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*Option #3: Rent a float plane. Moor near government dock. Swim to shore. Hike 500 m. Cheer!
 
*Option #3: Rent a float plane. Moor near government dock. Swim to shore. Hike 500 m. Cheer!
 
*Option #4: Hire water taxi. Otherwise as option #1.
 
*Option #4: Hire water taxi. Otherwise as option #1.
*Option #5: Catch ''scheduled'' water taxi (isn't that a water ''bus''?) from Horseshoe Bay at 10:00 a.m. Arrives approximately 11 a.m. at Camp Artaban. Hike, play, etcetera. Get 5:30 departure from Camp Artaban back to Horseshoe Bay. Fare is $25 per person each way.
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*Option #5: Catch [http://www.mercurylaunch.com/schedules.php ''scheduled'' water taxi] (isn't that a water ''bus''?) from Horseshoe Bay at 10:00 a.m. Arrives approximately 11 a.m. at Camp Artaban. Hike, play, etcetera. Get 5:30 departure from Camp Artaban back to Horseshoe Bay. Fare is $25 per person each way.
  
 
Can also combine options, e.g. hike in, take water bus out. We like option #5 best, because no one needs to commit in advance.
 
Can also combine options, e.g. hike in, take water bus out. We like option #5 best, because no one needs to commit in advance.
  
 
What's really sad, is that this constitutes an accessible geohash in our graticule.
 
What's really sad, is that this constitutes an accessible geohash in our graticule.

Revision as of 01:39, 25 April 2009

Planning

  • Option #1: Rent a motorboat at Sewell's Marina (~$150 for three hours), Horseshoe Bay, boat to Artaban government dock, walk up hill 500 m. Cheer!
  • Option #2: Bus to Horseshoe Bay, Ferry to Langdale. Ferry to New Brighton at west end of Gambier, hike 6.5 hours to Camp Artaban, swim home.
  • Option #3: Rent a float plane. Moor near government dock. Swim to shore. Hike 500 m. Cheer!
  • Option #4: Hire water taxi. Otherwise as option #1.
  • Option #5: Catch scheduled water taxi (isn't that a water bus?) from Horseshoe Bay at 10:00 a.m. Arrives approximately 11 a.m. at Camp Artaban. Hike, play, etcetera. Get 5:30 departure from Camp Artaban back to Horseshoe Bay. Fare is $25 per person each way.

Can also combine options, e.g. hike in, take water bus out. We like option #5 best, because no one needs to commit in advance.

What's really sad, is that this constitutes an accessible geohash in our graticule.