2015-03-22 48 -122
| Sun 22 Mar 2015 in 48,-122: 48.0718751, -122.1057869 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Northeast of Marysville, at the intersection of 84th St NE and 94th Ave NE.
Participants
Plans
This is an easily accessible spot off Highway 9, on the shoulder of the road.
Google Maps shows the geohash close to the intersection of 84th and 94th, with a dirt trail nearby that would point to the geohash point if it was extended across the road, and a power line overhead. I plan to take the scenic route up Highway 9 and stop off at the geohash sometime Sunday afternoon.
Expedition
The weather was grey and drizzly while I drove up Highway 202 and Highway 9. I was hoping that the weather would stay clear after Saturday, but no such luck. At least it briefly stopped raining by the time I reached the geohash.
I've used State Route 9 to reach the area around Arlington before. It's an interesting 2-lane alternative to 405 and I-5 that passes through small but growing towns. The drive was longer than I expected, though. I took I-5 and 405 back home when I was done.
There were lots of giant power lines along Highway 9, including at the hashpoint. The power lines must bring the electricity down from the hydro dams on the North Cascades Highway to the Puget Sound area.
The hashpoint itself was at the intersection of a road that fed into Highway 9 and a wide stripe of clearcut forest with giant power lines running overhead. (I was tempted to calculate the electromagnetic force generated by driving perpendicular to the power lines at the speed limit. Maybe later.)
The area south of the hashpoint was a weedy bog. I thought about taking a step or two off the gravel shoulder and into the ditch beside the shoulder in order to make sure I'd hit the hashpoint. There was a hole in the weeds that might have belonged to an earlier geohasher. I decided to play it safe. I couldn't see the ground through the weeds, and I wasn't sure if I was going to be stepping into two feet of water or how hard it was going to be to climb back up to the shoulder.
Photos
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