Difference between revisions of "2014-05-21 47 -122"

Revision as of 15:46, 21 May 2014

Location

A hillside off 95th Avenue in Bothell

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Drive by on morning commute, possible return afternoon.

Expedition

At first I merely planned to drive by and snap a photo of the spot. Reached the neighborhood easily enough, spotted a nearby "change of land use" sign, thought it might be worth parking to investigate further.

Once parked, I walked to the edge of the lot and discovered the geohash to be only a few steps away - in fact, it seemed to be where a neighbor has been (probably illegally) dumping grass clippings. I snapped some photos of the spot and uploaded, and said neighbor's small dog made an appearance. My friendly wave was met with "he will bite you" and other friendly comments.

Instead of going into a description of the sport, I merely explained I was taking some photos of this lot, you know, for the land use thingy. :-)

Anyhow, geohash achieved. You might see in the photo I am wearing the same shirt I wore for my very first geohash nearly six years ago. This marks my 125th successful geohash, and both my and Seattle's first Geohashing Day success (we got Mouseover last year).

Photos

View into the hash point @47.7537,-122.2141
Park across the street @47.7538,-122.2141
Grass pile of geohash @47.7536,-122.2138
Nearby proposed project @47.7531,-122.2141
Success! @47.7536,-122.2139
Marker @47.7536,-122.2139

Achievements

Thomcat earned the 2014 Geohashing Day achievement

by celebrating in the (47, -122) graticule on May 21st 2014.

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+At first I merely planned to drive by and snap a photo of the spot. Reached the neighborhood easily enough, spotted a nearby "change of land use" sign, thought it might be worth parking to investigate further.
+Once parked, I walked to the edge of the lot and discovered the geohash to be only a few steps away - in fact, it seemed to be where a neighbor has been (probably illegally) dumping grass clippings. I snapped some photos of the spot and uploaded, and said neighbor's small dog made an appearance.  My friendly wave was met with "he will bite you" and other friendly comments.
+Instead of going into a description of the sport, I merely explained I was taking some photos of this lot, you know, for the land use thingy. :-)
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+Anyhow, geohash achieved. You might see in the photo I am wearing the same shirt I wore for my very first geohash nearly six years ago. This marks my 125th successful geohash, and both my and Seattle's first [[Geohashing Day]] success (we got Mouseover last year).
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