A somewhat unusual Hash experience yesterday. Leech My Nuggets was the Hare and he laid a trail that was relatively easy compared to what he normally puts us through. It was long though, coming in at 10K. Of course, I’m in the “sane” group and we shortcut when and where we please. Our version of the trail was a comfortable 6K. What made it different was that through a misunderstanding or bad assumptions, we did the trail in reverse. We started in Alta Vista because our intel told us the trail passed through the neighborhood shortly after leaving the starting point at the VFW. Nope, turns out Alta Vista was near the end of the trail. Oops! It made following the marks much more difficult, especially the chalk arrows that were all pointing in the wrong direction and were usually out of sight unless we turned and looked behind us. Anyway, we overcame the challenge and made a nice hike of it.
The trail as the Hare intended.The “sane” Hashers on the march.I remember crossing this bridge before it collapsed. Glad I wasn’t on it when it finally did. Made the crossing a tad more challenging though.The portion of the hike we did was mostly ‘urban”–passing through subdivisions and squatter villages.We did have a bit of trouble in one neighborhood. A couple of the residents said we were on private property and they didn’t want us there. Pubic Head ignored them, went on ahead, and confirmed we were on the Hare’s intended path, albeit in reverse.So, as politely as we could we said “salamat (thank you), we are just passing through” and went on our way.We did gain some elevation during our hike…On our way down, we encountered the first Hasher who was actually doing the trail in the intended direction. Folks were very surprised to see us going the opposite way.On Down!A brief respite from civilization…Back amongst the living.Our final climb begins…It felt like the stairs would never end.Cookie delivery…On Home at Queen Victoria.Refreshing beverages after a hot hike…Celebrating Fuck Buddy’s birthday in true Hash fashion. You might say she got to eat her cake and wear it too…And so concludes another trashy Hash post…
But wait, there’s more! At the conclusion of the Hash circle, I caught a trike for home. Except his machine wasn’t powerful enough to make it up the last hill to my place. No big deal, I paid him and got out to walk the rest of the way. But when I looked up I saw this:
I’m not sure my limited phone/camera skills captured the full beauty of the moment, but it was almost breathtaking. Put a little spring in my step as I marched the two blocks home.
I’m looking forward to a Joyous afternoon. I’ll write about that tomorrow. See you then!
2 thoughts on “Bass Ackwards”
Beautiful shots, as always. I guess doing the trail backward was a bit awkward (or not), but it looks to have been fun all the same. I hope that birthday cake being held by Fuck Buddy managed not to get smashed.
I do enjoy the group hikes, a nice change of pace (no pun intended) from my solo walks.
Nah, we don’t smash the real cake, just douse the victim with the ingredients of one…
Beautiful shots, as always. I guess doing the trail backward was a bit awkward (or not), but it looks to have been fun all the same. I hope that birthday cake being held by Fuck Buddy managed not to get smashed.
I do enjoy the group hikes, a nice change of pace (no pun intended) from my solo walks.
Nah, we don’t smash the real cake, just douse the victim with the ingredients of one…