Hi. My name is Rhonda, and I like adventure. Robyn thinks I am at least as insane as she is, possibly due to my first ever geohash being a (planned) 4 hour kayak expedition.
Geohashes attempted
- 2009-05-21 48 -123 (Saltspring Island, BC): Success #13, Geohashing Day celebration with Xore, Elbie, Robyn, and Wade, with cake and twister.
- 2009-05-18 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): Success #12, sewage plant hash with Mom.
- 2009-05-12 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Success #11, transit kayak hash with Robyn.
- 2009-05-10 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): Success #10, logging road consecutive geohash with my parents and Robyn.
- 2009-05-09 50 -119 (Vernon, BC): Success #9, missing the perfect road and hiking for a consecutive geohash with Robyn and Juventas.
- 2009-05-08 49 -119 (Kelowna, BC): aborted due to darkness and potholes at the highway turnoff.
- 2009-05-08 49 -120 (Princeton, BC): Success #8, hiking up from a provincial campsite with Robyn and Juventas.
- 2009-05-03 48 -122 (Laurel, WA): Success #7, bicycle border transit consecutive geohash with Robyn.
- 2009-05-02 48 -122 (Silver Lake Park, WA): Success #6, transit bicycle border camping geohash with Robyn.
- 2009-04-28 49 -122 (Coquitlam, BC): Bicycle no trespassing geohash with Robyn, SueB, and yangman.
- 2009-04-25 49 -123 (Gambier Island, BC): Success #5, clifftop picnic hash in the sun with Robyn and Wade.
- 2009-04-23 48 -122 (Orcas Island, WA): Border, ferry, bicycle, camping... no trespassing geohash with Robyn.
- 2009-04-22 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #4, via public transit. Met Robyn and played hopscotch.
- 2009-04-16 48 -122 (Semiahmoo Bay, WA): Success #3, via transit and bike. Met Robyn on the bus and thepiguy at the Peace Arch at 1PM, and rode there together.
- 2009-04-13 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #2, via public transit. Met Robyn at the hashpoint about 4pm.
- 2009-04-08 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): First attempt, first success - 5 1/2 hours in an inflatable kayak I bought that morning. Success with Robyn!
Geohashers met
Upcoming
- Scout the bridge access bike route for the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge - will need to know this if I want to do a pure bicycle geohash that isn't downtown or on the north shore.
- Thinking of buying a bike trailer, to carry the kayak on. Any recommendations?
- Out of town the last week of May, not bringing my computer. I will try to survive the geohashing withdrawal symptoms.
- Geohashing day!
Goals
My origin hash spot looks so easy to access, I'm going to go for it next time I visit my parents. It's about 500m (straight line) from highway 5, and google maps shows what appears to be a logging road that passes within 20m or less of the spot.
Personal firsts
This is things that I did for the first time in my life while or because of geohashing.
- Rode a bike across an international border.
- Went to the US on a lark. (All other trips were planned in advance.)
- Bicycle camping.
Ribbons earned
I'm only listing the first time I get a given ribbon. Unless I find it amusing to include again.
Achievement ribbons
Upgradeable ribbons
Virgin graticules
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Gratuitous Ribbons
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Robyn & Rhonda earned the Double Mother Geohash Ribbon
- by visiting both their mothers, in different graticules, on Mothers' Day, before reaching the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-10.
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Consolation Prizes
Other pages
- POSTED: list of my no trespassing geohashes for the POSTED achievement.
- Cycling: list of my bicycle trip distances.
- BC Regional Districts project: Graticule maps of BC's Regional Districts, for a more feasible regional geohash award in BC.
