Jolly Roger H3 #477
Summer Addition Adventure Paddling Hash (1 of 3)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Hare: Casual Friday

WELCOME! Despite thickening clouds, wanks poured into the over-flow parking area of Weedon Island Preserve South Paddling Trail with colorful boats on parade. Pre-circle was conducted in the preserve’s shady pavilion. We welcomed back Chester the Molester and They Float, who had been gone way too long. Trail markings were reviewed as the color-coded pole-checks (visual?) were nothing like wankers were used to seeing on running hash trails. Kayaks of all styles were off-loaded by the fishing pier and two on-trail beer angels (More Sex and On Ahead), along with an on-trail shot girl (Fa Q) were appointed special on-trail duties. Yay for volunteers! After a bout of kayak rolls and dumps, a round of musical kayaks was played and the pack was off and paddling!

TRAIL (caution: crabs on trail!): The 4-mile hash trail looped around small islands and lead us through mangrove tunnels. They Float made a good boat trade as she eventually stopped swamping her boat and made some headway. The Wonder Twins (Goolight Special and Scrapawhoreus) were quite entertaining with their lack of ability to make a right turn in the tunnels. Dabadoo was the aft paddling engine on team Lightning/Dabadoo; as Lightning did a good job of combing her hair and fixing her lipstick while Dab’s knees were locked in hyperextension. Semper Bi did her best to stay afloat in a yellow cigar; going overboard was not half as entertaining as her attempts of re-boarding, despite Ed the Sock's attempts of helping her out. The beer and shot angels were in the DFL pack, it was a darn shame we had twice as much to drink as the FRBs pressed-on through the hash halts as if this were a live trail. Thanks to More Sex and Where’s My Goat, I now know the beauty of the sound of a champagne cork releasing itself from the top of a bottle in the middle of open calm water. GRC was paddling animal cargo in her newly acquired red rocket; she managed to paddle the entire trail without knocking either one of the dogs unconscious. Taint Tickler, while trying to win the dead trail, managed to yaw his way for an extra 69 miles of trail.

CIRCLE UP: Trail trial proved to be predictable; not enough mangrove branches to pierce vital organs, and there were too many numbers on trail; as we all know hashers cannot count! On-Ahead got tied up for 175 hashes; holy cow! The FRB award was handed to the new FRB queen, It’s Starting to Bleed. Seems she was at the stern of the team Saigon Sally/Bleeds boat and dismounted first. Dab cleansed the skull and gave it to Taint Tickler as he was voted-in brainless for blowing through vital hash halts just to get lost on trail. I am not sure what the ruling was on Taint eating the cheesy balls from the skull before his down-down, the jury is still out on that one. They Float & Chester The Moleter were noted for being gone too long, and Taint had to drink for faking a hammerhead shark sighting on trail. Little Arr-U was sound asleep by the time swing low was delivered, and the weary but happy pack got a piece.

On-On!
Casual Friday.
 

Jolly Roger H3
of the Tampa Bay Metro Area
Trail #477, Special Addition
Summer Adventure #1,
Paddling Hash
Sunday, July 12th, 2009

What: This is a kayak and/or canoe paddling hash at Weedon Island Preserve. There will be an A to A preset trail in the water using toilet paper and other marking materials along the shore and various items along the water way with one beverage stop. Click here to visit the Weedon Island Preserve website.

Where: Meet at the Weedon Island Preserve, canoe launch and fishing pier, located about 1 mile past 1500 Weedon Island Dr NE. Its at the very end of Wedon Island Dr NE.

When: Meet at 12:00 PM (noon) for happy hour and on trail at 1:00 PMish.

Directions: Click here for a map. Go to that point and then continue to the end of Weedon Island Dr NE.

From I-275 and Dale Mabry Hwy, in Central Tampa: Go south on Dale Mabry for 4.2 miles. Go right, or west on Gandy Blvd for 7.3 miles. Go left, or south on San Martin Blvd NE for 1 miles. Go left on Weedon Island Dr NE for about 2 miles until it ends.

From I-275 & Gandy/Pinellas Park/Exit 28, in St Pete: Go east on Gandy for 2.5 miles. Go right, or south on San Martin Blvd NE for 1 miles. Go left on Weedon Island Dr NE for about 2 miles until it ends.

Remarks: You must BYOK/C (Bring Your Own Kayak/Canoe). Beer (cans and draft), bottled water and ice will be provided by the Jolly Roger H3. Suggest you bring a tiny cooler along with you and grab at least two beverages from the beer truck before you start the paddling trail. There will be a cooler with more beverages in it prepositioned at the beverage stop for you to consume and refill your cooler. Also suggest you bring bug spray and sun block.

Kayak Rentals: Call 727-570-4844 Sweetwater Kayak rentals at Weedon Island Preserve.  Or, better yet, find someone to get you onto MacDill AFB and sign for you to rent one their's for $18 for the weekend.

Note: There will be a full hash circle back at the start, at the end of trail.

Hare: CasualFriday will be the hare.

Cost: $6 donation.

On After: The on after will be at Kahunas, located at 10515 Gandy Blvd N. To get there from the starting location, go west on Weedon Island Dr, right on San Martin for 1 mile. Left, or west on Gandy for .4 miles and find Kahunas on the right. Click here for a map.

RSVP: Too late, just show up.

Who's Coming So Far: Click here to see who's coming so far.

Phone Number: For more information, or in case you get lost, call our mobile phone at 813-943-4855