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== Location == | == Location == | ||
− | Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in | + | Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in the middle of a (legume?) field. |
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8 AM local time. Now making preparations. | 8 AM local time. Now making preparations. | ||
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+ | Full writeup coming soon. Notes below. | ||
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*Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.76635550&lon=-96.98120490&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @37.7664,-96.9812] 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | *Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.76635550&lon=-96.98120490&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @37.7664,-96.9812] 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | ||
*Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go. | *Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go. | ||
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Not good with technology today. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.18514180&lon=-96.56045850&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @39.1851,-96.5605] 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | Not good with technology today. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.18514180&lon=-96.56045850&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @39.1851,-96.5605] 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | ||
*Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | *Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it. -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00) | ||
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Contents
Location
Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in the middle of a (legume?) field.
Participants
Plans
I'm 6 hours away, one way, so it's going to be a long drive. So much for getting work done. -thunk
8 AM local time. Now making preparations.
Expedition
Full writeup coming soon. Notes below.
- Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go. -- Thunk (talk) @37.7664,-96.9812 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
- Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go.
Not good with technology today. -- Thunk (talk) @39.1851,-96.5605 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
- Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it. -- Thunk (talk) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)