2008-05-26 41 -71

Mon 26 May 2008 in 41,-71: 41.6731281, -71.6073080 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

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

• Pictures
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  The (rough) coordinates from the bank of the river.

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  The Nihilist under the great tree that was our spot

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  Yusuke's Ride gets wet (or, the water attempts to get a ride)

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  4/5 of the geohashers: Yusuke's Ride, Shannon, Yusuke, and the Nihilist

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  Patrick, with science

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  Shannon shows us how to properly defend against a raptor using our defense mechanism (a crowbar).

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  The entire expedition around the great Patrick's car. The can of punch in the foreground is on Yusuke's Ride's car.

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  geo-"cash", possibly still available at the site! Text reads: "First Providence Geocash, Eeee!" with signatures on the left and "VICTORY!" on the right.