Difference between revisions of "2014-04-06 45 -122"

Latest revision as of 06:05, 14 August 2019

Location

A field in the Shillapoo Wildlife Recreation Area, between Lake Vancouver and the Columbia River.

Participants

Michael5000 -- Expedition #161
Eavan

Expedition

Eavan had expressed some interest, or at least willingness, to go a'hashing, and when I saw that today's mark was potentially reachable, we agreed to give it a go in the morning.

I actually thought our odds were poor. "Shillapoo Wildlife Recreation Area" sounds like public land, but I could tell that the access point from highway 501 was gated and that the actual hashpoint was in cultivated land of some kind. Happily, the gate prohibited motor vehicles, lead shot, and dog training before April 15, but gave no prohibitions against geohashing. The road in was damp but not too muddy. The cultivated field had grown corn recently, but was laying fallow and had no keep-off markings. So, we tramped out to the hashpoint, and reached it with no particular problem.

A flock of ducks, or geese, or something, took off at our approach, and this was distressing to a nearby duo of birders with very expensive cameras. Apologies were declined with the kind of scorn reserved for people who can't get it through their heads that their hobbies aren't nearly as important as one's own hobby. I confess I was guilty as charged.

Photos

The gate at the access point from Highway 501
Here we are!
Here are we!
Corn husks and fallow earth.
My calling card.

Achievements

Michael5000 earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Eavan to the (45, -122) geohash on 2014-04-06.

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+Eavan had expressed some interest, or at least willingness, to go a'hashing, and when I saw that today's mark was potentially reachable, we agreed to give it a go in the morning.
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+I actually thought our odds were poor.  "Shillapoo Wildlife Recreation Area" sounds like public land, but I could tell that the access point from highway 501 was gated and that the actual hashpoint was in cultivated land of some kind.  Happily, the gate prohibited motor vehicles, lead shot, and dog training before April 15, but gave no prohibitions against geohashing.  The road in was damp but not too muddy.  The cultivated field had grown corn recently, but was laying fallow and had no keep-off markings.  So, we tramped out to the hashpoint, and reached it with no particular problem.
+A flock of ducks, or geese, or something, took off at our approach, and this was distressing to a nearby duo of birders with very expensive cameras.  Apologies were declined with the kind of scorn reserved for people who can't get it through their heads that their hobbies aren't nearly as important as one's own hobby.  I confess I was guilty as charged.
 == Photos ==
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+File:2014-04-06 45 -122 Gate.JPG|The gate at the access point from Highway 501
+File:2014-04-06 45 -122 Location.JPG|Here we are!
+File:2014-04-06 45 -122 Us.JPG|Here are we!
+File:2014-04-06 45 -122 Corn.JPG|Corn husks and fallow earth.
+File:2014-04-06 45 -122 Card.JPG|My calling card.
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Sun 6 Apr 2014 in 45,-122: 45.6933582, -122.7582087 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox