The usual afternoon rituals, then it was time to head back into town for the SOB.
I had arrived at Wet Spot around 4:30, and when the show finished at 8:00, I’d had my fill of Zeros. I’m such a lightweight nowadays, but maybe that’s a good thing.
I’ll be back out for more soon enough; it’s Saturday night, after all. I tentatively plan to do the Maze bar crawl, but we’ll see how I feel when I get there.
Oh, and I got a delivery today:
Which reminds me, the other day, I was wearing one of the “I’m not your Goddamn ATM” shirts Kevin had made for me. As I passed by a trike driver, he laughed and gave me a high-five. I guess he could relate.
2 thoughts on “The way it looked to me”
Nice trail, and no rain!
Question: you’ve described yourself as a slowpoke on group walks, but when you’re the leader, do people try to walk ahead of you?
Queen Victoria’s performance earned them third place
Nothing like a little friendly boob-grabbing, I guess.
And the Wet Spot girls went home with first place money. Good job!
Does home-field advantage always apply? Or do some non-home groups win the SOB from time to time?
re: 2023 walk tee
I’m glad the tee got to you okay.
“when you’re the leader, do people try to walk ahead of you?”
Normally, yes. Leader is not precisely the right word for it. If it is left to me to pick the trail, I’ll say something like, “Okay, we’ll go up behind Marian Hills, circle back to Four Corners, then take the tires down to Columban.” Folks will walk at their own pace, then periodically wait for us slowpokes to catch up (it is supposed to be a group hike), and then continue on to the next stop. Yesterday, Gary and I stuck together because we walk at a similar pace.
Yes, at the SOB, “home-field advantage” does exist, perhaps more than it should. The home bar goes first, and as a judge, I give their performance a score that sets a high bar for the others to try and exceed. That does happen occasionally. I thought it did this week, but the other judges didn’t see it that way.
It was a bit of a surprise to have a package I wasn’t expecting delivered. I guess I’d forgotten I’d ordered it. I’ll be taking the shirt out for a test walk this morning.
Nice trail, and no rain!
Question: you’ve described yourself as a slowpoke on group walks, but when you’re the leader, do people try to walk ahead of you?
Queen Victoria’s performance earned them third place
Nothing like a little friendly boob-grabbing, I guess.
And the Wet Spot girls went home with first place money. Good job!
Does home-field advantage always apply? Or do some non-home groups win the SOB from time to time?
re: 2023 walk tee
I’m glad the tee got to you okay.
“when you’re the leader, do people try to walk ahead of you?”
Normally, yes. Leader is not precisely the right word for it. If it is left to me to pick the trail, I’ll say something like, “Okay, we’ll go up behind Marian Hills, circle back to Four Corners, then take the tires down to Columban.” Folks will walk at their own pace, then periodically wait for us slowpokes to catch up (it is supposed to be a group hike), and then continue on to the next stop. Yesterday, Gary and I stuck together because we walk at a similar pace.
Yes, at the SOB, “home-field advantage” does exist, perhaps more than it should. The home bar goes first, and as a judge, I give their performance a score that sets a high bar for the others to try and exceed. That does happen occasionally. I thought it did this week, but the other judges didn’t see it that way.
It was a bit of a surprise to have a package I wasn’t expecting delivered. I guess I’d forgotten I’d ordered it. I’ll be taking the shirt out for a test walk this morning.