Posted on March 9, 2012 by Gispert
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Well, it was a typical Sunday afternoon in midwinter…..sunny…..temps in the mid 30’s….and…. NO SNOW! Typical for this winter any ways….
As we (myself and Safety Dog) pulled up to the Lady Bug Pub, I actually stopped to see if there were halfminds milling about this time instead of driving off in search of trail and the pack. There were!!! I found our lovely hares, UFO and Bedside, and hounds KickStand and Climbin’. I was a bit surprised to discover that Climbin’ didn’t help set trail today. Happy as well….because I knew there wouldn’t be any huge back-checks. But, where was the rest of IH3? Where was Coco, who posted this impromptu gathering? And, where were our long lost loves, Crimes and MOW, whom the trail was planned for? Could it be…..that *I* was too early for the hash???? Oh my! But, just as I was retrieving the remnants of the Screw Year Keg from my car….up pulled our Flour City transplants. YAY!!!! We’ve missed you guys!!!!
We mulled about the pub for awhile sipping on beers and catching up with our long lost friends while waiting to see if others would arrive. But, no one else showed. Time to head (HEAD!??? Who said HEAD!?!?!??) out on trail.
The hares had warned us that this would be a long and grueling trail. But, where does it go?????
- It didn’t go up the road towards the National Forest, like usual.
- It didn’t go across the street by the barn….
- It didn’t go back down Seneca Rd….
- Nor across it to Burr Rd….
- Hmmmm….. the hounds we puzzled. Big feat there, eh? lol
- Then, lo and behold, Kicky yells out… On 1 …. On 2 …. On 3…. from out behind the swimming pool!!!!
We were off!!! Through the woods behind the house towards the neighbors cabin. A circle check was quickly solved and we headed down towards the old tree stand. Ahhhh….I remember it well from a previous hash of frigid winter temps and BEER hidden up on top of it. Not today though….the stand was torn to pieces. 🙁 A quick turn to the left and back up towards the neighbors cabin….and…..BEER NEAR!!!!….right by UFO’s newest tree stand. And, of course, the BEER was up on top of it. I let MOW do the honors and climb up for it. (Hell if *I* was gonna do it!!! I put that thing up and didn’t want it to fall on me. MOW is younger….he’ll heal faster…I thought to myself) He managed the climb deftly and didn’t start to fall until he was most of the way down. The BEER was salvaged and the hashers rejoiced! During this “long” trek, (we were probably all of 200 yards from the Lady Bug Pub), LuLu managed to shed her leash and collar. Being a well trained nurse, (not sure what that has to do with this….but it sounds good….lol), Bedside removed the waist string from her yellow IH3 jacket and used it for a new leash. BEERS in hand….we headed on for more trail. We soon made it to the neighbor’s cabin and up their driveway to Seneca Rd. Trail turned right here and headed West…..PAST Burdick Rd!!! What the heck!?!?!?! Guess this IS a long trail! Well, for awhile anyway….. BACK CHECK 19!!!! Bitches!!!! They took notes from Climbin’! Back we went down the muddy road. Safety Dog was now a chocolate lab instead of yellow. Oh joy….muddy car….here we come. True trail took us into the meadow out behind the big barn and off towards the Burr Rd neighbors. We’re getting thirsty again. So far, we’ve gone about 3/4 of mile…. Now the pack was stalled and an odd marking and trying to decide if it was a cow or some other animal drawn in the snow. It took the most veteran hound in the pack, yours truly, to properly decipher it. It’s a BACK CHECK 11 you halfminds!!!! Oh my….they were still scratching their heads as they turned around and headed back towards the barn. Climbin’ was in the lead here and found the true trail….leading back the barn….where we stopped to play the “Get Laid!” StuporBowl Hash game again. People were MUCH better at it this time. Well, except me….still not gettin’ lucky… 🙁
From here….it was…. ON-IN!!! Total trail length….and RCH shy of 1 mile. Nice trail!!!
Yours truly performed circle ceremonies as best I could…it’s been a long time….
- Hares drank for a very long trail with only one BN
- Comes Latelies, Crimes and MOW, drank.
- Everyone drank for FRB/DFL
- Climbin’ drank for BLEAB and MOW drank for BLAB
- Hound owners drank
- MOW and Crimes drank from their new wood mugs (finally….the number I have to yet deliver is diminishing)
- We drank more…but I forget why…..
- Circle was closed so we could munch on the fabulous spread that the gals provided us. I just LOVE hashing out at the Lady Bug Pub!!!
- Then we moved things out to the hot tub where we played Frisbee with Crazy Eyes and Safety Dog….until Kicky managed to land it in a tree where they couldn’t retrieve it. Due to the lack of snow…there was much grass in the tub from the dogs bringing the Frisbee back covered in it. We had great fun plucking it out of each other’s orifices….
- Eventually….we were prunes and decided to go give UFO a big….NAKED….GROUP HUG back in the pub. I think she may have orgasmed…. lol
And there you have it…..a tale of trail and tails….and…of course….much camaraderie with awesome friends!!!
On-one extra hash per month gets us to 666 by August-On,
Floss