I guess that’s as good a description as any for my busy Wednesday. Did my hike with the Wednesday Walkers group. Scott led us on an exploration of a trail we will potentially use when we are the Hares on the 15th. It had a long and challenging uphill at the beginning, but overall it seems to be a realistic possibility for the Hash. I’d like to find a better way back down, it was too overgrown in places. I stepped into a hole I couldn’t see and that could have been a disaster. Anyway, I made it back home in one piece and avoided having my ass kicked. So there’s that. Pictures of the hike to follow.
I didn’t have time to join the guys for beers at Dynamite Dick’s since I had to get ready for dart league. I did pop into Sit-n-Bull to get a sandwich to go.
Showered up and got dressed and had twenty minutes left for a quick catnap. Then I headed out to our team’s home bar at the Lagoon hotel on Baloy. We were playing VFW and to be brutally honest, it appeared some of them had never played darts before. We wound up kicking their ass 12-1. Our captain took our only loss of the day in a singles match and we gave him a world of good-natured shit for ruining our perfect afternoon of darts. He did redeem himself somewhat by hitting the winning dart in the beer round (team game).
We sat around the bar shooting the shit after the match. I don’t really engage much in politics, but my English teammate wanted to talk about Biden. He mentioned the shitting his pants incidents(s), his falling asleep at the climate conference, and his general incompetence. He asked if there wasn’t a procedure for removing him from office. I explained how the 25th amendment to the Constitution works, but then noted that leaves us with Harris as President, probably not much better and potentially worse. I also pointed out that the third in line is Nancy Pelosi. He agreed we are truly fucked. Best hope is that Republicans take both the House and Senate next year and at least block the most damaging bullshit coming from the White House. We were all encouraged by the Virginia gubernatorial outcome. Anyway, fuck politics. The American people are getting their ass-kicked and there ain’t much we can do to stop it. Let’s go, Brandon!
After I left Lagoon, I crossed the street to Johan’s. The 43-year-old I mentioned here was there playing pool and later joined me at the bar. I bought her a beer and she gave me a nice back and shoulder massage as I sat there. I ordered some dinner and she joined me. When it was time to go, she didn’t join me. That suited me just fine.
I wasn’t alone at home though. These guys were waiting for me:
Alright, here’s those Wednesday hiking pictures I promised:
That was my kickass Wednesday. Time to shower up now and do another bar review. The sacrifices I make for my readers! Well, someone has to keep these bars in business, right?
I forgot you had dogs.
That’s a lot of barbed wire for one trail. For Hash purposes, do you tie cautionary ribbons onto the barbed wire or leave some sort of warning sign? Will this trail even be used for the Hash if it’s that dangerous, or would this not be considered dangerous at all?
Yes, we will tie a ribbon to the wire and put a big dose of powder on the ground to call attention to the hazard. You have to be careful though, I’m not the only one who’s gotten tangled up in that shit…not pleasant at all! Still, all in all, the barbed wire isn’t the biggest danger on the trail…it’s the slips, trips, and falls that will hurt you the most.
If you forgot I have dogs, I’ve been neglectful in posting their picture here more often…I’ll do better!
Dear John,
Congratulations on the darts triumph.
I would enjoy darting if I were taller. I had to stand on a chair to hit the board last time I tried.
Dave, I’d have to see that to believe it! 🙂 True story, I once saw a guy playing from a wheelchair. He was pretty good too.