Difference between revisions of "2013-05-11 35 -79"

Latest revision as of 05:55, 6 August 2019

Location

Appears to be just off a road in a subdivision still under construction.

Participants

Birdray (talk)

Plans

I was going to be in town for the day, and planned to detour to the hashpoint on my way back out.

Expedition

As I headed out to the hashpoint it was pouring, which wasn't promising. I drove into the neighborhood--which was, as it originally appeared to be--a subdivision still under construction. It was actually a little eerie; the roads were all completed, with grand landscaping throughout and no signs of construction, but I saw maybe two houses total.

I drove by the point with another car behind me, and too little room on the road to pull over, so I looped around and parked on an intersecting road, then got out of my car and walked. The rain had let up a little and I had my umbrella (No Drowned Rat achievement for me, thankfully). The point turned out to be just off the sidewalk toward the woods; my app said I was as close to the point as it could accurately tell, but I tried to get as close as possible by the meter count, and ended up pushing into the woods a little bit while cars drove by behind me. (Don't mind me, I'm just poking around in the woods in a half-abandoned upscale subdivision here.)

Tracklog

My tracklog on EveryTrail

Photos

My general impression of the weather at the hashpoint.
Point reached!

Achievements

Birdray earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (35, -79) geohash on 2013-05-11.

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 == Location ==
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+Appears to be just off a road in a subdivision still under construction.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Birdray|Birdray]] ([[User talk:Birdray|talk]])
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 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+I was going to be in town for the day, and planned to detour to the hashpoint on my way back out.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+As I headed out to the hashpoint it was pouring, which wasn't promising. I drove into the neighborhood--which was, as it originally appeared to be--a subdivision still under construction. It was actually a little eerie; the roads were all completed, with grand landscaping throughout and no signs of construction, but I saw maybe two houses total.
+I drove by the point with another car behind me, and too little room on the road to pull over, so I looped around and parked on an intersecting road, then got out of my car and walked. The rain had let up a little and I had my umbrella (No Drowned Rat achievement for me, thankfully). The point turned out to be just off the sidewalk toward the woods; my app said I was as close to the point as it could accurately tell, but I tried to get as close as possible by the meter count, and ended up pushing into the woods a little bit while cars drove by behind me. (Don't mind me, I'm just poking around in the woods in a half-abandoned upscale subdivision here.)
 == Tracklog ==
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+[http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2128133 My tracklog on EveryTrail]
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2013-05-11_35_-79_1.jpg | My general impression of the weather at the hashpoint.
+Image:2013-05-11_35_-79_2.jpg | Point reached!
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+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 35
+| longitude = -79
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+| date = 2013-05-11
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+| name = [[User:Birdray|Birdray]]
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+| image = 2013-05-11_35_-79_1.jpg
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