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Caught the ferry from Bremerton across the water to Port Orchard, then took a bus up the hill to the area, reaching Cosmo's at 4 PM. | Caught the ferry from Bremerton across the water to Port Orchard, then took a bus up the hill to the area, reaching Cosmo's at 4 PM. | ||
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+ | Image:2008 06 12 47 -122 cosmo.JPG|Cosmo's | ||
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At Cosmo's, ordered what the menu called an "Authentic Reuben" after trying to talk the waitress into giving me a discount for a fake one. She wouldn't hear of it, and pretended not to understand. But I knew she knew what I was talking about. I could tell. | At Cosmo's, ordered what the menu called an "Authentic Reuben" after trying to talk the waitress into giving me a discount for a fake one. She wouldn't hear of it, and pretended not to understand. But I knew she knew what I was talking about. I could tell. | ||
− | Then headed over to the geohash site. From the nearest intersection, found the same trails [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] did, and wandered about for a bit, but without a GPS device, I did the old "Good enough" and called it a day. | + | Then headed over to the geohash site. Found a broken microwave by the side of the road. |
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+ | Image:2008 06 12 47 -122 RIP.JPG | ||
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+ | Didn't have any tools with me to salvage anything, so had a quick memorial service, and moved on. | ||
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+ | From the nearest intersection, | ||
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+ | Image:2008 06 12 47 -122 intersection.JPG|Crossroads | ||
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+ | found the same trails [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] did, and wandered about for a bit, but without a GPS device, I did the old "Good enough" and called it a day. | ||
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+ | Image:2008 06 12 47 -122 boatride.JPG|I'm the king of the world!!! Woohoo! | ||
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Revision as of 01:43, 13 June 2008
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Contents
About
This geohash is just a few blocks from Cosmo's Deli, in East Port Orchard. From the satellite photo, it appears to be a few tens of yards from the road, in a forested area.
Expeditions
Thomcat
We took the Fauntleroy-Southworth ferry (is there a Ferry Geohash achievement?), then drove to Cosmo's. We had a great lunch, then headed out to the actual spot. Could have walked - it was that close.
Unfortunately, the lot was covered with blackberry brambles and other thorny shrubs. With a machete I could have made it, but not with the kids. Fortunately, a home-made dirt track got us pretty close, so my son snapped the photo and we called it good. Dad and happy kids then headed back to Seattle via the Bremerton ferry.
Nukewaste
Caught the ferry from Bremerton across the water to Port Orchard, then took a bus up the hill to the area, reaching Cosmo's at 4 PM.
At Cosmo's, ordered what the menu called an "Authentic Reuben" after trying to talk the waitress into giving me a discount for a fake one. She wouldn't hear of it, and pretended not to understand. But I knew she knew what I was talking about. I could tell.
Then headed over to the geohash site. Found a broken microwave by the side of the road.
Didn't have any tools with me to salvage anything, so had a quick memorial service, and moved on.
From the nearest intersection,
found the same trails Thomcat did, and wandered about for a bit, but without a GPS device, I did the old "Good enough" and called it a day.