Difference between revisions of "2019-03-16 45 -122"

Revision as of 03:34, 17 March 2019

Location

In a woods in the hills between Newberg and Wilsonville.

Participants

Plans

When I looked at the hashpoints on Friday, I thought (as one often does) "what a bunch of junk." Then, I drove down to Corvallis for an event on Saturday. When I started back, I looked at this hashpoint a little more carefully and thought, hmm, maybe it could be done...

Expedition

I got pretty close to the site via some narrow little country roads, and found a shoulder wide enough to pull off on. Then, it was all suspiciously easy: there was a trail up the hill, to an old long-abandoned road that got me closer to the hashpoint, then a little deer trail that brought me right to it. It was, you know, a spot in the woods. I took pictures, went back down to the car, and drove home.

Photos

The car did most of the work, of course.
But this was a rather steep trail.
Here's the abandoned road.
There's something mildly unsettling about finding a random shovel in the woods. Also, hard to photograph.
Here's what the hashpoint looked like.
Here's what I looked like.
Here's a thing I noticed strapped to the tree. I don't know what it is. But perhaps as I photographed it, it also was photographing me?

Achievements

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+When I looked at the hashpoints on Friday, I thought (as one often does) "what a bunch of junk."  Then, I drove down to Corvallis for an event on Saturday.  When I started back, I looked at this hashpoint a little more carefully and thought, hmm, maybe it could be done...
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+I got pretty close to the site via some narrow little country roads, and found a shoulder wide enough to pull off on.  Then, it was all suspiciously easy: there was a trail up the hill, to an old long-abandoned road that got me closer to the hashpoint, then a little deer trail that brought me right to it.  It was, you know, a spot in the woods.  I took pictures, went back down to the car, and drove home.
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+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 car.jpg|The car did most of the work, of course.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 trail.jpg|But this was a rather steep trail.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 road.jpg|Here's the abandoned road.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 shovel.jpg|There's something mildly unsettling about finding a random shovel in the woods.  Also, hard to photograph.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 view.jpg|Here's what the hashpoint looked like.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 me.jpg|Here's what I looked like.
+File:2019-03-16 45 -122 thing.jpg|Here's a thing I noticed strapped to the tree.  I don't know what it is.  But perhaps as I photographed it, it also was photographing me?
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