2020-03-18 40 -78

Wed 18 Mar 2020 in 40,-78: 40.0127992, -78.2342375 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Just off Breezewood Rd, north of the town of Breezewood

Participants

• Pedalpusher

Expedition

I spent the night at a friends house again in Maryland after a long weekend visiting my brother in North Carolina. Knowing I had about 8 hours of driving ahead of me, I got on the road early, around 08:30. After getting past Washington DC, I pulled off the highway at a small town to see what the hashes for the day would look like. Finding a small college, I pulled into one of their parking lots, but was frustrated when I barely had a phone signal. Driving toward what I thought was the direction of the town, I found a gas station where I had a better signal. Exploring the Graticules around me and on the way home, I found this hash just off the side of the road, but that was about it. Since it was relatively in the right direction, I didn't think much of it, just plugged it into the Google maps and started on my way.

As Google was reading off my turns, I looked at my directions and realized that this hash was literally about a mile off my route home. I would normally take I-70 N to the end and then get on 30 W, but this was just North of my turn! How easy! I found my way there without any trouble and drove up the winding road. Breezewood Road is very narrow and either has a ditch on the side or no place to pull off. Fortunately, getting to the hash area was a field and there was a small flat area where I managed to park. I hopped out and walked over to the hash, expecting to need to scramble up the very steep but short rocky slope and a few steps into the (unposted) woods. However, as I walked up, I got a very close reading on the HashDroid app at the edge of the road. Sweet! Taking a couple pictures, I made my way back to the car and back into town.

I stopped at a gas station for a minute and realized I didn't know exactly what Graticule I was in, but I knew the Virgin Altoona Graticule would be close. After some searching on the site, I found I was, in fact, in the Altoona Graticule. Woo! Not only is this a new graticule, but I get to add another Virgin Ribbon to my page.

Unfortunately, yesterday's hash with my brother in NC was unsuccessful, but this still turned into the start of a Consecutive hash. Tomorrow's hash, back in Buffalo, can be found here.

Photos

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  Made it!

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  View North from the Hash.

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  View South from the Hash with the Rental/Hash-mobile down the road.

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  Standard Stupid Grin.

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  View of the Hash before walking back to the car.

Ribbons

This user earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (40, -78) geohash on 2020-03-18.

Pedalpusher earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -78) graticule, here, on 2020-03-18.

Pedalpusher completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in St. Marys, Pennsylvania and all of the surrounding graticules.
Dunkirk, NY	Buffalo, NY	Corning, NY
Oil City, PA	St. Mary's, PA	Williamsport, PA
Pittsburgh, PA (East)	Altoona, PA	State College, PA

Pedalpusher completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and all of the surrounding graticules.
Buffalo	Corning	Ithaca
St. Mary's, PA	Williamsport, PA	Berwick, PA
Altoona, PA	State College, PA	Harrisburg, PA