Difference between revisions of "2024-08-01 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 17:12, 2 August 2024

Location

North Seattle neighborhood, at the Y between two diverging streets.

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Stop by when back in town

Expedition

I've been on vacation in north eastern Washington, with inaccessible hashpoints around me (< 20km) each day. I noted this point was a possibility before beginning my 500km return trip on Thursday morning.

The two dimensional top down map made this look like a gentle break between two roads; the aerial view showed some foliage. A simple tree to duck under perhaps? The neighborhood is near some construction, and quite close to Interstate 5. There is a concrete sound barrier wall, but it is wholly insufficient to mask Thursday late rush hour traffic noise.

What was 2D on the map was a relatively steep downhill in person. The battered sign showing the two streets seemed backwards to me - perhaps confusing to delivery drivers. What looked like foliage was a tree and a whole lot of sticker-guarded berries below. I wondered if I could lean in close, but rarely got below 5 meters distant. Mother nature...

Just south of the point is Lakeside middle school, and just north Lakeside high school, the alma mater of a certain Redmond based billionaire.

Tracklog

Photos

Sideways again, hrmmph. West of hash point. @47.7294,-122.3274
Bet this confuses delivery drivers... @47.7296,-122.3271
Stickers & berries @47.7296,-122.3268
Geohasher @47.7296,-122.3268
View east, towards freeway @47.7296,-122.3268
View west / up hill, to hashcar @47.7296,-122.3268
Nearby school @47.7318,-122.3288

Achievements

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+North Seattle neighborhood, at the Y between two diverging streets.
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+Stop by when back in town
 == Expedition ==
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+I've been on vacation in north eastern Washington, with inaccessible hashpoints around me (< 20km) each day. I noted this point was a possibility before beginning my 500km return trip on Thursday morning.
+The two dimensional top down map made this look like a gentle break between two roads; the aerial view showed some foliage. A simple tree to duck under perhaps? The neighborhood is near some construction, and quite close to Interstate 5. There is a concrete sound barrier wall, but it is wholly insufficient to mask Thursday late rush hour traffic noise.
+What was 2D on the map was a relatively steep downhill in person. The battered sign showing the two streets seemed backwards to me - perhaps confusing to delivery drivers. What looked like foliage was a tree and a whole lot of sticker-guarded berries below. I wondered if I could lean in close, but rarely got below 5 meters distant. Mother nature...
+Just south of the point is Lakeside middle school, and just north Lakeside high school, the alma mater of a certain Redmond based billionaire.
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 Image:2024-08-01_47_-122_thomcat_1722565602820.jpg|Geohasher [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.72962700&mlon=-122.32678400&zoom=16 @47.7296,-122.3268]
+Image:2024-08-01_47_-122_thomcat_1722565627244.jpg|View east, towards freeway [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.72962400&mlon=-122.32678797&zoom=16 @47.7296,-122.3268]
+Image:2024-08-01_47_-122_thomcat_1722565690001.jpg|View west / up hill, to hashcar [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.72962400&mlon=-122.32678797&zoom=16 @47.7296,-122.3268]
+Image:2024-08-01_47_-122_thomcat_1722565907493.jpg|Nearby school [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.73177400&mlon=-122.32882100&zoom=16 @47.7318,-122.3288]
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