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==Location==
 
==Location==
  
[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-28&lat=39&long=-75&zoom=9&abs=-1 39.65811°, -75.36564°]
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Right off of Route 40 in Sharpville, NJ.  Across from a bank and in a field next to a building that was for sale.
 
Right off of Route 40 in Sharpville, NJ.  Across from a bank and in a field next to a building that was for sale.
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A game of Boggle.  [[User:Cshulse|Cshulse]] beat [[User:Rkweicker|Rkweicker]] 9-3.
 
A game of Boggle.  [[User:Cshulse|Cshulse]] beat [[User:Rkweicker|Rkweicker]] 9-3.
  
Games were followed by a trip to Wendy's, a trip to Richman's Ice Cream, and a drive-by of the Cowtown Rodeo.
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Games were followed by a trip to Wendy's, a trip to Richman's Restaurant, and a drive-by of the Cowtown Rodeo.
  
 
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_tomtom.jpg | GPS showing how close they got.
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_rkweicker.jpg | Rkweicker is wondering what direction to go to make it change a few more 1/100000 of a degree.
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_cshulse.jpg | Cshulse is explaining why he is in the middle of a field in New Jersey
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_boggle.jpg | The game of Boggle played at the geohash.
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_richman.jpg | Richman's Restaurant, home of Richman's Ice Cream.
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Image:2008-06-28_39_-75_cowtown.jpg | They stumbled upon a rodeo on their way back to Philadelphia.
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 18 January 2022

Sat 28 Jun 2008 in Philadelphia, South:
39.6581110, -75.3656342
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Success!

The Geohashers made it within 1/10000 of a degree to the Geohash mark.

Geohashers Involved

Cshulse
Rkweicker

Location

39.65811°, -75.36564°

Right off of Route 40 in Sharpville, NJ. Across from a bank and in a field next to a building that was for sale.

Interesting Things Near The Geohash

Richman's Restaurant, home of some really good ice cream.
Cowtown Rodeo, "the longest running regular Saturday night rodeo in the entire United States."
BJ & The Bear Country Store, is apparently a country store of some kind? Their sign was pretty close to the Geohash location.

Activities

A game of Boggle. Cshulse beat Rkweicker 9-3.

Games were followed by a trip to Wendy's, a trip to Richman's Restaurant, and a drive-by of the Cowtown Rodeo.

Boggle Game

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T Y A A N
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