Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Missing letters - mdvawv retried too
Date: Oct 11, 2004 @ 20:53
Author: Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@...>)
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> continuing yesterday
> after some much needed refreshment
> i headed immediately up to mdvawv
> where i recovered marker 30a again with no problem
> & tried to measure off the correct distance to
> mostly legal mdvawv
> with a real tape measure
>
> again i wished spooky mike & his gps tech were
> really there in the
> flesh
> both to get the compass bearing perfectly right & to
> get a backup
> fix on the target point
>
> & the tape kept getting hung up & releasing etc
> & in the end i had to accept a less than direct line
> & had to guesstimate additional length for the
> hangups
> but i figure i nailed it in the end to within 5 feet
> of the truth
> & marked it with the nearest available piece of
> trash
> a slightly ed corona bottle
>
> & i photographed this not unimprovable but thus far
> crowning glory
>
>
> & then i also continued this alignment down to the
> water line
> which was only about 10 horizontal feet & 1 vertical
> foot away
>
> a rather surprising fact in view of how low the
> river was at dcmdvan
>
> & dipped a toe in there for an alternative view of
> mdvawv
> just in case maryland will not accept to be on the
> right bank under
> any circumstances
>
> oops
> being kicked off again
>
> more later perhaps
>
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