2022-09-17 42 -86
| Sat 17 Sep 2022 in 42,-86: 42.0977007, -86.1079085 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
This Geohash is located on County Road 681, Hamilton Township
Participants
Plans
Looks like a good Saturday Speed Racer possibility. Anyone else planning on attemping?
Expedition
After finishing my Saturday errands earlier than expected, I set off for the 1-hour drive to the hashpoint through rural Michigan. As this was a solo expedition (and my dashcam has limited capacity), the only image I have is of Geohash Droid right after passing the hashpoint. There were a few interesting things I saw on my journey though!
Passing through a little town called Cassopolis I came upon a classic Sinclair gas station [41.909489, -86.012597] with a Apatosaurus! They were much more friendly than a Velociraptor. 10/10 Continuing north, I passed through a town with a very interesting name - Dowagiac. A local pronounced that "Doo WAH Jack". Don't know why they didn't just spell it that way. I next followed a very straight road north, which was surprising. There weren't many straight roads during the journey - the lakes seemed to get in the way. Continuing north on a side road, I passed the hashpoint (which was right in the middle of the road) at what seemed to be the posted speed limit of 55MPH (not may signs in the area). Continuing on, I eventually found a place to turn around and passed over the hashpoint a second time.
As I only put a little bit of effort into taking a picture in order to maintain driving safety, the closest distance I have photographic evidence of is 94.5 feet, but I did see the distance drop as low as 24 feet. Given the update rate of the distance measurement and the speed of traverse, I believe I passed over the hashpoint.
