2009-10-13 41 -90

Tue 13 Oct 2009 in 41,-90: 41.5556386, -90.4320180 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Pigeon Creek Park, Bettendorf, IA

Participants

Zentiggr

Plans

Yeah, right... Found out early in the afternoon that an after-work appointment would be nearby, and that today's hash would be right near my appointment. Coincidence? :-)

Expedition

Easy enough to stop for a few minutes along the way. Found a reasonable parking lot at the end of a stretch of gravel road, and concrete paths off into the woods. Still distinct enough to follow on my Centro's Google Maps.

A while later, after some puddle jumping, I approached the foot bridge over the impending creek. Not planning on a long stop, I looked around for the best landmarks to photograph for the "unique enough to triangulate well" plan... The footbridge is the best, a nearby riverside gazebo the next best, and the third photo being the patch of loose waterlogged brush that _IS_ the hashpoint to within a couple of feet.

... and an uneventful hike back through the woods, into the truck, off into the sunset... or home, anyway.

Photos

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  The footbridge NE of the point

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  Yes, this really is a gazebo under the river glare overexposure...

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  Brown = paydirt!

Zentiggr earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (41, -90) geohash on 2009-10-13.

Zentiggr earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -90) graticule, here, on 2009-10-13.