Difference between revisions of "2024-11-08 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 21:09, 9 November 2024

Location

A hillside street corner above Tacoma's old waterfront.

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Expedition

Friday, and what a week. Work wasn't cutting it, and a long lunch was just about right. Traffic to and from Tacoma mid-day should be about the best I could hope for - slightly better than the middle of the night. Geohashcar away!

The drive was relatively quick, the Prius mileage reported 50.3 - a slightly optimistic number, but likely within one mile per gallon of the true number. Not converting that to kilometers per liter though. I scoped the area with street view first, and this looked easy peasy - and it was. First picture posted was standing on the spot.

I didn't sidewalk chalk near the spot. However, the alley was marked with a curious XIV, just less than 5 meters uphill from the hashpoint. Just north of that was NS. North of that was dirt, and across the street similar. Not sure what that was about, and I didn't look further.

Stealth geohash accomplished, I went a very short distance north to a place I'd seen in pictures (and films) but not visited in person. It being a school day and a closed campus, I didn't wander the grounds, but there was a nice view from just outside the fence. Stadium HS, then the Stadium HS stadium, and then of course Stadium HS beyond the Stadium HS stadium. I would issue a "tale of" for stadium ... but it wasn't the geohash. This time.

I snapped a few more nearby pictures and took the lunch part of the long lunch. The drive back north was uneventful.

The county line used to be an east-west line across Commencement bay. It has now been adjusted to mostly match the boundaries of Tacoma city. Either way, this is a Pierce county geohash point.

Tracklog

Photos

Geohasher @47.2423,-122.4442
Tacoma @47.2423,-122.4442
hillside @47.2423,-122.4442
XIV NS @47.2423,-122.4443
From across the street @47.2421,-122.4442
Stadium HS @47.2655,-122.4477
Stadium HS stadium @47.2663,-122.4502
Stadium w/ Stadium HS @47.2669,-122.4506
Wa State historical society @47.2672,-122.4505
post hash pizza @47.2577,-122.4423

Achievements

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 == Expedition ==
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+Friday, and what a week. Work wasn't cutting it, and a long lunch was just about right. Traffic to and from Tacoma mid-day should be about the best I could hope for - slightly better than the middle of the night. Geohashcar away!
+The drive was relatively quick, the Prius mileage reported 50.3 - a slightly optimistic number, but likely within one mile per gallon of the true number. Not converting that to kilometers per liter though. I scoped the area with street view first, and this looked easy peasy - and it was. First picture posted was standing on the spot.
+I didn't sidewalk chalk near the spot. However, the alley was marked with a curious XIV, just less than 5 meters uphill from the hashpoint. Just north of that was NS. North of that was dirt, and across the street similar. Not sure what that was about, and I didn't look further.
+Stealth geohash accomplished, I went a very short distance north to a place I'd seen in pictures (and films) but not visited in person. It being a school day and a closed campus, I didn't wander the grounds, but there was a nice view from just outside the fence. Stadium HS, then the Stadium HS stadium, and then of course Stadium HS beyond the Stadium HS stadium. I would issue a "tale of" for stadium ... but it wasn't the geohash. This time.
+I snapped a few more nearby pictures and took the lunch part of the long lunch. The drive back north was uneventful.
+The county line used to be an east-west line across Commencement bay. It has now been adjusted to mostly match the boundaries of Tacoma city. Either way, this is a Pierce county geohash point.
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 Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731098750941.jpg|Tacoma [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.24233197&mlon=-122.44422900&zoom=16 @47.2423,-122.4442]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731098772510.jpg|hillside [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.24233100&mlon=-122.44422900&zoom=16 @47.2423,-122.4442]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731098831148.jpg|XIV NS [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.24232400&mlon=-122.44429100&zoom=16 @47.2423,-122.4443]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731098892454.jpg|From across the street [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.24207700&mlon=-122.44417797&zoom=16 @47.2421,-122.4442]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731099711630.jpg|Stadium HS [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.26547500&mlon=-122.44768600&zoom=16 @47.2655,-122.4477]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731100010177.jpg|Stadium HS stadium [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.26627100&mlon=-122.45022697&zoom=16 @47.2663,-122.4502]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731100194541.jpg|Stadium w/ Stadium HS [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.26688800&mlon=-122.45062797&zoom=16 @47.2669,-122.4506]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731100352550.jpg|Wa State historical society [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.26718900&mlon=-122.45053297&zoom=16 @47.2672,-122.4505]
+Image:2024-11-08_47_-122_thomcat_1731102571704.jpg|post hash pizza [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.25765700&mlon=-122.44225400&zoom=16 @47.2577,-122.4423]
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