Difference between revisions of "2012-03-08 44 -91"

Revision as of 08:16, 10 March 2012

Location

The driveway of a farmhouse in Whitehall, Wisconsin.

Participants

RocketMac

Plans

I was going to be getting done with work and on the road home early, so I might be able to stop by this one geohash on the way.

Expedition

Google Maps had a route for me that would have me off 94 until after the hashpoint, so I'd get to see some new roadway. When I left town, it was close to rush hour and I needed my turn-by-turn GPS app to get me out of the Twin Cities, and it wanted to use 94. I wasn't in a fighting mood, so I took it.

It was just before sunset when I pulled off the freeway. ...Sadly it was still a heck of a drive to the hashpoint from there and getting dark.

By the time I reached the house it was dark. There were no signs of life inside and no lights, so I decided to take a chance and pull into the drive and up to the hashpoint. I get the feeling it's been a little while since someone had been here because the driveway was rough and muddy, but luckily still frozen. There was a point it got slick and I wasn't sure I wasn't going to get stuck. I dropped the car into second gear and drove slowly out.

There was another long drive back to he freeway and then I was heading on home.

I stopped for pizza and half a beer at Moosejaw Pizza and Brewhaus in the Wisconsin Dells. After that stop, it was a straight drive home.

Another new graticule!

Tracklog

My tracklog is available in GPX and KMZ formats.

Photos

The house
Stupid Grin
GPS Snapshot

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-03-08.

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 == Location ==
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+The driveway of a farmhouse in Whitehall, Wisconsin.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]]
 == Plans ==
 <!-- what were the original plans -->
+I was going to be getting done with work and on the road home early, so I might be able to stop by this one geohash on the way.
 == Expedition ==
 <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Google Maps had a route for me that would have me off 94 until after the hashpoint, so I'd get to see some new roadway. When I left town, it was close to rush hour and I needed my turn-by-turn GPS app to get me out of the Twin Cities, and it wanted to use 94. I wasn't in a fighting mood, so I took it.
+It was just before sunset when I pulled off the freeway. ...Sadly it was still a heck of a drive to the hashpoint from there and getting dark.
+By the time I reached the house it was dark. There were no signs of life inside and no lights, so I decided to take a chance and pull into the drive and up to the hashpoint. I get the feeling it's been a little while since someone had been here because the driveway was rough and muddy, but luckily still frozen. There was a point it got slick and I wasn't sure I wasn't going to get stuck. I dropped the car into second gear and drove slowly out.
+There was another long drive back to he freeway and then I was heading on home.
+I stopped for pizza and half a beer at Moosejaw Pizza and Brewhaus in the Wisconsin Dells. After that stop, it was a straight drive home.
+Another new graticule!
 == Tracklog ==
 <!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+My tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-03-08.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-03-08.kmz KMZ] formats.
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2012-03-08 44 -91 01.jpg| The house
+Image:2012-03-08 44 -91 02.jpg| Stupid Grin
+Image:2012-03-08 44 -91 03.jpg| GPS Snapshot
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+| latitude = 44
+| longitude = -91
+| date = 2012-03-08
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
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