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Location

In the parking lot of Carrington College in Spokane Valley.

Participants

Michael, doing a favor for Thomcat

Plans

Stop by after work, approximately 4:30 (the puppet is in motion...)

Expedition

Seeing the spot, and right before leaving for my own geohash of the day, I contacted my friend Michael via email with two graphics extracted from the web. He agreed - achievement sighted!

He left work shortly before I did, confirming he would swing by the spot. I updated the page for the last time and headed out myself.

On the road, I received the first two images - neither with a GPS. Quickly I texted him to take a wider picture or send me his GPS coordinates. Without knowledge of where he was supposed to be, little fudging was likely.

Coincidentally, this conversation would give me a chance to prove my location, more than 300 km away. Unfortunately, the image overlay was close to useless (the font too large or placement wrong), but the OSM coords were proof enough.

The IM with contact info arrived, and it looked close to me. I saved a screen shot while he sent me the reading from phone GPS - another set of coordinates. These also looked close, so I thanked him for his time and signed off for the rest of the drive home.