Hash Break
Wed. Mar 27, 2024, The Whiskey Wednesday Hash, Garmin hared a live trail from River Shannon at 425 W. Armitage. A great location and a great pack of hounds. The greatest hounds in Chicago. Or is that hound. Yeah, hound. Singular. Only Horn-E showed up. With such a small pack, and they don't get any smaller, the hare decided to lay a short trail. And it was with no Checks and a bunch of Splits. A piss stop head start, like Horn-E was ever going to catch him, and the hash was on. Actually I came out of the bar and as I was putting on my gloves and back pack, I saw the hare across the street laying trail in a housing section. Short Cut. He headed right out of there and north on Lincoln. Out of sight I followed to the next intersection and a Triple Split. I guessed east and to the park and I was right. All of the way to Lincoln Park west and another Triple split. I doubted it would go north and was wrong. I guessed into the park and as I got to Stockton Drive, there was the hare on the other side of the street heading south. So my wrong guess was a lucky right guess and now I'm right behind the hare again. Trail headed south and then towards the lake and around the lagoon. Guessing right on Splits I'm doing fine. Around the prairie areas by the lagoon and under Grant's statue and south to Ben Franklin. Here trail went back towards city streets. again. Guessing right on a Split I headed south on Clark. And finally screwed up. About where I would have guessed he headed west, I missed a Split doing just that. But returning I'm right back on trail. Finally at an alley in Old Town there is a Split I guess right and didn't go far enough. Going around the block I finally find the mark coming out of the alley and one mark later I was at B and the hare. A quick circle, one down down each and a quick beer, the hare was cold and we were On Out.
Hash Break Thu. Mar 28, 2024. The Thristday Hash. Cumming Right Meow laid trail from the Polk Street Pub for her 2nd Anal, Jesus Saves Hash. The bar was closed. Then along came a couple and she hashed before. But the hare still couldn't talk them into joining us. So we waited outside and when no one else arrived, we were on out. Four hounds and they were soon heading south and leaving me behind. Zig and zag and we got to Roosevelt. I saw them ahead at the light. They crossed and I caught the light again. From here it was south a few more blocks and then past the Pacific Garden Mission and a Back Check. By the time I got there they were gone and the trail went straight north to Roosevelt and after another Zig and a Zag and the trail had a BN at the entrence to Portillos parking lot. I found no more marks anywhere and no drinking hounds. WTF. So I circled the area and finally picked up on trail. South to Harrison and then east across the river to a Beer stop. Only no one was there. No hare again and no beer. WTF. Well, what happened was that at Portillos, SnatchSquatch, Bottom Wrangler and Catstro Dick Assist also couldn't find marks, the hare, or beer. CDA looked inside Portillos and there was the hare with hugh mugs of beer and chicken. Wow. Great beer stop and they almost missed it. And I did, Damn. So when they left, they were ahead of the hare and more beer and behind me, running all over the area looking for the beer. Beautiful beer stop under the buildings and such and along the river. Nice short circle and beers and then we were on Out.
Sun. Mar 31, 2024. The Chicago Hash. La Shartistie hared from Double Bubble, just five blocks from my house. But it was Easter Sunday and I did the family thing. Don't know what happened but I heard about 6 hounds, If anyone writes a story I'll print it.
Hash Break
Tue. Apr 2, 2024, The 4X2H4 Hash. #100. Lifa laid trail from Eckert Park for a, Wow, get this, pack of 12 hounds. And it was supposed to rain. Mostly the usual suspects and one returning hasher. Peace Corp Whore. I showed up late and got off the bus and saw a Check. I'm a little late so I just start checking. West and nothing. South and nothing and as I'm returning north I see a hound heading into a alley. Peace Corp Whore. But he only had one arrow. The pack is scattered and I head east on Chicago and nothing. And then the pack finds an arrow into an alley north and west. Damn. In back again. Way back. I ran on and followed False Advertising into the alley. Saw him make a turn south and so I did a block earlier then that, and paralleled trail for a block. And I saw several runners head west and north and all over. Only they were, yech, real runners, not hashers. Well, now I'm way back and following trail and sweep marks and just plodding along. Back and forth towards Ogden and a Check. Finally found marks over the bridge to the north and a big loop around that big dreaded intersection. I finally short cut a little and no marks so I short cut over the bridge and into Eckert Park and there is the hare laying his last few marks. I missed a great beer stop in a wooded section with wild game everywhere. Well, rats. But big ones. And the pack was soon coming in. I would have missed the beer stop anyhow. Nice circle and soon everyone was moving on, back to the Chipp Inn or on home, and I was ON Out.