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Revision as of 21:50, 24 March 2011

Location

On Hogan Rd., between Waddell and North Loop 250.

Participants

Phineas

Expedition

Another serendipitous geohashing experience. While visiting Midland for a month while doing a consulting assignment, I checked the peeron map to see if there might a nearby hash. This, after not checking the map for any location for a month or more. THAT SAME DAY the hashpoint was about 1/2 mile out of my normal route from downtown Midland to my hotel on Garfield St.

The only issue was that by the time I left downtown, it was well after dark, and my little cellphone camera couldn't pick up a thing, since the area near the hashpoint is a public park. So my documentation is sketchy.

However, I snapped a quick photo the next day in downtown Midland, somewhat proving that this Houston-based, big city boy, was indeed in Midland at that time.

Photos

Achievements

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-Sweet Success for my first virgin graticule!!!!
+Another serendipitous geohashing experience. While visiting Midland for a month while doing a consulting assignment, I checked the peeron map to see if there might a nearby hash. This, after not checking the map for any location for a month or more. THAT SAME DAY the hashpoint was about 1/2 mile out of my normal route from downtown Midland to my hotel on Garfield St.
-A long meandering drive from Houston through Lake Charles LA, then southward toward the hashpoint. A stop at the Cameron Prairie Wildlife Refuge was notable, as were the small dead alligators at the side of the road south of the refuge.
+The only issue was that by the time I left downtown, it was well after dark, and my little cellphone camera couldn't pick up a thing, since the area near the hashpoint is a public park. So my documentation is sketchy.
-The hashpoint itself was on a rural road, all homes were trailers on blocks, most of which were new. Why? This area, very near Cameron, LA, was the primary landfall entry for Hurricane Rita in 2007. As we drove through Cameron, and were right on the gulf coast highway, there were numerous abandoned / demolished buildings, and also a good number of rebuilt homes and fresh trailer homes.
+However, I snapped a quick photo the next day in downtown Midland, somewhat proving that this Houston-based, big city boy, was indeed in Midland at that time.
-A quick stop at a local restaurant resulted in a, let's call him an "old boy", but the real local term is "coon-ass", approach me as I walked toward the bar. "Ain't no chillen allaad in heuh". I had my wife and 7 year old with me. I informed him we were just looking for a sandwich, and he backed off, his stare never leaving me. I decided that the sandwiches wouldn't really taste so good at this point, so I made quick small talk with the overweight biker chick working behind the bar, and said we'd be movin' on.
-Gorgeous drive along the gulf coast line on the way home.
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