User:Rhonda

Hi. My name is Rhonda, and I like adventure. Robyn thinks I am at least as insane as she is, possibly due to my first ever geohash being a (planned) 4 hour kayak expedition.

Geohashes attempted

• 2009-05-10 50 -120 (Kamloops,BC): Success #10, logging road consecutive geohash with my parents and Robyn.
• 2009-05-09 50 -119 (Vernon, BC): Success #9, missing the perfect road and hiking for a consecutive geohash with Robyn and Juventas.
• 2009-05-08 49 -119 (Kelowna, BC): aborted due to darkness and potholes at the highway turnoff.
• 2009-05-08 49 -120 (Princeton, BC): Success #8, hiking up from a provincial campsite with Robyn and Juventas.
• 2009-05-03 48 -122 (Laurel, WA): Success #7, bicycle border transit consecutive geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-05-02 48 -122 (Silver Lake Park, WA): Success #6, transit bicycle border camping geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-04-28 49 -122 (Coquitlam, BC): Bicycle no trespassing geohash with Robyn, SueB, and yangman.
• 2009-04-25 49 -123 (Gambier Island, BC): Success #5, clifftop picnic hash in the sun with Robyn and Wade.
• 2009-04-23 48 -122 (Orcas Island, WA): Border, ferry, bicycle, camping... no trespassing geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-04-22 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #4, via public transit. Met Robyn and played hopscotch.
• 2009-04-16 48 -122 (Semiahmoo Bay, WA): Success #3, via transit and bike. Met Robyn on the bus and thepiguy at the Peace Arch at 1PM, and rode there together.
• 2009-04-13 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #2, via public transit. Met Robyn at the hashpoint about 4pm.
• 2009-04-08 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): First attempt, first success - 5 1/2 hours in an inflatable kayak I bought that morning. Success with Robyn!

Geohashers met

• Robyn on 2009-04-08 inflating a kayak at Porteau Cove.
• SueB on 2009-04-28 but really I knew her before.
• thepiguy on 2009-04-16 falling off his bike at the Peace Arch.
• Wade on 2009-04-25 at the water taxi dock.
• yangman on 2009-04-28 in an empty driveway.

Upcoming

• Scout the bridge access bike route for the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge - will need to know this if I want to do a pure bicycle geohash that isn't downtown or on the north shore.
• Bike in the shop for that new back wheel on Tuesday, so no cycling hashes that day.
• Thinking of buying a bike trailer, to carry the kayak on. Any recommendations?
• Out of town for the Victoria Day long weekend for family stuff. I may try a hash point in my parents' graticule, if the family stuff allows it.
• Out of town the last week of May, not bringing my computer. I will try to survive the geohashing withdrawal symptoms.
• Camping/whatever with Robyn and Juventas in Vancouver, Vernon, or some graticule in between, this coming weekend.

Goals

My origin hash spot looks so easy to access, I'm going to go for it next time I visit my parents. It's about 500m (straight line) from highway 5, and google maps shows what appears to be a logging road that passes within 20m or less of the spot.

Personal firsts

This is things that I did for the first time in my life while or because of geohashing.

• Rode a bike across an international border.
• Went to the US on a lark. (All other trips were planned in advance.)
• Bicycle camping.

Ribbons earned

I'm only listing the first time I get a given ribbon. Unless I find it amusing to include again.

Achievement ribbons

Rhonda earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-05-02.

Rhonda earned the Police Geohash Achievement by being questioned by Homeland Security Border Patrol while attempting the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02.

Rhonda earned the Camping geohash achievement by camping in tent 937m the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02, from 15:30 to 8:30.

Rhonda earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating someone to reach the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-04-27.

Rhonda earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Canada-USA border on 2009-04-16 to reach the (48, -122) geohash.

Rhonda earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting thepiguy at the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-04-16.

Rhonda earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-13 via translink.

Rhonda earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-13.

Rhonda earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-08 by inflatable kayak.

Upgradeable ribbons

Rhonda achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Consolation Prizes

Rhonda earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-28.

Other pages

• POSTED: list of my no trespassing geohashes for the POSTED achievement.
• Cycling: list of my bicycle trip distances.
• BC Regional Districts project: Graticule maps of BC's Regional Districts, for a more feasible regional geohash award in BC.