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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
Beaverton, Oregon, on a side street: near Walker Road, on SW 122nd.
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Beaverton, Oregon, on a side street: near Walker Road, on SW 122nd road. Close
 
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to the road, though.
Might be in a yard, though.
 
  
  
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== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
I'll try to head by after work.
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I printed out the Google Maps page, but I knew the area, and had geohashed there
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before, so it wasn't really necessary.  Programming the GPS, however, was necessary.
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== Expedition ==
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I finished up some tasks at work, a little later than I wanted, as I needed to finish
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some additional things for home before I left.
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I went off towards the hashpoint, stopping to visit with an ATM on the way.  However, I had
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to dodge around a bit, as there is a 3 day airshow going on at our local airport, so there
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is a fair bit of traffic.  (Folks heading to tomorrow's hashpoint in North Plains, Oregon, should be careful of Airshow traffic!)
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On my way there, I glanced at the GPS and got to watch it tick down the miles.  Soon
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I hit Cedar Hills Blvd, and headed towards side streets.  Almost as soon as I turned
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onto 122nd, the GPS reported the hashpoint off to my left, so I parked, and proceeded
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by foot.  It got down to 20 feet at the end of the driveway, so I put my ambassador
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smile on and headed up the driveway to ask for permission.  I ran the doorbell,
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but no one answered.  (There were no cars in the driveway, in contrast to other houses
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in the neighborhood.)
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I was about to give up when I looked more closely at the GPS on my way back to the street.
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It reported only 12 feet to the hashpoint, but when I checked, the accuracy was floating
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several feet higher, so I'm going to declare the haspoint reached.
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I took a couple of pictures and went home.
  
 
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Location

Beaverton, Oregon, on a side street: near Walker Road, on SW 122nd road. Close to the road, though.


Participants

Plans

I printed out the Google Maps page, but I knew the area, and had geohashed there before, so it wasn't really necessary. Programming the GPS, however, was necessary.

Expedition

I finished up some tasks at work, a little later than I wanted, as I needed to finish some additional things for home before I left.

I went off towards the hashpoint, stopping to visit with an ATM on the way. However, I had to dodge around a bit, as there is a 3 day airshow going on at our local airport, so there is a fair bit of traffic. (Folks heading to tomorrow's hashpoint in North Plains, Oregon, should be careful of Airshow traffic!)

On my way there, I glanced at the GPS and got to watch it tick down the miles. Soon I hit Cedar Hills Blvd, and headed towards side streets. Almost as soon as I turned onto 122nd, the GPS reported the hashpoint off to my left, so I parked, and proceeded by foot. It got down to 20 feet at the end of the driveway, so I put my ambassador smile on and headed up the driveway to ask for permission. I ran the doorbell, but no one answered. (There were no cars in the driveway, in contrast to other houses in the neighborhood.)

I was about to give up when I looked more closely at the GPS on my way back to the street. It reported only 12 feet to the hashpoint, but when I checked, the accuracy was floating several feet higher, so I'm going to declare the haspoint reached.

I took a couple of pictures and went home.