2024-11-15 43 -78

Location

Between 66th St and Niagara Scenic Pkwy in Niagara Falls

Participants

Pedalpusher

Expedition

With an active Consecutive streak going at 3 (see yesterday's expedition here), I could match my personal best today. And being a Friday, I'd get to see the weekend hashes too. I didn't want to get too excited as things don't always work out, but it's hard for me to not be filled with hope. Checking the Buffalo hashes first, I didn't have anything good for today, but Tomorrow's hash looked reachable and I would be in the area. So it comes down to today. I found this hash sitting in Niagara Falls, just a short 4 blocks away from another hash I did with J earlier in the year. The Satellite imaging looked a little concerning that there was a fence between the neighborhood and the parkway. The StreetView confirmed it, but I was really hoping the hash was on top of the fence or just a little past but within reaching distance.

Only one way to find out, and I took a third in a row lunch expedition to Niagara Falls. Not much to say about the drive over, but I easily found 66th Street following my phone's GPS and found a parking spot by the hash. With the HashDroid app running, I had to step on some brush by the fence, but with how close I was, I was pretty confident I was going to get there. Standing on the brush, the top of the fence was at armpit height and I could easily reach over with the full length of my arms. I was able to get a reading of 3 feet/1 meter and called it good. I was considering walking quickly toward the hash to 'throw' the blue dot a bit further if I had to, but no cheating was necessary here. As I was getting my pictures, I heard barking behind me and saw a German Shepard yelling at me from behind his fence on the other side of the street. With the guy out (probably wondering what the heck I was doing), I didn't take a picture in that direction (he had signs for our terrible and fascist new president on his lawn so I really didn't want a confrontation, even if he was a really old man).

Back in the car, I was now set up to break my personal best Consecutive Streak with a potentially successful expedition tomorrow!

Photos

Made it!
View East toward Niagara Scenic Pkwy over the fence.
View South. All these plants are growing on and over the fence.
Stepping away from the fence, a better view North up 66th St.
Standard Stupid Grin.
Looking back, a view of the fence and the brush pile I stood on, with the hash just beyond.