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About

In someone's backyard in Tamarac, near Nob Hill Rd. and Southgate.

Planning

The hashpoint is about 0.5 km (0.8 km on foot) from Million_zillion's home. I'll head out around 4-ish and meet the neighbors.

Expedition Reports

Million_zillion

Let me first say that this was a beautiful day for a walk. Clear blue skies and 67° F.

I set out on foot at about 4:15pm, after first fiddling with the GPS SW in my Android phone for a bit (yay, GeohashDroid!). Along Southgate Blvd, I took a couple of pictures of Tephford Park, from across the street. It's been there for maybe a year now, less than 1/4 mile from me, but I'd never bothered to go over and enjoy it before.

I found the house where the hashpoint was, and I saw that there were no fences or other obvious "Keep Out" signage between the front and the backyard. I knocked on the door anyway, since I wouldn't want to startle these folks by wandering through their yard unannounced. As it happened, nobody was home.

The houses are close together around here, and it's not too unusual to see someone unfamiliar in the small backyard spaces between the houses (utility workers, neighbors' relatives, kids playing with novelty flying discs, etc.). So I walked over to the backyard of this house and found the hashpoint, just behind the swimming pool. (BTW, I commend the homeowners for putting up a child-safety fence around their pool.) I took a few scenic pictures and left.

I spotted a few interesting sights on the way back to the main road, including possible signs of "costumed adventuring" (see the gallery), and I decided to take a small detour through the park as well for a better look at the big art installation there (Under the Shadow of the Big Tree by Ilan Averbuch).

I'll post my tracklog as soon as I figure out how to do that.

Photos

The East end of Tephford Park
Art in the Park
Front and side of the house
Front of the house
The hashpoint, just in front of the little plant
I estimate that 1 in every 3 houses in this graticule has a backyard pool
o/~ Another Pleasant Valley Saturday o/~
OMG! Does the Comedian live around here? O_O
Do a jump! Do a jump!
Under the Shadow of the Big Tree by Ilan Averbuch
A different perspective

User:Million zillion earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention

by living near the (26, -80) geohash on 2010-03-06.

User:Million zillion earned the Walk geohash Achievement

by reaching the (26, -80) geohash on 2010-03-06 on foot, travelling a distance of 0.8 km.

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 == Expedition Reports ==
+=== [[User:Million_zillion|Million_zillion]] ===
+Let me first say that this was a beautiful day for a walk. Clear blue skies and 67° F.
+I set out on foot at about 4:15pm, after first fiddling with the GPS SW in my Android phone for a bit (yay, [http://code.google.com/p/geohashdroid/ GeohashDroid!]). Along Southgate Blvd, I took a couple of pictures of Tephford Park, from across the street. It's been there for maybe a year now, less than 1/4 mile from me, but I'd never bothered to go over and enjoy it before.
+I found the house where the hashpoint was, and I saw that there were no fences or other obvious "Keep Out" signage between the front and the backyard. I knocked on the door anyway, since I wouldn't want to startle these folks by wandering through their yard unannounced. As it happened, nobody was home.
+The houses are close together around here, and it's not too unusual to see someone unfamiliar in the small backyard spaces between the houses (utility workers, neighbors' relatives, kids playing with [[Lost_Novelty_Flying_Disc_Diversional_Tactic|novelty flying discs]], etc.). So I walked over to the backyard of this house and found the hashpoint, just behind the swimming pool. (BTW, I commend the homeowners for putting up a child-safety fence around their pool.) I took a few scenic pictures and left.
+I spotted a few interesting sights on the way back to the main road, including possible signs of "costumed adventuring" (see the gallery), and I decided to take a small detour through the park as well for a better look at the big art installation there (''Under the Shadow of the Big Tree'' by Ilan Averbuch).
+I'll post my tracklog as soon as I figure out how to do that.
 == Photos ==
-<gallery perrow="3">
+<gallery perrow="4">
-Placeholder | Placeholder
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_park1.jpg | The East end of Tephford Park
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_art1.jpg | Art in the Park
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_front2.jpg | Front and side of the house
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_front1.jpg | Front of the house
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_hashpoint.jpg | The hashpoint, just in front of the little plant
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_pool.jpg | I estimate that 1 in every 3 houses in this graticule has a backyard pool
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_backyards.jpg | o/~ ''Another Pleasant Valley Saturday'' o/~
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_smile.jpg | OMG! Does the Comedian live around here? O_O
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_rc.jpg | Do a jump! Do a jump!
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_art2.jpg | ''Under the Shadow of the Big Tree'' by Ilan Averbuch
+Image:2010-03-06_26_-80_art3.jpg | A different perspective
 </gallery>
+{{couch potato geohash
+    | latitude = 26
+    | longitude = -80
+    | date = 2010-03-06
+    | name = [[User:Million zillion]]
+    | honor = true
+}}
+{{Walk geohash
+| latitude = 26
+| longitude = -80
+| date = 2010-03-06
+| name = [[User:Million zillion]]
+| distance = 0.8 km
+}}
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]


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