Difference between revisions of "2010-11-06 45 -123"

Revision as of 03:20, 7 November 2010

Location

Off of Hwy 47 near Banks

Participants

Jim

Plans

Go by after getting bulk sausage at the Verboort Sausage Dinner

Expedition

After a few hours of waiting in line (and meeting up with friends) to get sausage, I figured I'd try going by the hashpoint. It wasn't that far out of the way, but I didn't hold out much hope for access.

I had a couple of errands to do on the way: Find a mailbox, and return a book to the library. We've got a very nice feature to our local library system: It is county-wide, so even if the book is owned by a different town's library, your local one will obtain it and lend it to you, and you can return it to any of the county libraries. So I was able to return the book in Forest Grove, which was on the way to the hashpoint, as opposed to having to head to Hillsboro.

I continued to head down Hwy 47, and soon the distanced dropped. I saw just fences on the right, with large fields behind them, then a slight gap, then fences again. At last the distance dropped to 500 feet, then started to climb. Needless to say, this was a highway, so a speed of 45-55 mph was expected by the other motorists, so stopping or slowing down a lot was frowned upon.

I looked at the nearby properties and gave up on trying to find a way to gain access or even get some reasonable pictures. So, I headed home.

Turned around and went home.

Achievements

No Trespassing

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 == Expedition ==
-I went by, but only saw fences and Ag Land.  Got about 500 feet away.
+After a few hours of waiting in line (and meeting up with friends) to get sausage, I figured I'd try
+going by the hashpoint.   It wasn't that far out of the way, but I didn't hold out much hope for access.
+I had a couple of errands to do on the way:  Find a mailbox, and return a book to the library.   We've
+got a very nice feature to our local library system:   It is county-wide, so even if the book is owned
+by a different town's library, your local one will obtain it and lend it to you, and you can return it
+to any of the county libraries.   So I was able to return the book in Forest Grove, which was on
+the way to the hashpoint, as opposed to having to head to Hillsboro.
-Turned around and went home.
+I continued to head down Hwy 47, and soon the distanced dropped.   I saw just fences on the right,
+with large fields behind them, then a slight gap,
+then fences again.  At last the distance dropped to 500 feet, then started to climb.
+Needless to say, this was a highway, so a speed of 45-55 mph was expected by the other motorists, so
+stopping or slowing down a lot was frowned upon.
-== Tracklog ==
+I looked at the nearby properties and gave up on trying to find a way to gain access or even
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+get some reasonable pictures.   So, I headed home.
+Turned around and went home.
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