Difference between revisions of "2023-09-20 36 -80"

Latest revision as of 21:06, 24 May 2024

Location

On a little road southeast of Hillsville, in Carroll County, Virginia.

Participants

Expedition

We started from Charleston, West Virginia, and stopped briefly at New River National Park on our way south by southeast. We followed US 15 for a while, then hopped onto I-77 when it stopped being a toll road, and followed it through a fairly epic tunnel into Virginia. Another 41 miles got us to the Hillsville exit, and we followed US 58 for a few miles as it rapidly shrank from a freeway to a divided highway to a rather narrow two-lane rural highway. Then, finally, we turned off onto Virginia highway 776, which is a rather grand number for a one-lane gravel road less than a kilometer long. It's also called Merrimac Road.

It was a very pleasant road, though, with nice rural views and some cows at the end. The hashpoint was right there in the roadway, which was good as there wasn't really any way to park or pull over. But we had plenty of time to stop and take pictures.

Photos

Looking south down the road, from the hashpoint.
View of the side, from the hashpoint.
Geohashers, at the hashpoint.
Hashcot and view north, on the way back out.
There!

Achievements

First expedition in the Winston-Salem graticule in more than 10 years.
First expedition to the Virginia half of the Winston-Salem graticule.

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+On a little road southeast of Hillsville, in Carroll County, Virginia.
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+We started from Charleston, West Virginia, and stopped briefly at New River National Park on our way south by southeast.  We followed US 15 for a while, then hopped onto I-77 when it stopped being a toll road, and followed it through a fairly epic tunnel into Virginia.  Another 41 miles got us to the Hillsville exit, and we followed US 58 for a few miles as it rapidly shrank from a freeway to a divided highway to a rather narrow two-lane rural highway.  Then, finally, we turned off onto Virginia highway 776, which is a rather grand number for a one-lane gravel road less than a kilometer long.  It's also called Merrimac Road.
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+It was a very pleasant road, though, with nice rural views and some cows at the end.  The hashpoint was right there in the roadway, which was good as there wasn't really any way to park or pull over.  But we had plenty of time to stop and take pictures.
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+File:2023-09-20 36 -80 a.jpg|Looking south down the road, from the hashpoint.
+File:2023-09-20 36 -80 b.jpg|View of the side, from the hashpoint.
+File:2023-09-20 36 -80 c.jpg|Geohashers, at the hashpoint.
+File:2023-09-20 36 -80 d.jpg|Hashcot and view north, on the way back out.
+File:2023-09-20 36 -80 e.jpg|There!
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+*First expedition in the [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem graticule]] in more than 10 years.
+*First expedition to the Virginia half of the Winston-Salem graticule.
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