Difference between revisions of "2010-12-27 40 -93"

Revision as of 03:23, 3 January 2011

Location

Southbound Interstate 35 near Lamoni, Iowa

Participants

Dvdllr, Rachel, and Marvin

Expedition

This was a sad tale! The misadventure took place during our Christmastime travels from my parents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to my wife's parents in Stephenville, Texas. After arriving at our destination in Texas, I checked to see if we'd travelled near any geohashes in any of the eighteen different graticules we'd driven through (about a 15 hour trip, all in one day). Alas and alack, the day's hashpoint for the Princeton, Missouri graticule ended up a mere stone's throw from the interstate we'd driven on. If I'd known in advance, it would have been very easy to stop on the shoulder and at least try to get there.

Photos

Rather than post the whole tracklog, here is the important bit.
Pshaw.

Achievements

Dvdllr earned the Curse of Unawareness Consolation Prize

by reaching the (40, -93) geohash on 2010-12-27 without knowing it was there.

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+*[[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]], Rachel, and Marvin
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 == Expedition ==
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+This was a sad tale!  The misadventure took place during our Christmastime travels from my parents in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] to my wife's parents in [[Stephenville, Texas]].  After arriving at our destination in Texas, I checked to see if we'd travelled near any geohashes in any of the eighteen different graticules we'd driven through (about a 15 hour trip, all in one day).  Alas and alack, the day's hashpoint for the Princeton, Missouri graticule ended up a mere stone's throw from the interstate we'd driven on.  If I'd known in advance, it would have been very easy to stop on the shoulder and at least ''try'' to get there.
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+Image:2010-12-27 40 -93 goog_earth.PNG | Rather than post the whole tracklog, here is the important bit.
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+Image:2010-12-27 40 -93 street_view.PNG | Pshaw.
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+| date = 2010-12-27
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
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