This week's hashes:
Visitors and new hashers (virgins), we start meeting at the listed
times and start hashing a half hour later. Time for a quick beer.
Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 7pm, The Thirstday Hash. Our
Grand Mattress will celebrate her Fifth Anniversary on the longest day
of the year with a longest hash from Miska's at 3205 N. Leavitt. They
like us here and we always have great circles here. $10 Hash Cash. ChicagoTH3.com
Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 7pm. The Chicago Hash, Putt Putt In My Butt will probably hare from Parrot's at Wellington and Halsted. $10 Hash Cash, ChicagoHash.com
Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 7pm. The Chicago Full Moon Hash, Lifa is laying trail from ?????. $5 Hash Cash, HHHinChicago,com
Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 7pm, The Whiskey Wednesday Hash, Hooch B4 Cooch is laying trail from The Empty Bottle at 1035N. Western. $0 Hash Cash. Pay as you go. whiskeywednesdayhash.orgHHHi HHHashers:
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This week's hashes:
Visitors and new hashers (virgins), we start meeting at the listed
times and start hashing a half hour later. Time for a quick beer.
Last week: Thu
was the start of the 40th Anniversary of Hashing in Chicago with Horn-E
laying a trail from the Double Bubble. A pack of about 20 took off
towards Loyola and then worked its way past the hares house for a beer
stop. But it wasn't there. Somehow about half the pack found the beer
stop by not following trail and guessing where it might be and entered
this little park from the north. The rest followed the trail and finally
found the park from the south. From here we returned to the bar where
Gay Dancer led a nice circle in the beer Garden.
On Fri we had,The First Crack of the Moon Hash set by Son
Of Spam from The Wise Owl. A nice pack of about fifteen hounds followed
trail to a small park where we held circle. I left shortly after while
the pack headed back to the bar and I heard they drank late into the
night.
On Sat we started with a short Bushman Hash.
Seventeen hounds on trail. Wow. It was from Dam #4 Woods and a prelube
to the main Celebration Hash. When I arrived I found that it rained real
hard overnight and the picnic area had spots with about 3 inches of
water. Right in the direction of the planned trail. Well, if we are
going to get wet, it might as well be right at the start. Trail headed
through some woods and finally across Devon for the serious woods. A
boring trail along the river, or winding in the woods. Winding in the
woods was planned and there were patches of water that we couldn't get
around. Eventually the trail veered away from the river into some
serious brush. I knew there was a prairie, but getting to it was a
problem. Finally we emerged at a path of sorts. Three parallel paths
like they were made by a three wheel car. And all full of water, three
to five inches and slippery. Trail finally got through the prairie and
into some nice woods and finally to a muddy tunnel under Devon. From
there is was a bike path to B. Beer was on a peninsula into a swamp, but
one crazy wanker just plunged mid thigh deep in the swamp to retrieve
the beer. I got a quick Down Down and left them to a Bushman circle so I
could lay the next part of the trail.
I
had a last minute Co Hare, Snotcho Mama, and he helped save the day. We
took off for some quick woods and then headed for the river. When
scouted on Wed, it was muddy, but looked like it would dry by Sat. But
those damn rains in our wettest June in history. It was now deep in
river overflow and full of floating ground clutter and such. Since the
trail would just parallel a higher level path, we went for the path.
Most of the pack would have done that anyway. And we sort of followed
this path on and off until we hit Touhy. And it was slippery and with
occasional water areas. After crossing the river we had a T and E trail.
Snotcho Mama went straight on Touhy to a large picnic area and gave the
Turkeys a twisting course through the area to the First Beer Stop.
Meanwhile I headed into the Eagle trail, mostly paralleling the river
through fairly open forest. When planning the trail I headed inland and
eventually saw a swamp I missed. This time, with high waters, I headed
inland sooner and found a nice forest to run through and there was that
beautiful swamp. Reeds that were 12 to 15 feet high. I couldn't resist. I
headed straight into the reeds. While the live growth was high and
formidable looking, when I got into it I found that the previous years
dead growth was criss crossed in fromt of me making forward progress
almost impossible. Just forcing myself through for about 30 yards. It
had to be well over fifteen minutes to get through this mess including
climbing over fallen trees and three inches of water. From here it was a
short bit of woods to the beer stop.
After the beer stop we headed to the south and another T and E split,
Turkey was set by me, just straight south along River Road. The woods to
the left were impassible and would not have been fun if we could have
gotten in and out of them.
Meanwhile Snotcho Mama crossed the street into a zone of hotels and
offices and made the trail up as he went along, including one wall
climbing. We had to do the best we could with a bad situation.
Then we hit beer stop number 2, on Devon and just south of the finish. Turkey could have a beer and walk back.
Eagles had one more section and we were off laying this section through
woods that were fairly open when we suddenly heard the Eagles yelling On
On. We were about to get caught. Snotcho Mama yelled, I'll set a long
Back Check and took off to the east and after laying the Back Check, he
circled back to me. Meanwhile I set off into another prairie, laying TP
as I ran through almost invisible and over grown paths where I attempted
a few Splits and forks in the paths. We finally rejoined to the west of
the prairie and headed back to the On In part of the trail, along that
same bike path the Bushman finished on. And soon Hooch Br Cooch came
running on by.
As we finished, Hashers were hitting the local fresh water pump to clean
up a bit. Feather got the grill going with chicken, burgers, hot dogs
and other goodies. After grub, Horn-E set out three blocks of ice for
the circle. USS Cum On My Face led the circle and we pretty much all got
on ice multiple times on a long and fun circle. After circle it was
pretty much clean up and go home. And we did. Great time.
Sun was to be a hangover hash
set by Rag Time Hash and The Cock Whisperer and Rusty Grundel. I was to
hung over, well, not really. Just whipped and needing a day off. Hope it
all went well.
Mon was the Chicago Hash set
by Hooch B4 Cooch and Dr Cockvorkian and the 40th Anniversary of the
Chicago Hash. More damn rain. 22 hounds got about 1.5 miles into the
course when they hit, hard and whiped out all sense of trailI was with a
pack of six and someone got on Facebook and found the Beer Stop was
three blocks away at the back yard of Menstrual Casserole. From there,
Hooch B4 Cooch laid another quick trail to the parking area behind Its
Too Soft's condo. Finfishing a keg from Sat. Then we went back to
Durkins for a fun circle where the virgins were quite prominent in
getting nailed for many down Downs. Welcome mon Just Candy and daughter,
Just Stacy.
The actual 40th Anniversay of Hashing in Chicago.
Horn-E laid a trail from Big Joe's. We had 8 hounds for a promised short
laid back trail and it was. Second Cuming came in first in about 298
minutes. Its Too Soft led the rest about five minutes later with Just
Bob pulling up the rear. A quick beer stop and back to the bar for a
laid back, sitting circle that we did Full moon style and we just kept
going on and on through about 8 pitchers. And we named Just Bob,
Magnetic Muffs loooong time friend, StuffinMuffin.