2009-02-20 30 -94

Fri 20 Feb 2009 in Beaumont, Texas: 30.9538681, -94.0724407 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Planning

I'm in the northwest corner of the Lake Charles, Louisiana graticule with only feet for transportation, and expected to have the day off, so I called upon the geohashing gods for a corner geohash, and they delivered. Not in Lake Charles, but in the adjacent Beaumont, Texas graticule, making it an eight mile (Google Maps gives answers in miles when I'm in the US no matter what I tell it my home preferences are) walk. It looked quite close to what looked like a powerline right-of-way, and there's usually a good path along a powerline, so I expected to be able to reach it. The route I chose would also take me past the only bike shop in town, so I planned to stop by and see if I could rent a bicycle for my mission. If not, it would be about a two hour walk, plus let's allow an extra hour because that last kilometre to the geohash can be a killer.

What do you think can go wrong here?