2009-01-24 49 -123

Sat 24 Jan 2009 in Vancouver: 49.3650009, -123.3806584 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

The Vancouver graticule geohash has fallen today on Bowen Island, an island three miles off the mainland at Horseshoe Bay, served by ferries and populated mainly by hippies. The geohash itself appears to lie exactly on someone's front doorstep on the island's main road.

Planning

Despite the fact that there is an accessible geohash in a virgin graticule to the east, Robyn is feeling cold and lazy and will let it lie until a warmer day. Robyn's decision now is whether to bike the 40 km to and from the geohash, or to take the bus to the ferry and then walk 4.5 km to and from the hash once on the island. For some reason, Robyn has decided that the latter approach is preferable. Thus the plan is to take the 22 and 257 buses to the ferry terminal, take the 2:25 ferry to the island, walk to the geohash (should take a little under an hour), wait for my water to freeze, take pictures and the Frozen Geohash achievement, and reverse the process to return home, probably on the 6 p.m. ferry.

I hope someone else will be there, but am not counting on it.