Game 1 Results
Lucien Van Elsen
Results: Geodashing Game 1 (A New Day for Llamas)
"Since the game was last active I've moved to the Asheville, North Carolina region, in the hiking paradise that is Appalachia. This dashpoint was a short distance from Sycamore Cove Trail within Pisgah National Forest, outside the town of Brevard. A short drive after work and a visit to an area I hadn't yet seen: the type of prompting to adventure that makes Geodashing great. Plus, my first encounter with the white squirrels that Brevard is famous for - there is even a local annual festival in their honor."
That's Geodashing in North Carolina with rhomicron
"It's a new dawn for Geodashing, new areas to explore after moving for the second time in 5 years (to New Hampshire) and new llamas to meet. My youngest Markwell offspring first went with me on a Geodashing adventure when he was just under the age of 2... Along the way, we saw many of the typical sites of New Hampshire, which is quite a change from the flat plains of Illinois: rolling hills, winding back roads and rock walls. LOTS of rock walls... as we turned on to 'Main Road'... we were greeted with an insurmountable barrier. Signs stating 'Stop. Do not enter. Work in Progress. No Walkers, No Visitors.' We were stymied a full 1,383 meters from our goal due to bad timing."
That's Geodashing in New Hampshire with Markwell
"I was taken down a quiet dead end road that leads to a few macadamia nut farms. The road has macadamia nut trees on one side, then drops off sharply on the other. Macadamia farms are being cleared frequently around here to make way for more profitable crops. They were once a good way to make money, but local macadamias can't compete with overseas ones, so local farmers are pushing them out to make way for more profitable things."
That's Geodashing in New South Wales with MattyRx
" It's behind the fence at the back of this suburban house in Little Elm, Texas, 15 miles north of the Dallas border, still well within the Dallas urban area. Nothing remrkable here. It's just another tract of housing like all the others that stretch from Dallas up to the Oklahoma border (or at least it seems like that)"
That's Geodashing in Texas with Scout
The first game of Geodashing's new era has wrapped up!
Individual honors go to our winner, rhomicron, with 9 points. Honorable mention goes to the pack of seven players hot on their heels, all with 3 points: DEEDEEDASH, douq millar, Markwell, MattyRx, Morseman, Pittus, and Scout.
The game saw 11 dashpoint hunts across four countries (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany).
A sampling of waypoints visited by Geodashing players this month:
near Sycamore Cove Trail within Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, leading to a first encounter with Brevard's famous white squirrels
in a hedge off Sheepwash Lane in Pontefract, England, after a stop at "The Tea Barn" for an afternoon treat
down a quiet dead-end road near macadamia nut farms in Banora Point, Australia ("local macadamias can't compete with overseas ones")
behind a fence at the back of a suburban house in Little Elm, Texas ("just another tract of housing like all the others")
inside Wakeda Campground in New Hampshire, where the entrance was unfortunately blocked ("We were stymied a full 1,383 meters from our goal due to bad timing.")
near Froendenberg, Germany, claimed as a First to Find
behind some houses on Sherri Hill Road on the outskirts of Johnson City, Tennessee, where a player had to be discreet
down a private drive at a beekeeping and honey farm near Bluff City, Tennessee
on a narrow gravel road in rural Missouri, next to an electric fence and a grassy field
on a country road in Manchester, New Hampshire, near the stone foundation of an old barn and across from a horse farm
Thanks to all the Geodashing players, whose many great reports are quoted here, hopefully with proper attribution. Complete, original reports are available on the Web site.