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About

41.673128°, -71.607309°

The coordinates in the Providence graticule are in Coventry a few meters into Big River, a fairly popular spot for boating and easy to see from the nearby bridge.

The Journey

Just a small town girl... wait, wrong journey.

Patrick arrived first,independently, taking a few shots of the coordinates from the aforementioned bridge, shortly after being met by Yusuke's "Are you the one they call Patrick?" Yusuke, Yusuke's Ride, The Nihilist, and Shannon arrived slightly late due to Memorial Day traffic and a stop at Benny's to pick up snacks, a raft, a pump for the raft, and a crowbar for raptor protection. Patrick led the way, having already somewhat explored the area. A path over a hill with noticeably lacking grip led almost directly to the nearest land location to the actual spot.

Despite the lack of proper tools to inflate the raft, Yusuke's Ride and The Nihilist volunteered to attempt the water geohash. The Nihilist went first, and Yusuke's Ride felt the need to one-up him, explaining his lack of shirt. The latter lost his sandal in the water, so science (a big stick) was employed to retrieve it. Then science was also lost in the water, so pseudo-science (a smaller-but-still-quite-large stick) was used to retrieve it. Pictures were of course taken at every turn.

Much fun was had with the local boaters. Some of them will have stories to tell for a long time.

Before leaving, we decided to leave a geocache of geocash, hung on science hung on The Root of All Science (the tree which marked the location on the satellite ). The status of the geocash as of Thursday, May 29 is unconfirmed.

Quotes

To boaters:

"Hi, we're from the internet!"
"Would you like to join us for punch and pie? ...And by that I mean beef jerky and Coke."
while waving crowbar menacingly "We're harmless!"
"Move under the branch, you'll be a winner."

</boaters>

"You may have missed it, but we have officially entered the realm of raptor slash porn."

"Red spiders!"

"...What is she doing to the tree?"

Several puns too shameful to list.

Pictures

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 == The Journey ==
-The chief driving person and snack grabber Yusuke's ride collected everyone from their respective homes, including an inflatable raft and bags of snacks, to begin the trek to "Big River".  After about a dozen wrong turns (including two or three right turns that we turned around from because we felt we were going the wrong way), the entire party managed to find a parked car on the side of the road.  The other expedition had stopped there, and was out hunting for the actual spot.  While Nihilist and I unpacked the giant raft and paddles, Shannon and Yusuke went off to meet the "Patrick" we were supposed to find.
+Just a small town girl... wait, wrong journey.
+Patrick arrived first,independently, taking a few shots of the coordinates from the aforementioned bridge, shortly after being met by Yusuke's "Are you the one they call Patrick?"  Yusuke, Yusuke's Ride, The Nihilist, and Shannon arrived slightly late due to Memorial Day traffic and a stop at Benny's to pick up snacks, a raft, a pump for the raft, and a crowbar for raptor protection.  Patrick led the way, having already somewhat explored the area.  A path over a hill with noticeably lacking grip led almost directly to the nearest land location to the actual spot.
-Meeting SUCCESSFUL!!! A good time was had by all! This geohash included, but was not limited to:
+Despite the lack of proper tools to inflate the raft, Yusuke's Ride and The Nihilist volunteered to attempt the water geohash. The Nihilist went first, and Yusuke's Ride felt the need to one-up him, explaining his lack of shirt.  The latter lost his sandal in the water, so science (a big stick) was employed to retrieve it.  Then science was also lost in the water, so pseudo-science (a smaller-but-still-quite-large stick) was used to retrieve it. Pictures were of course taken at every turn.
--a poor choice of raft inflation software
+Much fun was had with the local boaters. Some of them will have stories to tell for a long time.
--tree abuse vis-a-vis raptor defense system
+Before leaving, we decided to leave a geocache of geocash, hung on science hung on The Root of All Science (the tree which marked the location on the satellite ). The status of the geocash as of Thursday, May 29 is unconfirmed.
--the use of pseudoscience (a small stick) to retrieve science (a much larger stick)
+== Quotes ==
--the placement of currency at the site (glad you clicked here now, huh?)
+To boaters:
+*"Hi, we're from the internet!"
+*"Would you like to join us for punch and pie? ...And by that I mean beef jerky and Coke."
+*''while waving crowbar menacingly'' "We're harmless!"
+*"Move under the branch, you'll be a ''winner''."
+</boaters>
--encounter between boat-going types and the Internet ("We're the Internet!" The reply:"???")
+*"You may have missed it, but we have officially entered the realm of raptor slash porn."
--punch and pie (which looked, curiously, like chips, Coke of all sorts, and beef jerky)
+*"Red spiders!"
--many puns
+*"...What is she doing to the tree?"
-Two parties, five people, two successful water geohashes (I believe, need to check the rules for that).
+*Several puns too shameful to list.
-Pics:
+== Pictures ==
+[[Image:GeoLocation.jpg|300 px]]
+[[Image:100_1209.JPG|300 px]]
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 [[Image:101_1524.JPG|300 px]]
-[[Image:100_1209.JPG|300 px]]
+[[Image:RaptorDefense.jpg|300 px]]
-[[Image:101_1525.JPG|300 px]]
 [[Image:100_1212.JPG|300 px]]
-[[Image:RaptorDefense.jpg|300 px]]
+[[Image:101_1525.JPG|300 px]]
-[[Image:GeoLocation.jpg|300 px]]


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