2012-09-07 45 -121
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Location
At the end of Aalvik Rd. a county road in Skamania.
Participants
Plans
Just a mile from my house, but of course longer on the road. I thought I'd cruse by on the way to the Post Office.
Expedition
A no trespassing fail. My rudest geohash experience yet. I dtove to the end of the county road, and pulled off under the powerlines. As I was firing up the GPS, a car came out from the gate just past the End of road sign. An elderly woman, Ms.Ashe I guess, got out and asked if she might help me, but it didn't seem like she was really offering any help. I said that I was looking for a place up here, and she told me that I wasn't there. I said that it was at the end of the road,"let me get the glare off my notes and I check the name." She said," You want Red Bluff Rd." I said, " No,Aalvik Rd." Said she with a sweeping gesture, "This is it, but we own all this. You are trespassing." I was on the clearing of the powerline cut, off the side of the county road. The "End of County Road" sign was past me, behind her. OK, a chance to get permission to walk the 280 feet down the powerline easement off to the side of the road, still short of her gate. "Yes Mam, you see i am playing this nerd game where the internet sends me to a random spot, and it's right over there about 300 ft..." "I don't give a damn about your game. You are tresspassing." OK..."Thanks, Mam." and I walked back over to the car. So that was kinda wierd, but OK, it's her land, even though it's in an easement. So she drove off, I took a photo and drove off. On the way down the hill I pulled into 'Vista Springs', a new development, to look at the lots. After about 10 min. poking around there I headed for the post office. As I drove past a turnout further down, there she was in her Mercedes. Waiting for me ? Good thing that I'm not pranoid.
