Difference between revisions of "1991-12-21 41 -71"

Latest revision as of 03:53, 7 August 2019

Location

Bike lane of North Main Street, Providence opposite Pep Boys

Participants

Vbob n' Bruce

Plans

Not get TOO wet doing our 21st wedding anniversary geohash this rainy 21st of December...

Retro expedition on 2012-12-21

Went there - waited for rain to abate slightly - vintage Garmin finally willing to see through the windshield - set timer on camera on dashboard - rain getting HEAVIER - got wet, got lunch, gone home.

Photos

finally seeing satellites through windshield
parked on top of hash point
rain, not slowing down
ready for rain
well, if you say so
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

21 years of fun, so far...

Achievements

Vbob n' Bruce earned the Wedding anniversary geohash achievement

by reaching the (41, -71) geohash for 1991-12-21 on 2012-12-21.

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 == Location ==
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 Bike lane of North Main Street, Providence opposite Pep Boys
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 [[User:Vbob|Vbob]]
 n' Bruce
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 Not get TOO wet doing our 21st wedding anniversary geohash this rainy 21st of December...
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 Went there - waited for rain to abate slightly - vintage Garmin finally willing to see through the windshield - set timer on camera on dashboard - rain getting HEAVIER - got wet, got lunch, gone home.
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+Image: 2012.12.21a-Garmin.jpg | finally seeing satellites through windshield
+Image: 2012.12.21b-map.jpg | parked on top of hash point
+Image: 2012.12.21c-hash.jpg | rain, not slowing down
+Image: 2012.12.21d-Vbob.jpg | ready for rain
+Image: 2012.12.21e-Bruce.jpg | well, if you say so
+Image: 2012.12.21f-Vbob&Bruce.jpg | 21 years of fun, so far...
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