Wed, Jun 28, 2023, The Whiskey Wed Hash. Lower Wackoff hared
from Senior Citizens Park for five hounds. From a nice park for seniors
to a kiddie park to a stinking alley in less then a hundred yards. But
we are hashers and we run on. Across Western
and into more alleys and the three in back finally catch to the two
front runners at a Check they could resolve. Lifa returns from a False
and heads in the right direction and misses the mark. Then he is off to
the north. I follow thinking he is finally On. The last I saw of him was
heading north. I follow, but no marks. I range south and suddenly there
is Lifa coming from the south. WTF. He returns to the Check and it is
marked, where he initially didn't see the mark. and we are off through
more alleys and across Western and back and forth afound the North
Western intersection. We again regroup at another Check. Berts Special
Friend is on, but didn't know it, because of a hole in the fence and the
third mark way down the alley. WTF. So it is back to Western and south
and eventually to the 606. Another regroup sort of, on the fly. Lifa is
ahead and Berts Special Friend following. Then the three slugs. Me and
Magnetic Muff walking and Stuffin Muffin running. We finally exit the
606 at Damen and head south to another Check at Cortland. And everyone
is gone and I'm alone again. But I cross Damen and in an alley id
Stuffin Muffin pointing the way. And it is alleys and such to where I
saw marks on the way to the bar, and I do a quick short cut and get in
front of Stuffin Muffin as we get to the Whiskey Stop behind the Web.
After that we headed back to the park and held circle and hung out in
the Canadian Smoke. Certainly not good, but no worse then over forty
ears in smoky bars. On Out.
Hash Break
Thu, Jun 29, 2023, The Thristday Hash. Horn-E
hared from Gompers Park for three hounds. The GM listed my hash as
heading for the shiggy. Listen to the hare and not wild imaginations
about the hares trail. And forget about threats from air pollution. It
rained heavily all day. Most of the smoke particles from the Canadian
Forest Fires were washed out of the air. So the negatives hurt and only
three hounds. Lower Wackoff and Lifa and the transplant Swiss Balls,
mostly a walker. Trail
headed west through the park and a Check at Foster. No, it didn't go
into the next park and towards shiggy. South and west to the next Check
and again, two trails heading north towards the shiggy. Not. South and
then west to a Check at Lawrence. True trail went through a parking lot
and a hole in the fence and a maze of streets and alleys and that
bastard hare twisted the trail north and south as it worked its way east
and a great opportunity for the Swiss Balls and Lower Wackoff to catch
Lifa. Until the Check at the end. And Lifa ran on and eventually On In.
About 5 to 10 minutes later the other two came in from the wrong
direction. WTF. Anyhow, there is two ponds there. One is sort of upper
level and fed by a little stream and a flag stone waterfall of about
five feet in various levels. It is fed by a bubbler. and with fresh
moving water. So no skeeters. And even though they sprayed, I didn't and
not a bite. The skeeters hang near stagnant water and underbrush. So
that is were we held circle. Three beer drinkers and 12 beers. When they
were done, we were done. On Out
Hash Break
Sun,
Jul 2, 2023, The Chicago Full Moon Hash. Magnetic Muff and
Stuffin' Muffin hared from Peterson Park for four, plus one, hounds. The usual suspects, Lifa, Just Do Me Slowly, Lower Wackoff
and Horn-E. And that is the way the pack stayed. Lifa was soon gone at
the first check in the Northeastern campus. Well, How did we know the
trail went there? The hare works there. Lifa now long gone, Just Do Me
Slowly and Lower Wackoff made up the middle and I was was barely keeping
them in sight, and not in sight and we did this long counterclockwise
loop. Along the river, through another campus, more rivers edge and then
north through park paralleling the river. Finally we are heading west
over the river and actually running through some park and neighborhood I
don't recall running through. I finally get to the entrance of the park
and head on in and there is the pack, circling near some picnic
benches. Halfway through the circle double Meter Beater showed up.
Running from home he ran across the trail somewhere near the south east
edge and followed it on in to the finish. And thanks to Stuffin Muffin
and Magnetic Muff for the ride home. On Out
Mon. Jul 3, 2023, The Chicago Hash. Sleepy
Num Nums finally got us a location 2 days before the hash. Now what
kind of turnout can we expect from that. At a beer stop at Ravens, he
told them he expected 7 to 10 for circle there. I counted 9 of the usual
suspects, Okay. Then another five irregular hashers. Okay. And one
returned for a visit, Mommys Coming. Okay. Two new
transplants, Swiss Balls and Penquin. Okay. One visitor Pussy Sweater,
brought three virgins. Okay. Then another visitor, Little Foot, brought
about ten virgins. WTF. That last group was the real surprise. They were
world class runners, in town for the World Beer Mile Championships.
Yeah, in Chicago. These were the best beer mile runners from their
countries, At least Sweden, Canada and Australia were there. By the way.
America won the team championship. Like five minute milers after
drinking four beers one before each quarter. And these guys compete at
anything. While at Ravens, I watched four of them, with a full basket of
fresh pop corn, race to see who could finish the whole basket without
using their hands, About three minutes of four faces buried in pop corn.
Crazy stuff there. By the way, any of you beer mile people looking to
try hashing when you get home, look up Half_mind.com and that should get
you to a lot of sites wherever you live.
So
I arrive at the start and saw this mob and didn't know many. And they
were off running south. One quick loop of a block and then over to the
north Ave beach, north a block to the foot bridge and through Lincoln
Park to Dickens for a beer stop. then three blocks of a quick loop to
Ravens. And these fast runners were running everywhere. Past the marks.
Hey, these guys were fast. Well, with too large of a crowd for a circle
at Ravens, we headed over to the lagoon just north of Fullerton and
under a big street light, we held circle. There were 30 of us. Rusty
Grundle was called to act as RA and did a good job with some innovative
shit that had the circle really going. When the beer ran down, we ended,
hung around until all cans were drained and then the pack that was
left, mostly that Beer Mile crowd headed over to McGees, following
SnatchSquatch, to close the place. Remember all you virgins, The Chicago
Hash is your Mother Hash wherever you go. And let them know how well
Chicago showed you what hashing can be about. Now if only we could get
our local people back out. Kung Flu is over. It is safe to hash again
and still fun trails.