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== Location ==
 
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Near Mt. Hood National Forest
  
 
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* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
  
 
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I wasn't going to go until I found I had a possible task on the east side of Portland, so
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I figured I would give
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it a go.  I printed out Google Maps info and headed off.
  
 
== Expedition ==
 
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Well, it took me longer than I expected to get out of the house, as the printer
 
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was being slower than normal.   Some bridgework in Portland resulted in much slower-than-expected Sunday
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traffic, and I didn't get to my [[http://cacert.org/ CACert]] assurance meeting as quickly as I
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had hoped.  But we met and talked and then
 
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I was ready to head directly towards the hashpoint.
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But my sense of direction, particularly in higher-traffic situations
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isn't stellar, and there were a few false starts.  I headed south, but the traffic disruptions continued
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and I got off-course a couple more times, and finally ran out of time and gave up.
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I seem to fare better with a navigator.
  
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I headed for home and more tasks, stopping to pick up a headset to replace the
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one was that was mistaken as a chew-toy by our youngest dog. ("Well, it is called 'consumer electronics'...")
  
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The weather and scenery were pretty, and I did get to catch up on some podcasts, so I
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can't cast it as a major loss.
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Location

Near Mt. Hood National Forest

Participants

Plans

I wasn't going to go until I found I had a possible task on the east side of Portland, so I figured I would give it a go. I printed out Google Maps info and headed off.

Expedition

Well, it took me longer than I expected to get out of the house, as the printer was being slower than normal. Some bridgework in Portland resulted in much slower-than-expected Sunday traffic, and I didn't get to my [CACert] assurance meeting as quickly as I had hoped. But we met and talked and then I was ready to head directly towards the hashpoint.

But my sense of direction, particularly in higher-traffic situations isn't stellar, and there were a few false starts. I headed south, but the traffic disruptions continued and I got off-course a couple more times, and finally ran out of time and gave up. I seem to fare better with a navigator.

I headed for home and more tasks, stopping to pick up a headset to replace the one was that was mistaken as a chew-toy by our youngest dog. ("Well, it is called 'consumer electronics'...")

The weather and scenery were pretty, and I did get to catch up on some podcasts, so I can't cast it as a major loss.