Grocery shopping day and as usual, a mixed bag Royal. Coke Zero finally in stock, but none available in the 24 pack case. So, I pulled two dozen individual cans off the shelf. Pretty much cleaned them out again. Still no frozen fruit, but I did find this long-unseen item:
Yeah, I’m a lazy bastard when it comes to baking, but these are actually really good. Sometimes I add a little honey to the mix to sweeten them up some.
Although I wasn’t able to buy frozen strawberries, I scored some fresh ones from Baguio. Iline has a friend who brings them down once a week. A bit pricey at twenty bucks for two kilos, but what are you gonna do.
Cutting them up and putting them into the freezer. I smell a smoothie in my future!
That pretty much covers today’s “adventure”. Yesterday was Hash day…
…so the remainder of this post will be about that.
We did something a little unusual and not really planned–two separate trails. The Hare’s had some challenging ups and downs in store for the group, but some of us weren’t in the mood for that kind of adventure. What made it unusual was there was about an equal number doing the “old man” hike as there were doing the actual trail. I felt a little bad for the Hare’s who had invested a lot of time and effort in laying out their chosen path but it occurs to me that maybe having a harder and easier trail to choose from might be a good option for our future Hash hikes. For example, Guenter is the Hare next week so I already know I’ll be looking for an alternative. Anyway, it all worked out fine yesterday.
The yellow line is the mountain path chosen by the Hares. The purple is the flat trail some of us preferred. Our trail was longer but easier.Our group met at my house and started from there. I jokingly announced it was the first run of the Alta Vista Hash House Harriers.It was a beautiful day for a hike. On-On!We had a couple of kilometers to cover to reach the official meeting location at APO resort.The official trail had the Hashers being trucked from APO to the start part, After “stealing” a couple of additional folks for our flat trail, we opted to walk the 1K to the trailhead.Here’s where the truck dropped everyone else off. A parting of the ways came next–mountain climbers turned right, flatlanders went straight.Regular readers ought to recognize that mountain which seems to make its way into most of my hiking posts.Why don’t we do it in the road? Four lazy bastards and a covey of women.Through the narrow streets of Calapacuan.Everyone made it safely across this marvel of engineering.I wouldn’t want to drink the water.Enjoying the greenery…Yours truly catching some shade.The final portion of our hike was along the National highway.Leading us to our On-Home destination.Featuring shipyard views……and the Subic Bay.The Hares on ice. My complaint about the trail was that it was “too flat”. *ahem*And this is why you NEVER wear brand new shoes to the Hash!My helper Gina completed her 5th Hash and earned her Hash name. Welcome to the kennel Western Union Sperm Bank!
And that was how the day went down. Well, except for the me getting drunk part. But I don’t remember much about that. I’m pretty sure I had a good time though.
2 thoughts on “Two ways to skin a cat…”
I could’ve sworn I’d written a comment here, but I guess I didn’t.
So will you and your alternate-path machinations now be the cause of a Hash House schism?
Drama follows you wherever you go.
To be clear, though, I’m with you re: the idea of offering hard and easy paths. Your local membership is large enough to justify having a menu of options other than just “short vs. long route.” So give in to your inner liberal and change things up!
HaHa! Well, it is funny you mention that. I actually made that suggestion to one of our leaders and didn’t sense a positive reaction (although he also prefers an easier trail). So, with Guenter being the Hare next week I knew I would once again be looking at alternatives. I asked the leader guy if he was going to join me and where we should go, and he said Dan is doing the trail. I said I thought Dan was going to Hare with Guenter? Nope. Dan is the official Hare for the easy trail! Two Hares, two trails. This could be the start of something big!
I could’ve sworn I’d written a comment here, but I guess I didn’t.
So will you and your alternate-path machinations now be the cause of a Hash House schism?
Drama follows you wherever you go.
To be clear, though, I’m with you re: the idea of offering hard and easy paths. Your local membership is large enough to justify having a menu of options other than just “short vs. long route.” So give in to your inner liberal and change things up!
HaHa! Well, it is funny you mention that. I actually made that suggestion to one of our leaders and didn’t sense a positive reaction (although he also prefers an easier trail). So, with Guenter being the Hare next week I knew I would once again be looking at alternatives. I asked the leader guy if he was going to join me and where we should go, and he said Dan is doing the trail. I said I thought Dan was going to Hare with Guenter? Nope. Dan is the official Hare for the easy trail! Two Hares, two trails. This could be the start of something big!