Difference between revisions of "2011-06-18 45 -122"

Latest revision as of 06:50, 9 August 2019

Location

A house in Lake Oswego

Participants

Jim

Plans

Head to the hash point after the Farmer's market

Expedition

My original plan was to head directly to the hashpoint from the Market, but when I thought about the schedule, I decided I better run my errand in Portland first, then head south to the hashpoint.

The only problem was that my printed directions went in the other direction, so I ended up looping around quite a bit trying to get the to sync up after I finished my errand in Portland. I also discovered that the batteries in the GPS had given up, and my spare set weren't much better. I ended up stealing the batteries from the camera to run the GPS.

I finally made it to the hashpoint, and headed to the house which was up the hill, which I thought was closer to the hashpoint. It appeared to be 80 feet towards the back of the house from the front of the garage, so I put on my most friendly ambassador face and knocked on the door. No answer.

I waited a bit, and gave up.

As I headed back to the car, I thought for a bit and realized that maybe the downslope house might be close enough from its backyard, so I headed there. As I headed up the driveway, I saw the same 130 feet I saw from the other house. I knocked on the door, but got no answer, but as I was going to give up, I looked at the GPS. 32 feet! I'd made it at the door. I did a little GPS dance and it stayed in that range, so I'm going to declare it a success.

Photos

To be uploaded, but limited in number

Achievements

Land Geohash

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 == Location ==
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+A house in Lake Oswego
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
 == Plans ==
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+Head to the hash point after the Farmer's market
 == Expedition ==
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+My original plan was to head directly to the hashpoint from the Market, but when I thought about
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+the schedule, I decided I better run my errand in Portland first, then head south to the hashpoint.
+The only problem was that my printed directions went in the other direction, so I ended up
+looping around quite a bit trying to get the to sync up after I finished my errand in Portland.
+I also discovered that the batteries in the GPS had given up, and my spare set weren't much
+better.   I ended up stealing the batteries from the camera to run the GPS.
+I finally made it to the hashpoint, and headed to the house which was up the hill, which I thought was closer to the hashpoint.   It appeared to be 80 feet towards the back of the house from the front of the garage, so
+I put on my most friendly ambassador face and knocked on the door.   No answer.
+I waited a bit, and gave up.
+As I headed back to the car, I thought for a bit and realized that maybe the downslope house might be close enough from its backyard, so I headed there.   As I headed up the driveway, I saw the same 130 feet I saw from
+the other house.   I knocked on the door, but got no answer, but as I was going to give up, I looked
+at the GPS.  32 feet!   I'd made it at the door.   I did a little GPS dance and it stayed
+in that range, so I'm going to declare it a success.
 == Photos ==
+To be uploaded, but limited in number
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+* Land Geohash
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