2011-07-18 45 -117

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2011-07-18 45 -117 looking south.JPG


Location

Just north of Crooks siding on the Union Pacific Railroad, south of Union, Oregon.

Participants

Expedition

This was the first known attempt to hash the Enterprise graticule. [cue Star Trek music]

On the fourth day of our geohash-assisted road trip, we woke in Ontario Oregon, to see two maybe-maybe-not hashpoints and a real creampuff. We decided to just go for the creampuff. After much discussion, we then went to it by a circuitous route that unfortunately had us driving less than a mile past the very possibly doable Payette, Idaho hashpoint having forgotten it was there. Oops.

Oh well. The Enterprise hashpoint sat on a rail grade just off a small, winding state highway. Between the railbed and the road, there was a ditch with a marshy creek running through it, but no worries -- a ranch access point less than a quarter mile south gave us a place to park and get access to the tracks. It was not a long walk to the hashpoint, and there was ample clearance by the railbeds. My GPS put the point right between the rails, so we took a few pictures but, for obvious reasons, did not spread out a celebratory picnic.

Expedition Success.

Photos

Achievements

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Michael5000 and Mrs.5000 earned the Railhash Achievement
by visiting the hash situating on the railway. (45, -117) geohash on 2011-07-18.
2011-07-18 45 -117 looking south.JPG