2008-08-21 55 -114
| Thu 21 Aug 2008 in 55,-114: 55.2765406, -114.6349449 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
While not necessarily doable, this is most certainly an attemptable geohash location for Slave Lake. It's only about 7 km from town as the crow flies, on what may be Sawridge reservation land, but there are no "No Trespassing" signs and all the locals I met on my previous excursion were friendly. There are quite a few roads in the area. The colour in the satellite image corresponds to what I have previously found to be swamp, but it is much closer to the road, perhaps 50 metres rather than 500, and now I know that swamp-wading is the sort of thing I have to do to make this graticule my bitch. I'll bring a change of socks.
Planning
The geohash is not far from the same good dirt road that led most of the way to a previous geohash but it is on the other side of the river, and bridges are not evident in the satellite view. (Local maps do not show these roads). One would assume that a road that led straight to the side of a river and matched up in width and direction with a road leading from the other side would have a bridge, but the one assuming that would not be from Slave Lake.
The most direct line from town to the geohash is actually the railroad tracks, and I believe they are fenced off as well as not the most suitable surface for cycling. Another road-coloured line goes right by the geohash, but there's something not quite right about the density of that line. It may turn out to be a powerline right-of-way instead. But I'll try it.
Plan #1 - Take the main dirt road that I took before until I reach the slightly fuzzy road turnoff, and see if there is a bridge there. If so, it takes me almost directly to the geohash.
Plan #2 - If there is no bridge there and/or the road-coloured thing is not a road, I continue further looking for a bridge. There is definitely a bridge about 7 km past there, and that road will also get me quite close to the geohash.
Plan #3 - Run naked and screaming in the direction of the arrow on my GPS until I finally get to a geohash in this graticule.
Participants
Robyn and an incredibly crappy $100 Wal-Mart bicycle
Expedition
To come.
