2023-02-19 30 -97

Sun 19 Feb 2023 in 30,-97: 30.4963914, -97.8446142 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Whitestone Preserve Trail

Participants

Sporksmith (talk)

Expedition

The expedition went pretty smoothly! It was beautiful weather, and about 15 miles each way by bicycle.

One minor snag on the way there was that google maps's bicycle navigation took me on a "shortcut" through a nature preserve with rough unmarked trails, some of which were blocked with downed branches from a recent ice storm. I ended up doing some backtracking and crawling through brush to get around blockages.

The hashpoint was at a playground, which was also a trailhead for another small nature preserve. After getting a video of myself juggling for the circus achievement, I hiked the short trail. There were several marked caves along the trail with plaques describing them. The caves themselves were guarded by fences and metal grates.

Photos

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  Made it! @30.4964,-97.8446

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  sporksmith juggling

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  A "shortcut" to the hashpoint

Video

sporksmith juggling

Achievements

sporksmith earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (30, -97) geohash on 2023-02-19.

sporksmith earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 30 miles to and from the (30, -97) geohash on 2023-02-19.

sporksmith earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (30, -97) geohash on 2023-02-19.