2010-12-18 42 -70
| Sat 18 Dec 2010 in 42,-70: 42.4830007, -70.8931253 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Golf course in the Lynn graticule. Some lovely beaches nearby.
Plans
- Phyzome: I have no constraints, and Jiml is in town...
- Jim's enthused about visiting another graticule, but is not enthused about swimming when it is well below freezing...
Participants
We have made plans! Planning to be at the hashpoint around 2:00 PM, give or take a half hour. Driving from Somerville area.
Expedition
And we are on our way! Jiml 19:10, 18 December 2010 (UTC) and Phyzome, at Blue Shirt Café.
We headed out on Route 128 / Interstate 95, looping around to the north to avoid traffic. The trip was fairly uneventful, though Phyzome was kept busy in the passenger seat juggling a GPS receiver, a BlackBerry with intermittent data access, and a digital camera with snapshots of the route.
Circling the golf course, we noted a complete lack of golfers. There was plastic covering what might have been water traps, and the green was deserted. From Crossman Ave, where we parked, we could see a family playing with their dogs in the distance. There were steps leading up to a break in the fence. Clearly, no need to ask for permission to go onto the green -- this looked more like a neighborhood park than an exclusive course.
Jiml did the zigzag GPS countdown march, finding the spot in front of a large conifer. Victory! Phyzome's first hashpoint in the Lynn graticule. We posed for silly grin photos and hash proof, watched the dogs chase each other in the distance, and finally headed back to the car.
Photos
It was cold out!
Dogs on the green...
...and steps. I think we're clear.
More like a park, really.
Counting down the feet.
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Victory!
Closeup of the coordinates.
A view of Boston over the water.
