Difference between revisions of "2013-05-04 43 -89"

Latest revision as of 05:54, 6 August 2019

Location

Parking lot of Madison Radiologists: 1221 John Q Hammons Drive, Madison, WI

Participants

Plans

I'm driving from Platteville, but hope to be there at 4pm for an XKCD meetup!

Expedition

It was an easy drive to Madison; a pleasant afternoon with the sun peeking through more and more after a rainy morning. I pulled into the parking lot at about 4:02 p.m., but had no batteries in the camera. I loaded up and got some photos, leaving an XKCD marker with sidewalk chalk.

Since the location was pretty convenient, and it was Saturday at 4 p.m., I thought there was a chance some other geohashers might show up, so I waited around until about 4:30, listening to baseball on the car radio. [The Brewers eventually lost to the Cardinals, 7-6.] After that, I took on provisions at Costco, Arby's and Half Price Books before heading home.

Photos

I went to the right place...
... at the right time...
... and left my mark (I seem to have made a typo).
The hashpoint was in this parking lot...
... belonging to this building.
It was a good day to be out and about.

Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -89) geohash on 2013-05-04.

SwensonJ earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement

by attending 5 Saturday meetups.

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+I'm driving from Platteville, but hope to be there at 4pm for an XKCD meetup!
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+It was an easy drive to Madison; a pleasant afternoon with the sun peeking through more and more after a rainy morning.  I pulled into the parking lot at about 4:02 p.m., but had no batteries in the camera.  I loaded up and got some photos, leaving an XKCD marker with sidewalk chalk.
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+Since the location was pretty convenient, and it was Saturday at 4 p.m., I thought there was a chance some other geohashers might show up, so I waited around until about 4:30, listening to baseball on the car radio.  [The Brewers eventually lost to the Cardinals, 7-6.]  After that, I took on provisions at Costco, Arby's and Half Price Books before heading home.
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+    | name = [[User:Swensonj|SwensonJ]]
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