Difference between revisions of "2011-07-21 42 -71"

Latest revision as of 00:11, 13 August 2019

Location

In the back of a public looking ball field in Lowell, Mass

Participants

Jim

Plans

Jim was thinking about this hashpoint, but ended up with too many other things going on during his day.

It might be a reasonable Retro expedition, though.

Expedition

I drove up and found the hashpoint in the woods behind the field.

It turned out to be near a sports complex that had a number of different outdoor sports fields. They all had fences around them, and they all appeared to be closed up. I wandered around for a while trying to find my way close to the softball/baseball field that I thought I needed to be close to, but I couldn't manage to get there. However, after stopping at a WiFi hotspot I happened to find, I managed to realize that the white building near the field was a ice skating rink that was looking like it had been abandoned. I parked in the parking lot, and with some more wandering managed to find my way into the correct section of woods, and then to the hashpoint.

I took a few pictures, and then returned to the car. I came home via a different route in an attempt to avoid the road construction I found on the way to the hashpoint, but it was much longer, so I doubt I saved any time.

Photos

To be uploaded

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+In the back of a public looking ball field in Lowell, Mass
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended -->
+* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Jim was thinking about this hashpoint, but ended up with too many other
+things going on during his day.
+It might be a reasonable Retro expedition, though.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+I drove up and found the hashpoint in the woods behind the field.
-== Tracklog ==
+It turned out to be near a sports complex that had a number of different outdoor sports fields.   They all
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+had fences around them, and they all appeared to be closed up.  I wandered around for a while trying
+to find my way close to the softball/baseball field that I thought I needed to be close to, but I
+couldn't manage to get there.   However, after stopping at a WiFi hotspot I happened to find,
+I managed to realize that the white building near the field was a ice skating rink that was looking
+like it had been abandoned.   I parked in the parking lot, and with some more wandering
+managed to find my way into the correct section of woods, and then to the hashpoint.
+I took a few pictures, and then returned to the car.   I came home via a different route in
+an attempt to avoid the road construction I found on the way to the hashpoint, but it was
+much longer, so I doubt I saved any time.
 == Photos ==
+To be uploaded
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+[[Category:Retro meetup]]
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-<!-- An actual expedition:
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
+[[Category:Retro coordinates reached]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
+{{location|US|MA|MI}}
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-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
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