2012-08-16 47 -122
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Location
Seattle, the middle of Latona Avenue NE, just south of 51st NE.
Participants
Plans
Open for a second visit and meetup, sometime after 4:30 --Thomcat 10:45, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- This is really close to where I work, so can make it over at any time... post when you've got a better idea! -- OtherJack 12:48, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- Won't be home till about 6 again but this is just a quick jaunt over near I5 so soonest I could be out there is probably 6:30 -- p4r4digm 14:09, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- P4r4digm, can you make it *any* earlier than 6:30? I have to be at a meeting before 7pm which is roughly 20 minutes away; meeting on the spot at 6:20 will work for me. Can you stop earlier on the way home? --Thomcat 14:39, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- Ah, good call, I'll just head there straight from work. I work downtown so I can nab a bus that drops me off on I5 and 45th and hike over there. Best case is getting there a little before 6 and I'll just hang till people arrive. -- P4r4digm 14:45, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- P4r4digm, can you make it *any* earlier than 6:30? I have to be at a meeting before 7pm which is roughly 20 minutes away; meeting on the spot at 6:20 will work for me. Can you stop earlier on the way home? --Thomcat 14:39, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
- Won't be home till about 6 again but this is just a quick jaunt over near I5 so soonest I could be out there is probably 6:30 -- p4r4digm 14:09, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
Expedition: Thom
Got out the door to work at 6:20, made it just across the freeway at 6:30. Time to punch up the Geohash Droid and see where the spot is.
Well, it was south of my normal route to work, but zooming in, it looks to be right on the road. Hot diggity - let's go!
Unfortunately, I cleaned out my car yesterday to go to the dump, and didn't restore my sidewalk chalk to it's rightful location. So I was unable to mark the spot for any future geohashers.
And speaking of them, this particular intersection will be traveled by thousands of people today, as every weekday.
Anyhow, shortening the long story, I reached the spot quite easily and snapped a few photos (below). The picture of geohash droid is blurry - I really need to get better at shooting it. I then walked up and down the neighborhood to see if any young'uns had left their sidewalk chalk for me to borrow, but alas there was none.
In the immortal words of the former governor of California, "I'll be back"
Photos
Geohash droid says we are there
A quick snap of the intersection
Timer, standing on the spot
