Difference between revisions of "2013-01-01 37 -121"

Latest revision as of 00:29, 14 August 2019

Location

Center of Blossom Ave, just south of Blossom Hill Road in San Jose.

Participants

Anniepoo

Plans

Discovered the point was there while riding BART back to Fremont, so decided to make it a public transit hash.

Expedition

Took the 181 to downtown SJ. Got there really hungry, so stopped for a spot of lasagna in a bar N grill. The hazards of not drinking - I didn't realize the happy hour included half price food items and ordered something else.

Hunger sated, get on the light rail and down to Blossom Hill station.

Walk through goodwill donation area, around sketchy strip mall, and behind office building to reach hash.

I was afraid I'd be defeated at the last moment, since it was in the middle of what looked like it might be a heavily traveled major street. Turned out the GPS was crummy and it 'arrived' while still on sidewalk.

Take obligatory stupid grin and geohash screen shots, and get out. It's not a great place to hang out.

On way back pick up a slushy (Banana flavor) at the 7-11 in the strip mall (picking up geosquishy).

I've recently bought an Android, so I'm no longer no batteries.

Walk back to the light rail. Sketchy character who'se been eating a hot dog in front of the 7-11 follows me, and things look iffy. Fortunately a group of kids show up on skateboards and when I get to the station there are other riders.

Light rail back to downtown SJ. Hmm... the route finder says to wait for the nb 181, and it's later... and later... and I'm wondering if it's running. I'm about to give up and do something crazy involving ACE train when it comes.

Remainder of trip is uneventful

Photos

Good thing GPS was crummy, point was in middle of major street
Obligatory stupid grin

Achievements

Anniepoo earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2013-01-01 via 181 VTA bus.

5 Geosquishy stars
Land Geohash

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Center of Blossom Ave, just south of Blossom Hill Road in San Jose.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+* [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]]
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 == Plans ==
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+Discovered the point was there while riding BART back to Fremont,
+so decided to make it a public transit hash.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+Took the 181 to downtown SJ.  Got there really hungry, so stopped for a spot of lasagna in a bar N grill. The hazards of not drinking - I didn't realize the happy hour included half price food items
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+and ordered something else.
+Hunger sated, get on the light rail and down to Blossom Hill station.
+Walk through goodwill donation area, around sketchy strip mall, and behind office building to reach hash.
+I was afraid I'd be defeated at the last moment, since it was in the middle of what looked like it might
+be a heavily traveled major street. Turned out the GPS was crummy and it 'arrived' while still on sidewalk.
+Take obligatory stupid grin and geohash screen shots, and get out. It's not a great place to hang out.
+On way back pick up a slushy (Banana flavor) at the 7-11 in the strip mall (picking up geosquishy).
+I've recently bought an Android, so I'm no longer no batteries.
+Walk back to the light rail. Sketchy character who'se been eating a hot dog in front of the 7-11 follows me, and things look iffy.  Fortunately a group of kids show up on skateboards and when I get to the station there are other riders.
+Light rail back to downtown SJ. Hmm... the route finder says to wait for the nb 181, and it's later... and later... and I'm wondering if it's running.  I'm about to give up and do something crazy involving ACE train when it comes.
+Remainder of trip is uneventful
 == Photos ==
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-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+File:Atthehash2012-01-01_37_-122.png | Good thing GPS was crummy, point was in middle of major street
+File:Stupidgrin.jpg | Obligatory stupid grin
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Public transport geohash
+| latitude = 37
+| longitude = -121
+| date = 2013-01-01
+| busline = 181 VTA bus
+| name = Anniepoo
+}}
+* 5 Geosquishy stars
+* Land Geohash
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-[[Category:New report]]
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-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
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-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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