Difference between revisions of "2014-11-29 38 -77"

Latest revision as of 10:30, 19 February 2020

Location

It appears to be in Columbia Gardens Cemetery in an area that's still being constructed/paved.

Participants

OfficeLinebacker (talk), Anonymous Female

Plans

This is six minutes by car from the house of a woman I am just starting to date. Dare I suggest this as an activity? Yes! -- OfficeLinebacker (talk) 07:59, 29 November 2014 (EST)

I broached the topic over sushi. Her eyes glazed over when I started to explain what an md5 hash is, but she agreed to do it.

DM;GDAA

Expedition

We left the sushi joint and used Google Nav to get us to within about 180 feet.

Google Maps was a little off as far as what a drive-able road was, so we stopped in the point on the road (keep in mind this is inside a cemetery so these are little one lane roads) and ventured into the mud. Yes, mud. It was muddy going and at one point I thought we would have to clamber over a hedge full of bushes, in which case I was ready to abandon. However, Anonymous Female found a path around the side and the spot itself was in a relatively grassy area. She correctly pointed out that we could have avoided the mud completely by taking a different route. So yeah, she's a natural.

Just near the hash point was a deer shaped archery target as well as a bag hanging from a frame for archery practice. We went back to the car and high tailed it out of there!

I found it interesting to note that there is a Coffin Potato Achievement which could have come into play, if this area had been used for graves.

Tracklog

Photos

At the spot! @38.8722,-77.0987

Achievements

OfficeLinebacker (talk) and Anonymous Female earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (38, -77) geohash on 2014-11-29.

OfficeLinebacker (talk) earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Anonymous Female to the (38, -77) geohash on 2014-11-29.

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 == Expedition ==
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-We left the sushi joint and use Google Nav to get us to within about 180 feet.
+We left the sushi joint and used Google Nav to get us to within about 180 feet.
-Google Maps was a little off as far as what a drive-able road was, so we stopped in the point on the road (keep in mind this is inside a cemetery so these are little one lane roads) and ventured into the mud.  Yes, mud.  It was muddy going and at one point I thought we would have to clamber over a hedge full of bushes, in which case I was ready to abandon.  However, Anonymous Female found a path around the side and the spot itself was in a relatively grassy area.  She correctly pointed out that we could have avoided the mud completely by taking a different route.  Just near the hash point was a deer shaped archery target as well as a bag hanging from a frame for archery practice.  We went back to the car and high tailed it out of there!
+Google Maps was a little off as far as what a drive-able road was, so we stopped in the point on the road (keep in mind this is inside a cemetery so these are little one lane roads) and ventured into the mud.  Yes, mud.  It was muddy going and at one point I thought we would have to clamber over a hedge full of bushes, in which case I was ready to abandon.  However, Anonymous Female found a path around the side and the spot itself was in a relatively grassy area.  She correctly pointed out that we could have avoided the mud completely by taking a different route.  So yeah, she's a natural.
-I found it interesting to note that there is a [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Coffin_Potato_Achievement Coffin Potato Achievement] which could have come into play, if this area had been used for graves.
+Just near the hash point was a deer shaped archery target as well as a bag hanging from a frame for archery practice.  We went back to the car and high tailed it out of there!
+I found it interesting to note that there is a [[Coffin Potato Achievement|Coffin Potato Achievement]] which could have come into play, if this area had been used for graves.
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