2015-06-20 42 -84

Sat 20 Jun 2015 in 42,-84: 42.8199864, -84.9174576 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

edge of a cornfield in Portland State Game Area, Portland, MI

Participants

• Mcbaneg (talk) (George)
• Katja
• Rebekah

Expedition

Best chance in more than a year to pick up one more Minesweeper graticule: in the correct corner, it's Saturday, it's on public land and looks accessible, there's a car and an excuse (driving practice) available, and the calendar is not too full. But we can't start before 1 pm because of other commitments, Katja has to be at work at 4, and the hashpoint is 65 km away and involves a walk through woods; time's a little tight.

Left home 1:15, parked car on forest road at 2:10, located hashpoint at 2:23 after short walk through reasonably open woods, returned to car at 2:35, home at 3:30: success!

We're issuing a Tale of Two Hashes challenge for places named Portland; this one oughta be easy, right?

Photos

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  Sign at entrance to state game area

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  Proof

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  Grins

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  Rebekah at hashpoint

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  Katja at hashpoint

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  View to west (view to east very similar)

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  View to north, back toward car

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  K, out of woods and headed back to car

Achievements

George achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

George issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Portland from the (42, -84) geohash on 2015-06-20.