Difference between revisions of "2015-06-02 47 -122"

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Location

On a driveway in the town of Summit-Waller, just south of Tacoma.

Participants

Thomcat

Expedition

Tuesday was going to be a wasted day. I took the day off from work to take a load of rubbish to the dump, one of my school kids had late arrival, and a lot of ferrying people around was in order. The day also started poorly, "wrong side of the bed" and all that. What better way to lift my spirits than a geohash?

So, one kid delivered and one car empty (except for lingering fumes of some discarded chemical), I headed south. Rain threatened, which was worrying for the day's later activity, a Connie Mack baseball game. Nothing a geohasher couldn't handle, however.

GPS guidance system took me off the freeway and up a hill, past a sign for "Summit-Waller". Reading about it afterwards, I found it was originally part of the Puyallup reservation (which explains the Native American cemetery I drove past) and later parceled off into the town of Waller Road (not to be confused with Waller-Waller Warshington). I am unable to find more information on Summit, WA, but apparently the two townships merged into a joint tax base.

One main road leads up the hill and to the geohash, which I spotted easily. After I took a wrong turn, that is - car map and geohashdroid in rare disagreement. This first turn did lead me to a huge old tree.

Returning to the road, I went half a block up to the driveway in question, heavily occupied by other vehicles. The actual hashpoint was located between that driveway and a longer drive to a property behind, and the border was marked with a nice prickly bush. It was also now raining lightly. I parked on the street and found the hashpoint to be close enough to the bush, and I didn't have to wander amongst the many cars (a suspicious activity in the best of times).

Heading north again, I returned to my errands amidst heavy rain (at least in Tacoma). Fortunately this resulted in only light rain for the evening activities.

Photos

Summit-Waller @47.2181,-122.3725
Wrong turn, cool tree @47.2027,-122.3637
@47.2018,-122.3651
@47.2018,-122.3649

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+On a driveway in the town of Summit-Waller, just south of Tacoma.
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+== Expedition ==
+Tuesday was going to be a wasted day. I took the day off from work to take a load of rubbish to the dump, one of my school kids had late arrival, and a lot of ferrying people around was in order. The day also started poorly, "wrong side of the bed" and all that. What better way to lift my spirits than a geohash?
+So, one kid delivered and one car empty (except for lingering fumes of some discarded chemical), I headed south. Rain threatened, which was worrying for the day's later activity, a Connie Mack baseball game. Nothing a geohasher couldn't handle, however.
+GPS guidance system took me off the freeway and up a hill, past a sign for "Summit-Waller". Reading about it afterwards, I found it was originally part of the Puyallup reservation (which explains the Native American cemetery I drove past) and later parceled off into the town of Waller Road (not to be confused with Waller-Waller Warshington). I am unable to find more information on Summit, WA, but apparently the two townships merged into a joint tax base.
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+One main road leads up the hill and to the geohash, which I spotted easily. After I took a wrong turn, that is - car map and geohashdroid in rare disagreement. This first turn did lead me to a huge old tree.
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-== Expedition ==
+Returning to the road, I went half a block up to the driveway in question, heavily occupied by other vehicles. The actual hashpoint was located between that driveway and a longer drive to a property behind, and the border was marked with a nice prickly bush. It was also now raining lightly. I parked on the street and found the hashpoint to be close enough to the bush, and I didn't have to wander amongst the many cars (a suspicious activity in the best of times).
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+Heading north again, I returned to my errands amidst heavy rain (at least in Tacoma). Fortunately this resulted in only light rain for the evening activities.
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+Image:2015-06-02_47_-122_thomcat_1433274086981.jpg | Summit-Waller [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.21808170&lon=-122.37253146&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.2181,-122.3725]
 Image:2015-06-02_47_-122_thomcat_1433273399761.jpg | Wrong turn, cool tree [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.20272033&lon=-122.36372546&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.2027,-122.3637]
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