2013-08-23 45 -122

Fri 23 Aug 2013 in 45,-122: 45.6472529, -122.5722176 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Someone's driveway in the Oakbrook neighborhood of Vancouver, WA.

Participants

• Frogman (talk) and Alison

• Michael5000 (talk) 02:30, 24 August 2013 (EDT)

Plans

Frogman/Allison: We had the option to drive to the point and be wimps or ride bikes to the point and be awesome. We decided to ride our bikes from our houses in East Multnomah county, over the Glenn Jackson Bridge, and into Vancouver.

Michael5000: I had the option to drive to the point and be a wimp, or ride a bike to the point, be late for work, and lose my job. I decided to drive from my home in Central Multnomah County, over the Glenn Jackson Bridge, and into Vancouver.

Expedition

After some confusion over where we were going to meet and dodging road construction, we met up at the west end of the Marine Drive bike trail. We crossed the Glenn Jackson bridge and made our way through Vancouver to the hashpoint.

After some confusion over how far a yard is, we found ourselves in a driveway right as a minivan was pulling in. The residents were very confused over why we were there, but after quick and stumbling explanations they burst out laughing and gave their blessing for our expedition. One man told us that if we found any treasure, half of it was his, which we happily agreed to.

On our way back to East Multnomah County we decided to go along the I-205 bike trail. Maywood Park is a nice city!

Photos

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  On the I-205 bridge over the Columbia

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  Numbers proving that we were well within the GPS margin of error of the coordinates

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  Goofy grins!

Achievements

Frogman (talk) and Alison earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 27.2 miles to and from the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-08-23.