2009-05-11 39 -88
| Mon 11 May 2009 in Decatur: 39.5097432, -88.7016731 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
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About
Expedition
excellentdude: Although this was my twentieth geohashing expedition, this was clearly my baptism in geohashing, far surpassing my most difficult previous expedition which was probably 2009-03-09 38 -91. Extensive photos and details to come.
Achievements
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excellentdude earned the Land geohash achievement
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Photos
The Beginning of the Journey
Short delay, but yea stimulus package!
The house of the friendly man
The lake just beneath the bridge
OK, hiking right along the shore won't work
Let's try again here
Hello fellow traveler!
The forest becomes more dense
Small waterfall, bigger sound
Typical steep slope I repeatedly faced
Wasn't expecting to find a bridge!
Much less two!
Still hiking near shore as planned
Wow, that looks easier to hike through
And it is!
But then I had to return to the forest
I'm getting close to the hash
The bush is always densest just before the hash
I made it!
No, I didn't, but a nice view nonetheless
This unmapped inlet caused my error
Made it around the inlet
I don't think this goes here
Taken from the buoy
Could I have been hiking through fields this whole time?
Sticking to the original plan near the shore
The hash is in this clearing! For real!
Arrival at the Hash
This is the clearing! The hash has to be here! And those geese beat me to it!
A solitary non-goose bird greeted me
I didn't realize how high the water was at the time
As I approached, the geese flew
They landed to the east
Almost there!
A view of the lake from the hash
Another more to the southwest
Tired goofy grin
The hash itself, either on the land or shortly into the water
More views from the hash
Ditto
The nearest island, causing further hash location confusion
Getting Back Out
Let's try going more inland on the way out
Better already: a path
Even better: a road!
A long abandoned road, but leading somewhere nonetheless
It turned into gravel, but still went somewhere
Scary raccoon
Maybe you can see the raccoon better here
Old culvert, indicating this used to be fairly traveled
Maybe I can go along the edge of this field
No trespassing
So I'll stay along the edge on the Army Corps side
More traditional no trespassing sign
Others have been here recently
Deer, I think?
No more road or path, but wheeled tracks leading somewhere
Domesticated pines; must be close to something
One of the ambiguous markers
Maybe this barn is near a house and/or road?
Twenty acres of this unfolded before me, like a seen from "Pushing Daisies"
Civilization! The house I started at!
So let's head out to the road...
And to where I parked by the bridge...
Whew!
What people usually do around here
Later I found these songs...
And this replica...
At the two-story outhouse?!?
My Best Imitation of a Track Log
Google directions take you to the nearest road to the hash...
...which isn't always where you want to go
I made it around the inlet! The rest should be easy!
Slowly progressing near the shoreline
Wait a minute!
OK, that makes more sense
Getting closer...
...and closer...
I think I made it
Things aren't matching, but I think I made it
Zoomed out for similar perspective to others
On the way back, trying to find a better path inland
