User:RocketMac/Geohashing 101 Geocache

This is NOT a real expedition log! It is part of a Geocache.

Wed 23 Feb 2011 in 43,-88: 43.0345402, -88.0726786 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Small strip of public land near a bowling alley in Brookfield, WI.

Participants

RocketMac

Plans

When I woke up this morning and looked up the day's coordinates, I was happy to see that the spot was not only on my way home from work, but there was a geocache at the same spot!

Expedition

As soon as work wrapped up for the day, I headed out.

Approaching the location, there was some commotion. It looks liked construction was going on nearby. I parked on a nearby street and walked into the little wooded strip of public land immediately adjacent to a parking lot. The tree cover was throwing off my GPS and I had to wander around a bit to be sure I knew where the exact spot was.

While I was wandering the area, I saw a pole coming out of a concrete base. Attached to the pole was a box with letters on it. I found the geocache without even really looking for it! The letters were the GC code for the cache. I signed the log and moved on.

Once I was sure I had the right spot, I took a few pictures and a screen capture of my GPS for proof.

Not a bad excursion!

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement by discovering the geocache GC1H99P near the (43, -88) geohash on 2011-02-23.