Difference between revisions of "2022-07-16 48 -118"

Latest revision as of 04:43, 20 March 2024

Location

Farmland in Laurier, WA, near the Canada border.

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Stop by (more or less) on the way home from a camping trip

Expedition

This is the most reasonable point I've seen in Kettle Falls in years, though it was still snugged up to the border. Based on the satellite view, this would be very easy to achieve also. More on that lower down...

The border is super accessible here - only a barbed wire fence. No, I did not dance across it - but I absolutely would have if the geohashpoint had been located right there. After snapping these photos, I headed towards the farmer.

First approach showed the point to be somewhat close to the road, so I drove that road up a steep hillside above the farm. Barbed wire fence separates me from the point. No signs forbidding entry, but best to continue with my original plan.

I saw the farmer out in the field, so drive in and waved a hand. They came over and I introduced myself, explaining I just came from camping in Northport and a very basic rendition of what geohashing was. The lady of the land was a bit concerned that more of us would appear over the hills to descend on their land, but other than 5k, I thought that was unlikely and said so. Had this been in the city, yes - more of us would meet up.

When I explained my camping location and we compared notes, it turns out the farmer had cattle over on the Phillips' ranch, right next to the property where I spent the week. Practically neighbors now, they waved me on to the field with these words. "Let us know if you find gold there - oh, and let us know if you find a cougar there also."

Slightly wary, I set off to explore the field. GPS said I needed to go further east, into the brush, and I took one quick expedition there. Overhead view showed it to be near the metal pipe, still sitting in the same location in the field. I crossed those points and more, but never got a truly close reading on the GPS. Maybe all that gold throws the readings off...

Also in the "GPS weirdness" bucket, I took two photos from different locations, one from up in the field looking towards the house of the owners - and both received the same coordinates, north of the border (49.0178,-118.2269 - more than 2 miles away as the crow flies). I believe I selected "choose the point of the photo" on geohashdroid - and indeed, the photo shows that coordinate today on my phone. Conspiracy? Map/border weirdness? I wish I had chosen "use my current coords" instead.

Anyhow, point achieved, I returned to the car. Giving a friendly wave, I drove along the border again and made my way back to Seattle. I did stop and shoot straight west along the border, showing "The Slash" - more about that here.

Tracklog

(what would a tracklog have looked like?!?)

Photos

Border sign @48.9999,-118.2172
Up the hill @48.9919,-118.2048
Fence @48.9923,-118.2041
Trail @49.0178,-118.2269
Geohasher @48.9917,-118.2054
Ambassador @49.0178,-118.2269
Above again @48.9914,-118.2056
Border again @49.0000,-118.2091
Border west

Achievements

Thomcat earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (48, -118) graticule, here, on 2022-07-16.

Thomcat earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from the farmer/owner to access the (48, -118) geohash on 2022-07-16.

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-And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
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 | lon=-118
 | date=2022-07-16
+| graticule_name=Kettle Falls
+| graticule_link=Kettle Falls, Washington
+|
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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Farmland in Laurier, WA, near the Canada border.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+* [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]]
--->
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Stop by (more or less) on the way home from a camping trip
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+This is the most reasonable point I've seen in Kettle Falls in years, though it was still snugged up to the border. Based on the satellite view, this would be very easy to achieve also. More on that lower down...
+The border is super accessible here - only a barbed wire fence. No, I did not dance across it - but I absolutely would have if the geohashpoint had been located right there. After snapping these photos, I headed towards the farmer.
+First approach showed the point to be somewhat close to the road, so I drove that road up a steep hillside above the farm. Barbed wire fence separates me from the point. No signs forbidding entry, but best to continue with my original plan.
+I saw the farmer out in the field, so drive in and waved a hand. They came over and I introduced myself, explaining I just came from camping in Northport and a very basic rendition of what geohashing was. The lady of the land was a bit concerned that more of us would appear over the hills to descend on their land, but other than [[User:Michael5000|5k]], I thought that was unlikely and said so. Had this been in the city, yes - more of us would meet up.
+When I explained my camping location and we compared notes, it turns out the farmer had cattle over on the Phillips' ranch, right next to the property where I spent the week. Practically neighbors now, they waved me on to the field with these words. "Let us know if you find gold there - oh, and let us know if you find a cougar there also."
+Slightly wary, I set off to explore the field. GPS said I needed to go further east, into the brush, and I took one quick expedition there. Overhead view showed it to be near the metal pipe, still sitting in the same location in the field. I crossed those points and more, but never got a truly close reading on the GPS. Maybe all that gold throws the readings off...
+Also in the "GPS weirdness" bucket, I took two photos from different locations, one from up in the field looking towards the house of the owners - and both received the same coordinates, north of the border (49.0178,-118.2269 - more than 2 miles away as the crow flies). I believe I selected "choose the point of the photo" on geohashdroid - and indeed, the photo shows that coordinate today on my phone. Conspiracy? Map/border weirdness? I wish I had chosen "use my current coords" instead.
+Anyhow, point achieved, I returned to the car. Giving a friendly wave, I drove along the border again and made my way back to Seattle. I did stop and shoot straight west along the border, showing "The Slash" - more about that [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash here].
 == Tracklog ==
 <!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
+(what would a tracklog have looked like?!?)
 == Photos ==
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 Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657989981693.jpg|Border sign [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99988100&mlon=-118.21723697&zoom=16 @48.9999,-118.2172]
-</gallery>
-== Achievements ==
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657990290077.jpg|Up the hill [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99186000&mlon=-118.20479297&zoom=16 @48.9919,-118.2048]
-{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
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+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657990476470.jpg|Fence [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99226197&mlon=-118.20409100&zoom=16 @48.9923,-118.2041]
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-<!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657991216748.jpg|Trail ''[https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.01779497&mlon=-118.22685597&zoom=16 @49.0178,-118.2269]''
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657991753582.jpg|Geohasher [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99167597&mlon=-118.20542500&zoom=16 @48.9917,-118.2054]
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--->
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+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657992056979.jpg|Ambassador ''[https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.01779497&mlon=-118.22685597&zoom=16 @49.0178,-118.2269]''
-<!-- An actual expedition:
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657992522058.jpg|Above again [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99144497&mlon=-118.20563797&zoom=16 @48.9914,-118.2056]
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
-[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657992931403.jpg|Border again [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.99998200&mlon=-118.20906497&zoom=16 @49.0000,-118.2091]
---><!-- or if you failed :(
+Image:2022-07-16_48_-118_thomcat_1657993005976.jpg|Border west
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--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
+== Achievements ==
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
+{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
+<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
+{{Graticule unlocked
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
+| latitude = 48
+| longitude = -118
+| date = 2022-07-16
+| name = [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]]
+| image = 2022-07-16 48 -118 thomcat 1657991753582.jpg
+}}
+{{Ambassador geohash | latitude = 48 | longitude = -118 | date = 2022-07-16 | name = [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] | granter = the farmer/owner}}
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|WA|ST}}


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