User:RocketMac/Geohashing 101 Geocache

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This is NOT a real expedition log! It is part of a Puzzle Geocache.

Wed 26 May 2010 in 43,-88:
43.0281628, -88.1884066
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Location

The edge of one of those "roads" inside a strip mall in Waukesha.

Participants

RocketMac

Plans

When I woke up this morning and looked up the day's coordinates, I was happy to see that the spot was not only right down the street from my in-laws, but there was a geocache less than 20 feet away!

Expedition

As soon as work wrapped up for the day, I headed out. It was perfect since my wife and I were having dinner with my in-laws and the hashpoint was just down the street in a strip mall.

When I arrived at the spot, I parked right next to a light pole and wandered over to the coordinates which were in the "road" inside the strip mall. I snapped a couple of quick pictures and made a screen capture of my GPS for posterity.

The cache was one of those "35mm film canister under a light pole skirt" where I had parked. Nice and easy.

Not a bad excursion! I found a geohash and a geocache in the same spot and didn't have to get dirty at all.

Achievements

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RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement
by discovering the geocache GC30T3J near the (43, -88) geohash on 2010-05-26.