Difference between revisions of "2013-05-21 44 -87"

Latest revision as of 02:26, 14 August 2019

Location

Near a gas station and near the beach! Plenty of achievement opportunities.

Participants

Plans

I'm driving up to Green Bay from Milwaukee today (leaving around 1700, arrive around 1900) for work the next two days. The hash is about half an hour out of my way but totally worth it to celebrate Geohashing Day in a new graticule.

Expedition

Normally I would have stalled before leaving for my trip. I would have preferred to stay at home a while longer and enjoy dinner and maybe a drink with my wife. But with the possibility of making it to a hash right near my client before nightfall was too tempting.

The drive was pretty straight forward. I listened to Decoder Ring Theatre episodes of The Red Panda one after another trying to catch up. It put me in a mood of old time science fiction that would later come in handy.

Arriving in the area I snapped a picture of the entrance to the area and street sign. The hashpoint itself was just on the side of the road with a wooded area on side and private property on the other. More pictures and it was time for the cool part:

GeoSquishy at Red Rocket Shell!

I had spotted the gas station from Google Maps before I left. I was hoping they had Geosquishies and I was right!

After enjoying my drink, I made the short drive to my hotel.

Tracklog

My GPS tracklog is available in GPX and KMZ formats.

Photos

Almost there. Stay on target...
Hits away!
GPS reading
Private property and the geocar
Toward the bay
Stupid Grin(tm)
The RED ROCKET
They have squishy!
Mmmmm! Squishy and Rocket
Distance from hash to Rocket

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (44, -87) geohash on 2013-05-21.

RocketMac earned the 2013 Geohashing Day achievement

by enjoying a 5 point GeoSquishy in the (44, -87) graticule on May 21st 2013.

RocketMac earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement

by earning 5 stars all at the (44, -87) geohash on 2013-05-21.

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 == Location ==
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+Near a gas station and near the beach! Plenty of [[Achievements|achievement]] opportunities.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] ([[User talk:RocketMac|talk]])
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 == Plans ==
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+I'm driving up to Green Bay from Milwaukee today (leaving around 1700, arrive around 1900) for work the next two days. The hash is about half an hour out of my way but totally worth it to celebrate [[Geohashing Day]] in a new graticule.
 == Expedition ==
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+Normally I would have stalled before leaving for my trip. I would have preferred to stay at home a while longer and enjoy dinner and maybe a drink with my wife. But with the possibility of making it to a hash right near my client before nightfall was too tempting.
+The drive was pretty straight forward. I listened to Decoder Ring Theatre episodes of The Red Panda one after another trying to catch up. It put me in a mood of old time science fiction that would later come in handy.
+Arriving in the area I snapped a picture of the entrance to the area and street sign. The hashpoint itself was just on the side of the road with a wooded area on side and private property on the other. More pictures and it was time for the cool part:
+[[GeoSquishy]] at Red Rocket Shell!
+I had spotted the gas station from Google Maps before I left. I was hoping they had Geosquishies and I was right!
+After enjoying my drink, I made the short drive to my hotel.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+My GPS tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2013-05-21.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2013-05-21.kmz KMZ] formats.
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+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 01.jpg | Almost there. Stay on target...
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 02.jpg | Hits away!
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 03.jpg | GPS reading
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 04.jpg | Private property and the geocar
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 05.jpg | Toward the bay
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 06.jpg | Stupid Grin(tm)
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 07.jpg | The RED ROCKET
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 08.jpg | They have squishy!
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 09.jpg | Mmmmm! Squishy and Rocket
+Image:RocketMac 2013-05-21 44 -87 10.jpg | Distance from hash to Rocket
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+{{GeoSquishy 5Star
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+| longitude = -87
+| date = 2013-05-21
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
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