Difference between revisions of "2010-01-31 45 -122"

Revision as of 03:30, 3 February 2010

Location

Sherwood, Oregon, Near St Paul's on Roy Rogers Road.

Participants

Jim

Plans

Plans weren't very firm.

I'll make the trip if I don't make an attempt on the previous day's point, and might even try this one if I do. --aperfectring 21:17, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Jim decided to head there, however. APR wasn't up to it.

Expedition

This hashpoint, unlike yesterday's was pretty close to me. APR and I talked and he wasn't up to heading out for a second day, so I went by myself. I grabbed my google maps printouts, but didn't ever look at them, as I pretty much knew where I was going. I've had several hashpoints in that same area recently.

I actually took Google Maps suggested path even though there as a good chance I wasn't going to be able to figure out where I had to turn. They had a shorter path, but one that is less familiar to me. However, I remembered enough about where to go that I managed to meet up with the "easy" route and turn at "Roy Rogers Road". As I went, I noticed a road off to my right, and checked the GPS. I was close, so I took the road and the church was right there. I parked near the main building and looked at the graveyard, and then started to set out to the hashpoint. It seemed to be in a field behind some buildings, so I figured I'd see about asking for permission since someone seemed to be in a nearby classroom.

I gave the simple "Scavenger Hunt" description and access was granted. A little wandering in the field followed, but the hashpoint was easy to get to, unlike yesterday.

A few pictures followed, and I headed back to home. I did notice that the church had a very nice front door. I considered writing out my list of 95 complaints about geohashing and nailing it to the door, but decided that wasn't going to work. :-)

On the way, I stopped at a nearby cafe, called the "South Store", but which has changed ownership again and become the "South Store Cafe". It turned out they had just closed, but I got a little something and went home.

Achievements

Jim earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (45, l-122) geohash on 2010-01-31.

Jim earned the Holy hash achievement

by reaching the sacred (45, l-122) location, which is Grounds of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, on 2010-01-31.

Photos

The nearby church
The nearby graveyard
A view of the area around the hashpoint
The GPS at the hashpoint

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 == Expedition ==
-More full report to follow, but the point was very accessible.  I asked a teacher at the school for access to the field
+This hashpoint, unlike yesterday's was pretty close to me.   APR and I talked and he wasn't up to heading
-and was granted permission.
+out for a second day, so I went by myself.   I grabbed my google maps printouts, but didn't ever look
+at them, as I pretty much knew where I was going.   I've had several hashpoints in that same area
+recently.
+I actually took Google Maps suggested path even though there as a good chance I wasn't going to
+be able to figure out where I had to turn.  They had a shorter path, but one that is less familiar to me.
+However, I remembered enough about where to go that I managed to meet up with the "easy" route and
+turn at "Roy Rogers Road".   As I went, I noticed a road off to my right, and checked the GPS.
+I was close, so I took the road and the church was right there.   I parked near the main building and
+looked at the graveyard, and then started to set out to the hashpoint.   It seemed to be in a field
+behind some buildings, so I figured I'd see about asking for permission since someone seemed to be
+in a nearby classroom.
+I gave the simple "Scavenger Hunt" description and access was granted.   A little wandering in the
+field followed, but the hashpoint was easy to get to, unlike yesterday.
+A few pictures followed, and I headed back to home.  I did notice that the church had a very nice
+front door.   I considered writing out my list of 95 complaints about geohashing and nailing
+it to the door, but decided that wasn't going to work.  :-)
+On the way, I stopped at a nearby cafe,
+called the "South Store", but which has changed ownership again and become the "South Store Cafe".  It
+turned out they had just closed, but I got a little something and went home.
-Point was reached.
 == Achievements ==
-* Land Geohash
+{{land geohash
-* Consecutive Geohashes
+    | latitude = 45
-* Holy Hash?
+    | longitude = l-122
+    | date = 2010-01-31
+    | name = [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
+}}
+{{holy hash
+    | latitude = 45
+    | longitude = l-122
+    | date = 2010-01-31
+    | name = [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
+    | description = Grounds of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
+    | image = 2010-01-31_45_-122-church5.jpg
+}}


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