2010-08-29 45 -119

From Geohashing
Sun 29 Aug 2010 in 45,-119:
45.9542821, -119.1512477
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Location

South of the Tri Cities on the Washington side of the river. Could be farmland?

Participants

Thomcat

Expedition

I thought I would fuel the expedition with a stop at Spudnut... but they are closed on Sunday. What's the point of that?

Went south on 395 to the pull off and then followed (yet more) dirt roads to a sign labeled "No Trespassing No Hunting" - does hunting for Geohash points count? If I only pursue one of the activities does the sign apply to me? Will logic save me?

While I pondered my fate, a truck drove by and so I followed him to the Benton Ranch office. Making a quick inquiry, he said "Sure you can drive around, just don't go into the corn." Score!

The Geohash point was indeed located in a patch of growing corn, which I respectfully failed to trample. I circled the spot, the closest I could come was 0.797 km North of the spot, and then 0.748 km east of the spot. Had this not been growing season, I could have easily reached the exact spot.

Besides all that, the expedition showed me a beautiful vista of the Columbia River, and was the first (and only?) Geohash on the Washington side of this split graticule.

Time to drive west and visit Another Geohash!

Photos

Achievements

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Thomcat earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching the 2010-08-29 45 -119 and 2010-08-29 45 -120 geohashes on 2010-08-29.
2010-08-29 45 -120 Geohasher.jpg
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Thomcat earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (45, -119) graticule, here, on 2010-08-29.
2010-08-29 45 -119 Geohasher.jpg