2009-05-17 48 -123
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Revision as of 21:33, 18 May 2009 by imported>Elbie (→Achievements: putting the earned ones up. Still thinking about public transport for all that bussing & ferrying.)
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Location
Between Saanich Peninsula, and Salt Spring Island.
Participants
- Elbie, with a bike trailer containing, amazingly enough, a kayak.
The Plan
- 13:00 - ferry leaves Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay
- 15:00 - arrive at the public boat launch on Lands End Road, at the northern tip of the Saanich Peninsula
- hopefully 15:30 - get on the water
- hopefully 16:30 - get to the hashpoint
- 18:00 - start packing up kayak, head back to the ferry terminal
- 19:00 - ferry leaves Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen
Expedition
Abridged: I biked, I bussed, I ferried, I biked some more, then I kayaked, got there, paddled back, biked some more, ferried, bussed, and then biked home.
Proper writeup pending.
Photos
Yarr?
At the coordinates.
Heading back to land.
A Calendar Girl photo op while waiting for the kayak to dry.
Waited around Swartz Bay for three hours to get on a ferry.
Achievements
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Elbie earned the Water geohash achievement
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Elbie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
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Elbie earned the Calendar girl achievement
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Elbie earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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