User:Ted

Name: Ted
- Often seen associating with wife Vicki and dogs Zosma & Zubra.
Location: The mountains above Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Alternate Gradicule: San Jose, California
  - Alternate to the alternate: San Francisco, California / Salinas, California (Who had any idea so much of the bay area was so inaccessable...?)

I'm an instrument-rated private pilot. I may have to dust off the old license in order to effectively make some of these meetups, given the private-property nature of the several I've tried recently.

I typically bring Once Upon A Time as my game.

Geohash meetups attempted

2008-05-24_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Inadvertently went to the 5/23 location. It was behind private property, inaccessible. Met some very nice ranchers.

2008-05-31_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Was behind private property, inaccessible. Nearby cafe also closed.

2008-07-19_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Behind locked gate, could not contact owners. Claimed No_Trespassing_Geohash Achievement.

* (xkcd) = Saturday, official xkcd meetup @ 4pm

* SCUW = Santa Cruz spot under water.

Geohash meetups attended

2008-06-01_37_-121 [SCUW] Made it! Only minor trespassing -- "barely noticeable!" Met some fine folk...

2008-06-07_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Sat in a hay field in Patterson with some lovely companions. At @ Harley's Grub Shack.

Excuses

2008-06-14, -21 and -28 (xkcd*3) where all up in the Northeast end of the graticule, and I wasn't able to make it. Boo on me!

To make up for it, I did some work on The Historic Map Page, and it's working pretty well, now.

2008-07-28_36_-122 Santa Cruz's hash was actually on land! But I didn't find out until late in the evening, and so missed it. :(

2008-08-02_37_-121 (xkcd) Is a quite convenient spot (someone's house in Campbell), but I'm hosting a pig-roast that day. SC/SF/SJ Geohashers that I've met are welcome, drop me an email.

2008-08-09_36_-121 (xkcd) Then, the next weekend, I'm out pig-hunting. <sigh> Maybe the spot will land very near where I'm headed... :)