Difference between revisions of "2009-02-18 40 -74"

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The hashpoint was tucked just inside someone's front yard in White House Station, New Jersey.

Brandon and Brandon's Dad

Both of our first geohash
96 miles roundtrip
About 3 hours door to door

Brandon convinced his dad to ditch work for the afternoon and to come along on the adventure.

We left Manhattan by car and headed west into New Jersey. The rain soon turned into snow. Along the way we found out that the hashpoint was with in walking distance of a NJ Transit station. The point itself was tucked just inside someone's front yard behind a set of bushes. We took a picture in the driveway and when no one came to chase use out we grew slightly bolder. There was a bench just inside the yard almost exactly at the hash point; so we sat on it. It was quite wet.

In the mood for a squishy--take that snow!--we stopped a McDonald's we had passed half a mile from the hashpoint. Alas, it was the smallest McDonald's we had ever seen and there was no room for a frozen carbonated beverage vending machine. We ate there anyway.

We found a bench
It was wet

Achievements

Brandon and Brandon's Dad earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (40, -74) geohash on 2009-02-18.

Brandon earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Brandon's Dad to the (40, -74) geohash on 2009-02-18.

Brandon's Dad earned the Oldest Geohash Achievement

by geohashing on 2009-02-18 by geohashing at the age of 67 years.

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 Brandon convinced his dad to ditch work for the afternoon and to come along on the adventure.
-We left Manhattan by car and headed west into New Jersey.  The rain soon turned into snow.  Along the way we found out that the hashpoint was with in walking distance of a NJ Transit station.  The point itself was tucked just inside someone's front yard behind a set of bushes.  We took a picture in the driveway and when no one came to chase use out we grew slightly bolder.  There was a bench in the yard almost exactly at the hash point; so we sat on it.  It was quite wet.
+We left Manhattan by car and headed west into New Jersey.  The rain soon turned into snow.  Along the way we found out that the hashpoint was with in walking distance of a NJ Transit station.  The point itself was tucked just inside someone's front yard behind a set of bushes.  We took a picture in the driveway and when no one came to chase use out we grew slightly bolder.  There was a bench just inside the yard almost exactly at the hash point; so we sat on it.  It was quite wet.
 In the mood for a [[GeoSquishy|squishy]]--take that snow!--we stopped a McDonald's we had passed half a mile from the hashpoint.  Alas, it was the smallest McDonald's we had ever seen and there was no room for a frozen carbonated beverage vending machine.  We ate there anyway.


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