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Revision as of 15:30, 15 June 2009

Location

Back yard of a farm near South Surrey, on 32 Ave

Participants

Planning

Getting there by bus:

nearest bus stop: the 351 stops on King George and 32 Ave
the stop is about 3.4 km away from the hashpoint; quick bike ride, or longish walk
351 route map and time table

For those taking the bus, you can join us at these meetpoints:

8:50 at Burrard Station
9:00 at Broadway and Granville

Bicyclists: caution, there are only 2 bike rack spots on each 351 bus, and the buses are half an hour apart on sunday.

Detailed planning and schedules moved to talk page

Expeditions

To summarize, success. The two groups managed to converge on the hash point at almost exactly the same time, and we were given permission to enter the property. Ambassador achievement for some, cycling for others, and yangman tried and failed at Tron due to getting lost. Then we had a picnic about a block away.

Details later.

Elbie

Rhonda

I made it down to the 8:30 AM seabus just in time to catch it, but with not enough time to buy additional tickets for the trip back. Oh well, I have change. I won't be stranded.

Despite being reasonably certain that I could walk fast enough from the seabus terminal to Burrard station where I was catching the 351, I opted to take the skytrain for one station, to make sure I wasn't late. The train was even in the station with its doors open when I arrived on the platform, so I hurried inside.

And waited. A few more people came down the stairs, spotted the train with its doors open, and ran to get inside.

Really it was only a couple of minutes before it started its route, but it feels longer when you've run to catch it and the doors don't close right behind you. It zoomed along the underground skytrain track and I got off at the very next station, and climbed the stairs out into the sunlight. After a pause to re-orient myself, I decided that the 351 stop was probably to my left, and headed that way to look for it.

When I reached the corner and looked at the row of bus stop signs halfway down the block, I saw Xore juggling at one of them and knew I was in the right place.

Xore

Elbie, Rhonda, Xore

SueB

Four walkers

plypkie

yangman

plypkie and yangman

At the hash point

After

Photos

Achievements

We all earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from the property owners to access the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-14.

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 ===Rhonda===
+I made it down to the 8:30 AM seabus just in time to catch it, but with not enough time to buy additional tickets for the trip back. Oh well, I have change. I won't be stranded.
+Despite being reasonably certain that I could walk fast enough from the seabus terminal to Burrard station where I was catching the 351, I opted to take the skytrain for one station, to make sure I wasn't late. The train was even in the station with its doors open when I arrived on the platform, so I hurried inside.
+And waited. A few more people came down the stairs, spotted the train with its doors open, and ran to get inside.
+Really it was only a couple of minutes before it started its route, but it feels longer when you've run to catch it and the doors don't close right behind you. It zoomed along the underground skytrain track and I got off at the very next station, and climbed the stairs out into the sunlight. After a pause to re-orient myself, I decided that the 351 stop was probably to my left, and headed that way to look for it.
+When I reached the corner and looked at the row of bus stop signs halfway down the block, I saw Xore juggling at one of them and knew I was in the right place.
 ===Xore===


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