2023-05-29 51 13
| Mon 29 May 2023 in Dresden: 51.1569894, 13.4796689 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Today's location is right in the middle of the Elbe river in Meißen, not far from the city center.
Country: Germany; state: Sachsen (Saxony, EU:DE:SN); district: Meißen; municipality: Meißen
Weather (forecast): 100% sunny, 21 °C at noon
Stream gauge of the Elbe at Meißen: 143 cm (average is 207 cm)
Expedition
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Whit Monday is a public holiday, the weather forecast looked great and the hashpoint was in an interesting location. I made preparations to go on this expedition, but whether it would happen heavily depended on how much I had to work on Whit Sunday and through the night (the Sunday one week earlier was horrible).
The work day turned out rather quiet and I was able to sleep about five hours during the night, which meant I was fit enough for the expedition. In the morning, I returned the work notebook and phone and then cycled to the pier of the Sächsische Dampfschifffahrt (Saxonian steamboat company) or Weiße Flotte. This "White Fleet" is the oldest (going back to 1836) and largest steamboat fleet in the world with nine historic paddle steamers. I bought a ticket and soon boarded the PD (passenger steamer) Krippen. The Krippen (length 54.6 m , width 4.8 m (10 m with paddle wheels), draft 0.85 m) was built in 1892 and has a little more horsepowers than my car, at less speed (14 km/h downstream and 9 km/h upstream) but much better floatational properties. All aboard, honk honk, full steam ahead!
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