2010-09-28 33 -84

Graticule

About

In the backyard of a house in the Little Five Points area.

Expedition

NWoodruff

I had some time around lunch time to make it out to this hash spot. I found the house that Geohash spot was on. I parked and walked up to the door and knocked. I then waited, and waited. I knocked again. My fear realized that during the day, most people are not home. I looked at my eTrex and had 72 feet to go. Not close enough.

I had driven around the area and had looked at google maps to know that there was an apartment complex that was also possible to make the 10 meter requirement. I drove down the street and around the corner to the complex. Well, what do you know... a gated complex. I parked and walked up to the gate. I took a picture of my eTrex to show how close I had come to the hash spot. I walked back and forth around the building but there was no way to walk in with out a gate code.

Finally someone walked out of the building that lived there and I asked them if there was any way to make it into the parking lot. They said that the leasing office was open and I could go talk to them.

I walked over and talked to a leasing agent and she would be happy to show me around only after I gave her vital information and my first born. I also had to give my drivers license to her. So I pretended to be interested in a 2 bed room apartment. We walked back to the apartment. I even took pictures of the inside, pretending to be interested.

I then said that I had seen enough and wanted to see the green spaces, especially the back parking lot. Thankfully they are leasing garden spaces at the back lot for $75 for the growing season. I walked over to take a look at it. I had my eTrex in my coat pocket and I reached into and opened up the pocket enough to see that I still had 66 feet to go.

I then mentioned that there was a wall of grills in the back. I was told that they are for the use of the tenants of the complex and could use any of them that didn't have a lock on them. The ones that had a lock on them did not belong to the apartment complex but the individual tenants. I walked over to take a picture of them. I walked over to the one closest to the wall and started making comments about it. It didn't have a lock thankfully which meant that it belonged to the complex. I walked over to it and opened it up noticed that it was a propane grill and asked about it. You have to supply your own propane.

I walked around back of it to see how easy it would be to hook up the propane tank. As I leaned over I pulled out my eTrex from my pocket. 30 feet to go. I'm in the 10 meter requirement. I tell the leasing agent that I want to take a picture of the propane hook up she explains that it is a standard connection and I say I still want a picture. She says "Okay..." I kneel down behind the grill and pull out the eTrex and snap a picture. I see it as 29 feet to go. I did not look at the picture. I should have it was nothing but blurred.

I said that I had seen enough and make it back to the leasing office. I get my license back and she asks me if she can send me a few more pictures in my email. I said that I think that I have taken enough. She says that she promises not to "Stalk" me. I question "Stalk?". She says, "Well, I didn't tell you but I am a single woman. I noticed that you were not married." I said "Alrighty then... Well it was nice but I need to go."

She emailed me pictures anyway.

Gallery

The apartment complex signage.
The location of the front gate.
437 feet to go from the front gate.
The leased garden spot on the side of the parking lot.
The far corner of the apartment complex that is within the required 10 meters.
To be ninja about it, I did have to look at one of the apartments and pretend to be interested.
The upstairs part of the apartment.


Tue 28 Sep 2010 in Atlanta: 33.7653861, -84.3518291 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox