Difference between revisions of "2010-12-30 45 -123"

Revision as of 06:56, 31 December 2010

Location

On farmland near Hillsboro, Oregon

Participants

Jim

Plans

Jim is going to see how close he gets given the snow and cold and errands he has to run.

Expedition

Well, I had a bunch of errands to run, but I ran a couple of them, and they resulted in my being in downtown Hillsboro, a good starting point. I set off towards the hashpoint, trying to remember the streets I was supposed to turn at.

I started to give up on getting to the last one when suddenly it showed up. I headed down it, keeping an eye on the GPS. Eventually I got to the top of a hill, and was about 0.15 miles. There was a good parking spot for the car, so I parked there, and started to walk down. I kept thinking it was going to end up in a yard, but it kept being down the road.

Eventually, I hit a section with open fields and I heard a familiar quacking. I looked out and saw a bunch of ducks on open water. I walked out onto a bridge over a little stream and realized the hashpoint was about 100 feet away, right in the middle of what was currently a pond. The presence of field fencing in the waterway suggested it was not normally quite as wet as it currently was.

However, it was on private land, so not accessible, but clearly it made no difference, since I didn't have a boat, so I didn't bother trying to find the owner.

Photos

Needs to be uploaded.

Achievements

No trespassing
My Kingdom for a boat
Mother Nature

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
 On farmland near Hillsboro, Oregon
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended -->
 * [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
 Jim is going to see how close he gets given the snow and cold and errands he has to run.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Well, I had a bunch of errands to run, but I ran a couple of them, and they
+resulted in my being in downtown Hillsboro, a good starting point.  I set off
+towards the hashpoint, trying to remember the streets I was supposed to turn at.
+I started to give up on getting to the last one when suddenly it showed up.   I headed
+down it, keeping an eye on the GPS.  Eventually I got to the top of a hill, and was
+about 0.15 miles.   There was a good parking spot for the car, so I parked there, and
+started to walk down.   I kept thinking it was going to end up in a yard, but it kept
+being down the road.
+Eventually, I hit a section with open fields and I heard a familiar quacking.   I looked
+out and saw a bunch of ducks on open water.   I walked out onto a bridge over a little stream and
+realized the hashpoint was about 100 feet away, right in the middle of what was currently
+a pond.   The presence of field fencing in the waterway suggested it was not normally quite
+as wet as it currently was.
+However, it was on private land, so not accessible, but clearly it made no difference, since
+I didn't have a boat, so I didn't bother trying to find the owner.
-== Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 == Photos ==
+Needs to be uploaded.
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 Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
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+* No trespassing
+* My Kingdom for a boat
+* Mother Nature
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-[[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
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-<!-- if you reached your coords:
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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-<!-- or if you failed :(
+[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
+[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
--- and a reason --
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
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