Difference between revisions of "2022-03-19 37 -79"

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Location

On the side of a country road in Franklin County, VA.

Participants

Expedition

After a handful of unsuccessful expeditions several years ago, my interest in adventuring to random places had recently been renewed, and I was determined to successfully arrive at a hash. While working in Martinsville, I discovered that today's hash was along the side of a rural road not too far out of the way of my drive back to Roanoke. Even after a long shift and with little expedition planning, this opportunity was too good to pass up.

I set off into a pretty sunset after fueling up my vehicle in Martinsville and headed north up US 220. After passing through Rocky Mount and Burnt Chimney, darkness quickly fell. Undeterred, I continued off down country roads to approach the site, encountering only a handful of deer (who did not linger long enough to be photographed) along the way. Arriving at the spot, I pulled over and discovered the actual hash was much closer to the road than I thought, basically right on the shoulder.

I got out and found the point, which appeared to be near the top of a little rise with great views of the surrounding hills and farmland (or would have had great views if I made it before dark...). I realized I should try to leave a makeshift marker since I didn't expect to be launching an expedition today, and attempted to make a tiny sign by writing on a napkin from my car. The fierce winds on top of the hill whipped away my sign into the dark as I was still writing on it, however, so I decided against further marking attempts. The temperature was fantastic on a warm (but breezy) spring night, so I lingered a bit longer and sent some bragging messages to some (confused) friends about a successful expedition. Finally, I got back in the car and headed back home to Roanoke to rest up for hopefully more expeditions in the future.

Photos

Arriving at the spot!

Achievements

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+On the side of a country road in Franklin County, VA.
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+After a handful of unsuccessful expeditions several years ago, my interest in adventuring to random places had recently been renewed, and I was determined to successfully arrive at a hash. While working in Martinsville, I discovered that today's hash was along the side of a rural road not too far out of the way of my drive back to Roanoke. Even after a long shift and with little expedition planning, this opportunity was too good to pass up.
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-== Plans ==
+I set off into a pretty sunset after fueling up my vehicle in Martinsville and headed north up US 220. After passing through Rocky Mount and Burnt Chimney, darkness quickly fell. Undeterred, I continued off down country roads to approach the site, encountering only a handful of deer (who did not linger long enough to be photographed) along the way. Arriving at the spot, I pulled over and discovered the actual hash was much closer to the road than I thought, basically right on the shoulder.
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
-== Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
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+I got out and found the point, which appeared to be near the top of a little rise with great views of the surrounding hills and farmland (or would have had great views if I made it before dark...). I realized I should try to leave a makeshift marker since I didn't expect to be launching an expedition today, and attempted to make a tiny sign by writing on a napkin from my car. The fierce winds on top of the hill whipped away my sign into the dark as I was still writing on it, however, so I decided against further marking attempts. The temperature was fantastic on a warm (but breezy) spring night, so I lingered a bit longer and sent some bragging messages to some (confused) friends about a successful expedition. Finally, I got back in the car and headed back home to Roanoke to rest up for hopefully more expeditions in the future.
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-  -- [[User:Fedotenko|Fedotenko]] ([[User talk:Fedotenko|talk]]) 21:42, 19 March 2022 (EDT)
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