Difference between revisions of "2014-05-23 47 -122"

Revision as of 20:50, 23 May 2014

Location

On a residential street in front of 17810 NE 34th St in Redmond, just west of Lake Sammamish.

Participants

Thomcat (6 year Hashiversary)

Plans

Lunchtime visit, then take the toll bridge back to Seattle (specifically sometime between 10 and 2).

Expedition

Six years ago, I headed east for a geohash. Today, I headed east again - though not nearly as far.

Toll rates are at their lowest day rate during the lunchtime block, so I aimed to hit the bridge then. A $2.35 toll each way helps pay for the copious construction evident in the area. Pre-bridge, I of course made a stop at Spud for some local foodstuffs (fish and chips).

Following the highway 520 around, I ended up at the Microsoft exit, passing a few still on their way in and a few with a very early lunch. Across the highway is Nintendo.

Down the hill, the GPS navigation took me past Idylwood park, a favorite destination for kayakers and the location of at least one Geocache. None close to the hash location today, however.

Reaching the point, I twice tried to drive through the hashpoint, just missing each time. A light rain (standard in Seattle) was falling. Parking, I set the Hashiversary cake on the exact point and snapped a few photos (below). A marker was also left, and the cake mostly consumed.

The drive home cost another toll but went without incident.

Photos

@ Spud @47.6785,-122.3270
@47.6603,-122.1159
Someone left the cake out in the rain... @47.6403,-122.1027
Hashiversary! @47.6403,-122.1027
Marker posted @47.6403,-122.1027
Mmmmmmm @47.6403,-122.1027
Copilot @47.6646,-122.1270

Achievements

Thomcat earned the 6th Hashiversary achievement

by attempting a hash point exactly on the 6th anniversary of his inaugural geohashing expedition.

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 == Participants ==
-* [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[Hashiversary]])
+* [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] (6 year [[Hashiversary]])
 == Plans ==
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Six years ago, I headed east for a [[2008-05-23 47 -117|geohash]]. Today, I headed east again - though not nearly as far.
-== Tracklog ==
+Toll rates are at their lowest day rate during the lunchtime block, so I aimed to hit the bridge then. A $2.35 toll each way helps pay for the copious construction evident in the area. Pre-bridge, I of course made a stop at Spud for some local foodstuffs (fish and chips).
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+Following the highway 520 around, I ended up at the Microsoft exit, passing a few still on their way in and a few with a very early lunch. Across the highway is Nintendo.
+Down the hill, the GPS navigation took me past Idylwood park, a favorite destination for kayakers and the location of at least one Geocache. None close to the hash location today, however.
+Reaching the point, I twice tried to drive through the hashpoint, just missing each time. A light rain (standard in Seattle) was falling. Parking, I set the [[Hashiversary]] cake on the exact point and snapped a few photos (below). A marker was also left, and the cake mostly consumed.
+The drive home cost another toll but went without incident.
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
-Image:2014-05-23_47_-122_thomcat_1400869656933.jpg |  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.67847287&lon=-122.32702484&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6785,-122.3270]
+Image:2014-05-23_47_-122_thomcat_1400869656933.jpg | @ Spud [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.67847287&lon=-122.32702484&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6785,-122.3270]
-Image:2014-05-23_47_-122_thomcat_1400872099407.jpg |  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.66028280&lon=-122.11589480&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6603,-122.1159]
+Image:2014-05-23_47_-122_thomcat_1400872099407.jpg | [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.66028280&lon=-122.11589480&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6603,-122.1159]
 Image:2014-05-23_47_-122_thomcat_1400872383312.jpg | Someone left the cake out in the rain... [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.64029457&lon=-122.10273125&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6403,-122.1027]
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 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Hashiversary | new = 2014-05-23 47 -122 | original = 2008-05-23 47 -117 | ordinal = 6th | name = [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] | gender = his}}
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-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]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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