Difference between revisions of "2013-04-16 41 -71"

Revision as of 23:38, 16 April 2013

Location

One of those damn places back in the woods where you went to drink beer and smoke pot while in high school

Participants

Vbob and
Bruce

Plans

Needed to take a day out of work to attend funeral of one of my oldest friends from high school days.

Checked the day's hashpoint after the service - the point is just a hundred feet into the woods near a place we used to go drink beer and smoke pot (way) back in those high school days. It's a fine sunny day, and it's on the way to my mother's house. Time for a celebration of life!

Expedition

The general location of the hashpoint was very familiar - we drove there from our friend Mark's funeral, had a very peaceful walkabout in beautiful surroundings with the soothing sounds of falling water, then did the GPS dance on the other side of the road - kept losing signal under the trees, but finally got on the exact line of latitude under open sky and paced the distance to the correct longitude. Took some photos, and did some celebrating of life on the spot. It was too early for a beer, but we did pick up the leftovers of some other's enjoyment of Mark's favorite brand, posed in our formal attire, and wandered on to visit Mom.

Since we'll be sharing this page with other friends, this might help them understand what we were up to: http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page

Tracklog

Photos

Yes, there was this sign...
And a dam fine place it is
with lots of falling water
GPS closing in - with math notes
lost signal but counted paces to roots of fallen tree
the canonical foolish grin™
the celebration of life
stacked stones on old mill foundation
picked up someone else's beer trash
this is high formal for us

Achievements

Vbob n' Bruce earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (41, -71) geohash on 2013-04-16.

Vbob n' Bruce earned the Formal attire achievement

by looking good at the (41, -71) geohash on 2013-04-16.

Vbob n' Bruce earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement

by cleaning up the (41, -71) geohash on 2013-04-16.

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 == Location ==
-One of those dam places back in the woods where you went to drink beer and smoke pot while in high school
+One of those damn places back in the woods where you went to drink beer and smoke pot while in high school
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 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:Vbob|Vbob]] and
-[[User:Vbob|Vbob]] and Bruce
+*  Bruce
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
-Needed to take a day out of work to attend funeral of one of my oldest friends from high school days. Checked the day's hashpoint after the service - the point is just a hundred feet into the woods near a place we used to go drink beer and smoke pot (way) back in those high school days, it's a fine sunny day, and it's on the way to my mother's house. Time for a celebration of life!
+Needed to take a day out of work to attend funeral of one of my oldest friends from high school days.
+Checked the day's hashpoint after the service - the point is just a hundred feet into the woods near a place we used to go drink beer and smoke pot (way) back in those high school days.  It's a fine sunny day, and it's on the way to my mother's house. Time for a celebration of life!
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-The general location of the hashpoint was very familiar - we drove there from our friend Mark's funeral, had a very peaceful walkabout in beautiful surroundings with the soothing sounds of falling water, then did the GPS dance on the other side of the road - kept losing signal under the trees, but finally got on the exact line of latitude under open sky and paced the distance to the correct longitude. Took some photos, and did some celebrating of life on the spot. It was too early for a beer, but we did pick up the leftovers of some other's enjoyment of Mark's favorite brand, posed in our formal attire, and wandered on to visit Mom.
-Since we'll be sharing this page with other friends - this might help them understand what we were up to! http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page
+The general location of the hashpoint was very familiar -
+we drove there from our friend Mark's funeral,
+had a very peaceful walkabout in beautiful surroundings with the soothing sounds of falling water,
+then did the GPS dance on the other side of the road - kept losing signal under the trees, but finally got on the exact line of latitude under open sky and paced the distance to the correct longitude. Took some photos, and did some celebrating of life on the spot. It was too early for a beer, but we did pick up the leftovers of some other's enjoyment of Mark's favorite brand, posed in our formal attire, and wandered on to visit Mom.
+Since we'll be sharing this page with other friends, this might help them understand what we were up to: http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page
 == Tracklog ==
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+| date = 2013-04-16
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+| name = Vbob n' Bruce
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-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
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 {{Formal attire
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