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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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+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 ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
+<gallery perrow="3">
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Proof.jpg | I went to the right place...
--->
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Time.jpg | ... at the right time...
-<gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Marker.jpg | ... and left my mark (I seem to have made a typo).
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Lot.jpg | The hashpoint was in this parking lot...
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Building.jpg | ... belonging to this building.
+Image:2013-05-04_43_-89 Grin.jpg | It was a good day to be out and about.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = 43
+    | longitude = -89
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | date = 2013-05-04
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+    | name = [[User:Swensonj|SwensonJ]]
+    | image = 2013-05-04_43_-89 Marker.jpg
+}}
+{{XKCD Centurion
+    | count = 5
+    | name = [[User:Swensonj|SwensonJ]]
+    | image = 2013-05-04_43_-89 Time.jpg
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|WI|DA}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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