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=== The Trip === | === The Trip === | ||
− | + | With gps and iPods in tow, we set out on foot around 3:15. We'd decided to throw in a [[Tron achievement]] too, which meant walking an extra few hundred feet. We got to the point a few minutes before 4:00, and it was farther into someone's front yard than previously thought. It was actually on a doorstep. Next door a man was mowing his lawn and trying to figure out what we were doing, so we asked him if we could take some pictures. He suggested we'd have to go and ask. So we went up to the house, and made the point in the process. So we stood there in front of the front door, nervously taking a photo of the gps. Then we decided to split. Either way, we'd already made the point. | |
+ | [[Image:2009-06-20 cop 1.jpg | thumb | right | Riding away.]]We continued on our way, coming within about 70 feet of our route at one point, but staying sufficiently far away as to not invalidate the Tron achievement. As it was nearly 100 degrees outside, we decided to try the water fountains at an elementary school on Moody Road when something wonderful happened. A police officer on a motorcycle pulled in. He watched us to make sure we wouldn't break anything, and we passed him later on. Chris said "hey." | ||
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+ | "How's it going?" the officer responded. | ||
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+ | Successful [[Police Geohash]]! He rode a little farther up the road and met up with another officer, and they set up a little speed trap on Moody Road. | ||
+ | From there we unceremoniously continued home, stopping only for photos with our namesake street sign. We got home | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery caption="Photo Gallery" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3"> | <gallery caption="Photo Gallery" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3"> | ||
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 start.jpg | Distance from the start. |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 signs 1.jpg | Chablis and Orange, the same Orange from [[2009-06-15 30 -81 | Monday]] |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 c walk.jpg | Chris walking |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 gps.jpg | Taken while standing on the porch. |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 both.jpg | We didn't even take this photo until we were walking away. |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 drink.jpg | Chris taking a drink. |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 cop 2.jpg | There's the second cop. |
− | Image:2009-06-20 .jpg | | + | Image:2009-06-20 hill.jpg | This hill on Moody sucked. |
+ | Image:2009-06-20 c tracks.jpg | The special Tron shortcut. | ||
+ | Image:2009-06-20 tracks.jpg | Over the railroad tracks. | ||
+ | Image:2009-06-20 woodveil.jpg | Finish line. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 20 June 2009
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Expeditions
The Plan
We were down at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine on Friday afternoon and decided to check the day's hash, in case it was on our way home. It wasn't, but since it was Friday we went ahead and checked the hashes for Saturday and Sunday. As soon as Saturday's coordinates came up on Nick's iPhone, we knew they had to be close to our Orange Park location. Once the map showed up, our hopes were confirmed. It was in Orange Park, just south of Kingsley, and on a road! Well, in someone's driveway, but we could still reach it. In fact, it was only a couple streets down from our route on Monday's hash. We immediately decided to walk to the hash, a distance we discovered after further investigation to be less than two miles.
The Trip
With gps and iPods in tow, we set out on foot around 3:15. We'd decided to throw in a Tron achievement too, which meant walking an extra few hundred feet. We got to the point a few minutes before 4:00, and it was farther into someone's front yard than previously thought. It was actually on a doorstep. Next door a man was mowing his lawn and trying to figure out what we were doing, so we asked him if we could take some pictures. He suggested we'd have to go and ask. So we went up to the house, and made the point in the process. So we stood there in front of the front door, nervously taking a photo of the gps. Then we decided to split. Either way, we'd already made the point.
We continued on our way, coming within about 70 feet of our route at one point, but staying sufficiently far away as to not invalidate the Tron achievement. As it was nearly 100 degrees outside, we decided to try the water fountains at an elementary school on Moody Road when something wonderful happened. A police officer on a motorcycle pulled in. He watched us to make sure we wouldn't break anything, and we passed him later on. Chris said "hey."
"How's it going?" the officer responded.
Successful Police Geohash! He rode a little farther up the road and met up with another officer, and they set up a little speed trap on Moody Road. From there we unceremoniously continued home, stopping only for photos with our namesake street sign. We got home
Gallery
Chablis and Orange, the same Orange from Monday
Achievements
This user earned the Land geohash achievement
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This user earned the Walk geohash Achievement
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This user earned the Tron achievement
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