2009-05-17 48 -123

Sun 17 May 2009 in 48,-123: 48.7104108, -123.4668811 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Between Saanich Peninsula, and Salt Spring Island.

Participants

• Elbie, with a bike trailer containing, amazingly enough, a kayak.

The Plan

• 13:00 - ferry leaves Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay
• 15:00 - arrive at the public boat launch on Lands End Road, at the northern tip of the Saanich Peninsula
• hopefully 15:30 - get on the water
• hopefully 16:30 - get to the hashpoint
• 18:00 - start packing up kayak, head back to the ferry terminal
• 19:00 - ferry leaves Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen

Expedition

Abridged: I biked, I bussed, I ferried, I biked some more, then I kayaked, got there, paddled back, biked some more, ferried, bussed, and then biked home.

Proper writeup pending.

Photos

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  Yarr?

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  At the coordinates.

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  Less blurry GPS shot to show my elevation (-6m).

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  Heading back to land.

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  A Calendar Girl photo op while waiting for the kayak to dry.

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  Stopped at a mailbox on the ride back to the ferry terminal.

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  Hashcard!

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  They sold out of passenger tickets for the 19:00 ferry an hour in advance.

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  Waited around Swartz Bay for three hours to get on a ferry.

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  I sprawled out on these three seats on the same ferry for both rides.

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  Biking home well past midnight.

Achievements

Elbie earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-17.

Elbie earned the Lowest Geohash Achievement by reaching a depth of -6m at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-17.

Elbie earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement by paddlin' the seven seas at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-17.

Elbie earned the Calendar girl achievement by taking compromising photographs for public consumption at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-17.

Elbie earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-17.