Difference between revisions of "2024-08-07 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 13:03, 8 August 2024

Location

Amidst some trees, near the freeway in Lynnwood WA

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Stop by after work

Expedition

The point is fairly close to my commute path. Did some streetview investigation of the entrance to Ziply (a local broadband provider) and didn't see any signs, so I figured I'd give it a go. Shorts and sandals aren't the right wear for either traipsing into the woods or dealing with velociraptors, but I would cross that bridge when I came to it.

Drove down a road I've been down before and took a right turn I hadn't, still looks good. Snapped a photo of the Ziply sign. Continued a little further and there is a likely-broken intercom next to an open gate... labeled with two types of No Trespassing signs. I briefly considered going further, but that's not what we do in geohashing.

Leaving the property, I took an immediate right and right again into the property next door. No signs, no restrictions, lots of younger folks. Labeled Zumiez, this is clearly not a retail location - but it does have a cool skate park out back, perhaps for product testing. I parked and walked across a nice lawn to the northeast corner of the property, where I found a protected greenspace sign. If the barbed wire of the previous entrance was anything to go by, I wasn't going to reach the point going this way either.

Tracklog

Photos

Entrance @47.8135,-122.2849
Harumph @47.8143,-122.2855
Zumiez looks like a nice place to work @47.8153,-122.2877
NE corner - probably no go @47.8158,-122.2872

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+The point is fairly close to my commute path. Did some streetview investigation of the entrance to Ziply (a local broadband provider) and didn't see any signs, so I figured I'd give it a go. Shorts and sandals aren't the right wear for either traipsing into the woods or dealing with velociraptors, but I would cross that bridge when I came to it.
+Drove down a road I've been down before and took a right turn I hadn't, still looks good. Snapped a photo of the Ziply sign. Continued a little further and there is a likely-broken intercom next to an open gate... labeled with two types of No Trespassing signs. I briefly considered going further, but that's not what we do in geohashing.
+Leaving the property, I took an immediate right and right again into the property next door. No signs, no restrictions, lots of younger folks. Labeled Zumiez, this is clearly not a retail location - but it does have a cool skate park out back, perhaps for product testing. I parked and walked across a nice lawn to the northeast corner of the property, where I found a protected greenspace sign. If the barbed wire of the previous entrance was anything to go by, I wasn't going to reach the point going this way either.
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 Image:2024-08-07_47_-122_thomcat_1723067492773.jpg|Harumph [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.81429597&mlon=-122.28549397&zoom=16 @47.8143,-122.2855]
+Image:2024-08-07_47_-122_thomcat_1723067763035.jpg|Zumiez looks like a nice place to work [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.81533000&mlon=-122.28770697&zoom=16 @47.8153,-122.2877]
+Image:2024-08-07_47_-122_thomcat_1723067793919.jpg|NE corner - probably no go [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.81575097&mlon=-122.28723200&zoom=16 @47.8158,-122.2872]
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