Difference between revisions of "2015-05-25 46 -120"

Latest revision as of 03:45, 15 August 2019

Location

East of Holmes (and south of Ellensburg) on Tjossem road.

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Scout it out on Sunday morning, then revisit Monday late afternoon on the way back to Seattle (with Towels of course!).

Expedition

Scouting went well; it was a nice sunny day and we put down chalk (as documented in photos below).

The return visit, on towel day itself, went fairly well. Had we but known there was an extra hour of traffic ahead of us, I might have continued south from Ellensburg and taken a different pass to the west. Ah, regrets.

Anyhow, there were reports of a thunderstorm (or certainly heat lightning) and apparently a fair amount of traffic. The chalk signs were quite worn, though still visible. No additional markings had appeared, so we suspect nobody else stopped by.

I assumed the pose at the location selected by the Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic, but alas was not picked up. Fortunately, the earth was also not destroyed on this particular towel day, so life (and geohashing) continues.

Tracklog

Photos

Achievements

Thomcat earned the Towel Day achievement

by reaching the (46, -120) geohash on Towel Day with that accessory you should never go without.

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 == Location ==
-East of Holmes (and south of Ellensburg) on Tjossem road
+East of Holmes (and south of Ellensburg) on Tjossem road.
 == Participants ==
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Scouting went well; it was a nice sunny day and we put down chalk (as documented in photos below).
+The return visit, on towel day itself, went fairly well. Had we but known there was an extra hour of traffic ahead of us, I might have continued south from Ellensburg and taken a different pass to the west. Ah, regrets.
+Anyhow, there were reports of a thunderstorm (or certainly heat lightning) and apparently a fair amount of traffic. The chalk signs were quite worn, though still visible. No additional markings had appeared, so we suspect nobody else stopped by.
+I assumed the pose at the location selected by the Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic, but alas was not picked up. Fortunately, the earth was also not destroyed on this particular towel day, so life (and geohashing) continues.
 == Tracklog ==
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+Image:2015-05-25_46_-120_thomcat_1432488648420.jpg |  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.95880037&lon=-120.51334798&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @46.9588,-120.5133]
+Image:2015-05-25_46_-120_thomcat_1432592784555.jpg |  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.95887755&lon=-120.51334171&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @46.9589,-120.5133]
+Image:2015-05-25_46_-120_thomcat_1432592845133.jpg |  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.95884394&lon=-120.51336122&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @46.9588,-120.5134]
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 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Towel Day
+    | latitude = 46
+    | longitude = -120
+    | date = 2015-05-25
+    | name = [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]]
+    | image = 2015-05-25_46_-120_thomcat_1432592845133.jpg
+}}
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- Likely result
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+{{location|US|WA|KT}}
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-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
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Mon 25 May 2015 in Yakima: 46.9588443, -120.5133527 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox