2009-02-07 45 -108

Sat 7 Feb 2009 in Billings: 45.9706489, -108.2761965 peeron  Eupeodes google  osm  crox

Successful Virgin Geohash. A field about 10mi N of Huntley, 3 mi NE of Shepherd. Gretchen and David left Rocky about 3pm, and after about 10 minutes through a muddy field were at the hash point at exactly 4 pm. Yay mud. 50 degrees, clear sky, gorgeous day. Snow, but not freezing.

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  Gretchen leading the way across a high berm canal separating two fields.

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  There was a slight misunderstanding between coordinates- I gave Gretchen seconds of arc, but the GPS only went to minutes of arc. Thus, we were off by about 25 feet- which was still the same field.

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  With sundown at 5:30, 4 is getting kind of late.

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  It was very muddy. Gretchen decided to take the "solid" snow route. Snow is never solid.

David Souther earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (45, -108) graticule, here, on 2009-02-07.