Difference between revisions of "2019-03-23 42 -120"

Latest revision as of 04:51, 20 March 2024

Location

In a snow-covered turnoff off of Highway 140.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

So, continuing from 2019-03-23 43 -120, I drove south on US 385, only the second time I've traveled that road. It periodically rained and then snowed, so I wasn't able to focus on the scenery, but the scenery and the drive were both pretty dramatic. The weather had stabilized when I got to the intersection with US 140, which climbs rapidly up into snowy ridges but was cleared and easy to drive on. The hashpoint is on a gravel turnoff if you look on Google Maps, but as I found it it was a big field of perfect white snow. I've never lived anyplace that it snows much, so I've only waded out into a snow field a few times in my life. It was fun!

Then I got back in the car and headed down the hill to the town of Lakeview, namesake of the graticule that I had just geohashed -- the first person ever to do such a thing! I was not met with a parade, but they sold me some food and gasoline. I started the long drive back to Prineville, using the very pretty Paisley highway this time; the rain and snow was very heavy at first but I soon got west of the weather and before sundown even saw a hint of blue sky.

Photos

The hashpoint is usually a turnoff from Highway 140, but there was no turning off today.
So, I just parked at the side of the road. There wasn't any traffic.
I trudged out to the hashpoint.
...through snow up to my knees!
It was very pretty.

Achievements

Michael5000 earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching 2 hash points on 2019-03-23. It's a Double Hash.

Michael5000 earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (42, -120) graticule, here, on 2019-03-23.

Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[La Pine, Oregon]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Hampton, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

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+So, continuing from [[2019-03-23 43 -120]], I drove south on US 385, only the second time I've traveled that road.  It periodically rained and then snowed, so I wasn't able to focus on the scenery, but the scenery and the drive were both pretty dramatic.  The weather had stabilized when I got to the intersection with US 140, which climbs rapidly up into snowy ridges but was cleared and easy to drive on.  The hashpoint is on a gravel turnoff if you look on Google Maps, but as I found it it was a big field of perfect white snow.  I've never lived anyplace that it snows much, so I've only waded out into a snow field a few times in my life.  It was fun!
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+Then I got back in the car and headed down the hill to the town of Lakeview, namesake of the graticule that I had just geohashed -- the first person ever to do such a thing!  I was not met with a parade, but they sold me some food and gasoline.  I started the long drive back to Prineville, using the very pretty Paisley highway this time; the rain and snow was very heavy at first but I soon got west of the weather and before sundown even saw a hint of blue sky.
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+File:2019-03-23 42 -120 turnout.jpg|The hashpoint is usually a turnoff from Highway 140, but there was no turning off today.
+File:2019-03-23 42 -120 car.jpg| So, I just parked at the side of the road.  There wasn't any traffic.
+File:2019-03-23 42 -120 me 2.jpg|I trudged out to the hashpoint.
+File:2019-03-23 42 -120 deep.jpg|...through snow up to my knees!
+File:2019-03-23 42 -120 view 2.jpg|It was very pretty.
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