Jolly Roger H3 Hash Trash
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Hare: TaintTickler

The day was beautiful until it was time to gather for the hash in Clearwater. Taint Tickler spent all day pre-laying a 1,069 mile trail using flour and chalk; he forgot to use sunscreen as he was red as a beet. Needless to say, the decision points drawn in chalk would be washed away. Taint promised trail to be long so we were in for what seemed to be, an all-nighter. Bloody Z and Just Liz showed up, perfect timing as it was Bloody Z on deck to carry the chain with him on the death run. Hindsight tells me we should add more weights to the chain for Z and a few other FRBs out there.

ON-OUT: Wankers spread out to find flour, any flour, any where. We kept Taint Tickler in our peripheral vision knowing he would not wander too far from true trail as he had already been through it once that day. After Taint yelled "Tit Check!" 6 feet in front of a traffic cop, we ran as quick as we could through large fields and parks, almost knocking a dude off his bicycle on a drainage ditch crosswalk. We ran up hills to passover roads, just to run downhill and do it again. Dab sat beneath the overpass with some homeless dude and waited until we were sure just where we were supposed to be going. I teased On-On to get him to run which bought me a dog-walking ticket for 15 minutes; dang it! Nothing gets past GRC! The first beer stop was not hit until we had cleared 69 miles. I hoped Pin Cushion who was the beer van driver, had a good book! We head on through some more fields, snuck by DMC’s apartment complex, and made the second beer stop before midnight. By the time we got there, we were told at that time we were out on trail for two hours. Holy Jiminy Crickets! No wonder my thighs were screaming! The pack opted-out for the third beer stop and headed for the parking lot to get through circle before it was time for breakfast.

CIRCLE: There were late-cummers waiting for us at circle; HPV and SempreBi showed up all clean, dry, and full of energy (LuckyStrike and Lightning would show up even later). Yes, they eventually drank for that. Pin Cushion got tied up for contributing to 10 hashes, and I had received my red tag for 10 harings. The Bobbsey Twins, LostMyBalls and SaigonSally jointly received the FRB award being that they were in each other’s pants when arriving at finish (they even sported the same clothes, gag me!). Multiple accusations were made (up) and Taint cleansed the skull for the next victim. Pin Cushion received the Brainless award, I think we felt it was simply his turn to drink and stop talking. On another note, Goolight Special got Honorable Mention as she made us all feel sorry for her for losing her 100 hashing headband on trail, when in reality it was in her car.

The tired pack sang Swing Low and head on off to Wild Wings for chicken and fire works.

On-On!
Casual Friday
 

Jolly Roger H3
of the Tampa Bay Metro Area
Runs #479
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
 

• Where: Meet in the Sun State Academy Beauty Salon School parking lot, located at 2525 Drew Street, in Clearwater, Florida. Meet in the back corner parking lot near the 40 foot connex.

• When: Meet at 5:00 PM, on trail at 6:00 PMish.

• Directions: Click here for a map.

  • From Newport Richey, to the north: Go south on US Hwy 19 until you get to Drew Street. Go right on Drew Street for about .2 miles and find the Sun State Academy Salon School on the left.

  • From St. Pete, to the south: Go north on US Hwy 19, until you get to Drew Street. Go left on Drew Street for about .3 miles and find the Sun State Academy Salon School on the left.

  • From I-275 & Dale Mabry, in Central Tampa, to the east: Go south on I-275 for 1.5 miles to Memorial Hwy/FL 60 at Exit 39. Go north on FL 60 for 1.8 miles. Go left, or west on the Courtney Campbell Causeway/FL 60 for 11.4 miles until you get to Old Coachman Road. Go right, or north on Old Coachman Road for .5 miles until you get to Drew Street. Go right on Drew Street for .1 miles and find the State Academy Salon School on the right.

  • From Downtown Clearwater, to the west: Go north or south to get to Drew Street. Its north of Gulf to Bay Blvd. Go east on Drew Street and find the State Academy Salon School on the right, just prior to US Hwy 19.

  • Cost: $6 donation.

• Hare: TaintTickler will be the hare.

• On After: The on after will be at Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW), located at 21688 US Hwy 19th. Click here for a map. To get there from the starting location, go right, or east on Drew Street for .2 miles. Left, or north on US Hwy 19 for .6 miles. Take the Coachman Road Exit and go left on Coachman Rd under US Hwy 19. Then go left, or south on US Hwy 19 for for .5 miles and find the Buffalo Wild Wings on the right in the same parking lot as LA Fitness and the Brighthouse Baseball Stadium. Click here for a directional map.

• Remarks: The Clearwater Thrashers baseball team will be playing the Sarasota baseball in the Brighthouse Baseball Stadium starting at 6:30 PM and finish with fireworks. If we time it right, we can watch the fireworks as we throw chicken bones down to the big gator that lives in the BWW gator pond.

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

• Online Printable Copy: Click here for an online printable copy of this information.