2012-12-26 45 -92

Wed 26 Dec 2012 in 45,-92: 45.7411570, -92.4145576 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

North shoulder of Elbow Lake Road: west of Wisconsin State Highway 35, south of Siren, Wisconsin

Participants

Swensonj and his parents, wife, and kids

Plans

We'll catch this on the road from Superior to Minneapolis, hopefully before sunset.

Expedition

We visited this hash on the way from Superior (WI) to Minneapolis (MN), on the way from one Christmas celebration to another. The morning was gray, but the sky cleared up nicely while we had lunch, so it was a pretty day at the hashpoint.

We arrived about 2:45 p.m. and spent a long time doing the GPS dance. The goal was on the north shoulder of Elbow Lake Road, less than 5 feet from the road. My dad complained: had he known it was so close, he wouldn't have changed into his boots.

The dregs of my wife's tea froze almost as soon as they were outside the van. It was pretty cold: -8 C°, nearly the high temperature for the day, but still easily a Frozen Geohash. The dog had fun sniffing around for the birds that must have been nearby; the rest of my family was cheerful but cold. With Elbow Lake visible from the hashpoint, this was certainly my most photogenic location to date.

Photos

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  We were really there...

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  ...and it was really cold.

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  The leftover drops of my wife's tea froze almost immediately.

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  A fairly big bird had visited the hash before us.

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  I had my picture taken at the hashpoint;

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  so did my family.

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  This is Elbow Lake, as seen from the hashpoint.

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  We drove away through the hash at the posted speed limit: yay!

Achievements

Swensonj earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26.

Swensonj earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 at 55 miles per hour.

Swensonj earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 while the temperature was 17 °F.