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This hash point was a fifteen minute drive from work, so I made a lunch that I could stuff into the pockets of a winter coat.  By a minute past noon, I was pulling away from the office and heading north towards the I-205 bridge.  Fifteen minutes of driving got me to a field on the eastern fringe of The 'Couv.   
 
This hash point was a fifteen minute drive from work, so I made a lunch that I could stuff into the pockets of a winter coat.  By a minute past noon, I was pulling away from the office and heading north towards the I-205 bridge.  Fifteen minutes of driving got me to a field on the eastern fringe of The 'Couv.   
 
   
 
   
The site presented some surprises.  Where Google satellite imagery showed a stand of trees between SE 192nd Avenue and the field, now there is a pair of large semi-gated apartment complexes.  Each of these had an odd little guardhouse, but they were unmanned and nobody much was about on a cold, wet workday.  I scrambled down a rip-rap slope to the field and made my way across a hummocky, not-quite-swampy pasture to whre I thought was about halfway to the hash point.  Checking the map and sattelite image, though, I realized that I was virtually standing on it -- the field isn't is big as it used to be, now that the apartments are there.   
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The site presented some surprises.  Where Google satellite imagery showed a stand of trees between SE 192nd Avenue and the field, now there is a pair of large semi-gated apartment complexes.  Each of these had an odd little guardhouse, but they were unmanned and nobody much was about on a cold, wet workday.  I scrambled down a rip-rap slope to the field and made my way across a hummocky, not-quite-swampy pasture to where I thought was about halfway to the hash point.  Checking the map and sattelite image, though, I realized that I was virtually standing on it -- the field isn't is big as it used to be, now that the apartments are there.   
  
 
I took a couple of pictures and headed back to the truck.  On the way back to Oregon, I blasted hot air at my wet shoes and the hem of my slacks.  I arrived back behind the desk with six minutes of lunch break to spare!
 
I took a couple of pictures and headed back to the truck.  On the way back to Oregon, I blasted hot air at my wet shoes and the hem of my slacks.  I arrived back behind the desk with six minutes of lunch break to spare!
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Fri 13 Nov 2009 in 45,-122:
45.6064666, -122.4734952
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Location

In a field on the eastern fringe of Vancouver, Washington.

Participants

Michael5000

Expeditions

Michael5000's Expedition

This hash point was a fifteen minute drive from work, so I made a lunch that I could stuff into the pockets of a winter coat. By a minute past noon, I was pulling away from the office and heading north towards the I-205 bridge. Fifteen minutes of driving got me to a field on the eastern fringe of The 'Couv.

The site presented some surprises. Where Google satellite imagery showed a stand of trees between SE 192nd Avenue and the field, now there is a pair of large semi-gated apartment complexes. Each of these had an odd little guardhouse, but they were unmanned and nobody much was about on a cold, wet workday. I scrambled down a rip-rap slope to the field and made my way across a hummocky, not-quite-swampy pasture to where I thought was about halfway to the hash point. Checking the map and sattelite image, though, I realized that I was virtually standing on it -- the field isn't is big as it used to be, now that the apartments are there.

I took a couple of pictures and headed back to the truck. On the way back to Oregon, I blasted hot air at my wet shoes and the hem of my slacks. I arrived back behind the desk with six minutes of lunch break to spare!

Photos