for a house. It had a driveway that ended in gravel and then grass. I pulled into it and the hash was just feet away. It was just starting to drizzle as I got back in my car.

When I had turned around after driving past, I pulled up near a gas station. I could see it from the hashpoint, so I made a mental note to see if they had a squishy machine. So after the hash, I needed to go that way anyway, so I stopped. They DID!

I picked up a slushy and snapped some shots in the now rain and I was back on my way home.

An easy hash with a squishy stop? I'll take it.

Tracklog

My tracklog is available in GPX and KMZ formats.

Photos

Stupid Grin
GPS
GPS
Squishy Ahoy!
From Hash to Squishy
They have Bawls here!?
Squishy Grin
Bring the rain!

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-10-17.

RocketMac earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement

by earning 5 stars all at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-10-17.

RocketMac earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement

by drinking a diluted squishy at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-10-17.

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 == Location ==
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+A small patch of land off Greenfield road not far from a route from work to home.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]]
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 == Plans ==
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+My original plan was to stop there on my way to work. Then I enjoyed sleeping in too much. Then I planned to leave work right on time and make the stop on the way home.
+It doesn't look to be very exciting, but I haven't had a reachable hashpoint in almost a month.
 == Expedition ==
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+I left work a little early and swung by a new [http://coord.info/GC3XZHJ geocache] that was less than a quarter of a mile from work that the weather had kept me from.
+After that I was on my way. Leaving work just those fifteen minutes early put me between a couple of rush times and I flew to the hash.
+...and then past it. ...then back. Okay.
+The odd item on the map turned out to be a driveway to nowhere. It looked like the land had been originally set for a house. It had a driveway that ended in gravel and then grass. I pulled into it and the hash was just feet away. It was just starting to drizzle as I got back in my car.
+When I had turned around after driving past, I pulled up near a gas station. I could see it from the hashpoint, so I made a mental note to see if they had a squishy machine. So after the hash, I needed to go that way anyway, so I stopped. They DID!
+I picked up a slushy and snapped some shots in the now rain and I was back on my way home.
+An easy hash with a squishy stop? I'll take it.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+My tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-10-17.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-10-17.kmz KMZ] formats.
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+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 01.jpg | Stupid Grin
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 03.jpg | GPS
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 04.jpg | GPS
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 02.jpg | Squishy Ahoy!
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 08.jpg | From Hash to Squishy
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 05.jpg | They have Bawls here!?
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 06.jpg | Squishy Grin
+Image:RocketMac 2012-10-17 43 -88 07.jpg | Bring the rain!
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+| longitude = -88
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+| name = RocketMac
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+{{GeoSquishy 5Star
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+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-10-17
+| name = RocketMac
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+{{GeoSquishy Rain
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+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-10-17
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
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