2010-09-09 30 -94

Thu 9 Sep 2010 in 30,-94: 30.0347876, -94.6279388 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Several steps south of US-90 near Devers, Texas. I've travelled US-90 from east to west through this area several times. the highway runs through an area comprised mostly of open ranchland, and a few small towns.

Participants

Phineas

Ralph (The Naughty Bear)

Plans

This being my first geohash, I was excited to see the hashpoint just a few steps, maybe yards, off a mostly 2-lane highway with which I was rather familiar. Though not my home graticule, this hashpoint was only about 30 miles away, owing to living fairly near the 4-corners of four graticules. Also, I would be returning later in the day from a meeting due south of home, so it was a fairly minor detour.

Scanning the topography and satellite image, the location was clearly in some sort of brushy / woodsy area. But it was so close to the highway, that I thought I could make it without trouble. That general area is mostly ranchland, with a narrow thicket of trees running parallel to the highway. I will admit, it being my first expedition, that my excitement overcame logic when looking at the satellite view of the foliage.

Preparations:

1) TomTom GPS. Though designed for driving directions, it allows 6 decimal place long/lat entry.

2) Hiking Boots

3) Work gloves - for rusty or barbed wire fence scaling, if needed

4) Camera

5) Tripod (to take picture of self and Ralph at site)

6) Color hardcopy of satellite image.....which every time I looked at it, the foliage became more intimidating, possibly. Nah - it's fine.

Achievements

Several step off US-90 near Devers, Texas