2024-12-28 41 -88
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Location
A strip mall parking lot in Woodridge.
Participants
Plans
Stop by while out running errands in the morning - Tarasaurus
Expedition
Tarasaurus
Working overnight shifts does strange things to people. For example, driving all the way out to Westmont to buy 3d printer filament the instant the store opens in the morning so that I can be home in time to get a little bit of sleep before work. Fortunately, I could pair such a shopping trip with a geohashing expedition since Woodridge is mostly on the way out to the store. I pulled up around 9:30 am in the morning to find myself in a Rosati's parking lot. Unfortunately they wouldn't open until 11, which was a shame because I suddenly had a craving for deep dish pizza.
I pulled up Geohash Droid on my phone and searched for the point. On the satellite images it appeared to be directly adjacent to the big sign for the strip mall, but the GPS led me closer and closer to the road, eventually deciding I had reached it while under a tree in the road verge strip. I grabbed the obligatory grin photo with Sylvie and retreated to the car since it was super uncomfortable standing that close to moving traffic. I announced my success on the Geohashing Discord server and then headed off to the store, eventually making it home before 11am.
Photos
Tarasaurus proof
Sylvie grin
