Difference between revisions of "2013-10-04 45 -122"

Revision as of 05:44, 5 October 2013

Location

Near the Jackson School Road on-ramp to Hwy 26 West

Participants

Jiml (talk)

Plans

I figured I could just drive down the onramp and would pass through the hashpoint on my way home from work.

Expedition

Boy was I wrong.

I made a first pass, and discovered I never got closer than about 100-200 feet from the hashpoint. So much for the accuracy of Google maps showing the hashpoint right there.

So I drove to the next exit on Hwy 26, turned around through the bridge construction, and parked about a quarter mile from the on ramp and hoofed it up to the on-ramp. I stayed in the green space adjacent to the on-ramp for safety. (It was dark.) I finally got to 12 feet from the hashpoint and declared success. It was almost to the fence for the adjacent property, so it is a good thing it wasn't much further.

I walked back to my car and headed home.

No photos. No Speed racer.

Achievements

Land Geohash

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 == Location ==
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+Near the Jackson School Road on-ramp to Hwy 26 West
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]])
 == Plans ==
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+I figured I could just drive down the onramp and would pass through the hashpoint
+on my way home from work.
 == Expedition ==
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-== Tracklog ==
+Boy was I wrong.
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-== Photos ==
+I made a first pass, and discovered I never got closer than about 100-200 feet from the hashpoint.
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+So much for the accuracy of Google maps showing the hashpoint right there.
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+So I drove to the next exit on Hwy 26, turned around through the bridge construction, and parked
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+about a quarter mile from the on ramp and hoofed it up to the on-ramp.   I stayed in the green
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+space adjacent to the on-ramp for safety.  (It was dark.)   I finally got to 12 feet from the hashpoint
+and declared success.   It was almost to the fence for the adjacent property, so it is a good thing
+it wasn't much further.
+I walked back to my car and headed home.
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+No photos.   No Speed racer.
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