2010-07-18 45 -122
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Location
Looks like a residential area near Camas, Washington.
Participants
Plans
Jim's headed to the blood bank around noon, so he'll probably be able to get to the hashpoint around 3, depending on how much grief he gets from the I-205 bridge construction. I'm thinking of crossing over the Columbia on I-5, then going east on some road to get to the Camas area.
Expedition
- Michael5000 tried a second straight day of non-motorized geohashing expeditions. It was a 33-mile round trip on the bicycle, easily the longest ride so far this year. The actual hashpoint, though, was in an awkward position, in a rocky bramble patch uphill from, and clearly visible from, the backyards of a new residential development. I made a cursory attempt to reach it, but it looked like it would not only be a miserable slog, but would probably make the natives nervous. In fact, a native came up the street after my abortive attempt to ask if I "was looking for something back there," his grammar offering assistance but his tone radiating suspicion. To preserve my dignity, I implied that I had just been looking for someplace to pee.
Technically, it was a thwarted expedition, but in terms of the reasons I started geohashing -- a provocation to exploration, fitness, and getting out of the usual routine -- it was one of the most successful hashes to date.
