2024-02-03 29 -97

Sat 3 Feb 2024 in 29,-97: 29.8656057, -97.8825541 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On the corner where the San Marcos highway meets Old Martindale Road in Texas, USA. The nearest city is San Marcos.

Participants

enjoythecode (talk)

Expedition

On Friday afternoon, I was inspired suddenly due to unknown forces to check this weekends geohashes, and I was pleased to see that this hash looked feasible with a 50 minute drive.

On Saturday, I was on my way shortly after having breakfast, with the plan to get to the hash first, and then figure out what I would do. The drive over was nothing out of the ordinary (except 3 crazy drivers that validate most peoples stereotypes about Texas drivers...), and it was an easy has to grab. 3 meters to the North and this would have turned into the kind of geohash you meet while driving at 50mph (or more), but I was happy to be able to get this one hash on foot.

After making the hash, I pulled up Google Maps (for the unteenth time that day) to check what was there to do in San Marcos. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had a string of parks in the middle of the city surrounding the San Marcos (what else!) river, and took the short drive there. I walked along the river for an hour or so, which gave me plenty of time to ponder random thoughts, people-watch, and be grateful to geohashing for making me discover this city that I would not have otherwise paid much attention to.

Finally, I grabbed some Huli Huli chicken at a nearby Hawaiian fast-food place (it was really good, though my hunger at the time is a strong bias), and drove back home. It is an unfortunate reality of Texas that most expeditions have to start and end with a good amount of driving a car around, but it is a reality nevertheless!

Photos

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  proof @29.8655,-97.8825

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  Proof #2

Achievements

enjoythecode earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (29, -97) geohash on 2024-02-03.

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