I thought I might sleep in after the last day of insanity, but I can hardly stay idle when there is so much to do an enjoy. Just by fortune some of the Phoenix hashers were driving by pretty close to where we were staying, so before anyone else seemed to be stirring (except for Douchberg who had had to get up even earlier to make it to the Army 10 miler run), Bone Sucker and I headed off to meet the others. After more navigational SNAFUs, we were able to make it to the start of the morning 'hangover hash'. These trails are never a running trail and are usually only a few hundred yards with stops for mimosas or bloody mary drinks.
The end was on the roof of a hashers apartment building and was a prime spot to enjoy the sunny morning and warm (finally!) weather. It was nice to be able to lounge back and just relax for a bit while downing plenty of premixed mimosas. Well, at least I didn't think it was premixed at first, so I'd add a bit of vodka to the OJ and later wondered why I was feeling so tipsy! Besides a funny circle, we had a great time just playing around and starting stealing digital cameras any time the owner wasn't looking so we could take a lot of random shots that will be totally confusing when they are downloaded later!
We decided to head to brunch so we could actually get some real food into our stomachs and started to head down. We packed into the elevator and the car stopped a floor short as some tenants with bikes wanted to go down. They of course decided to wait since we were already full. Instead of getting out when we hit the ground floor almost all of us waited as the elevator went back up. The bikers were sure surprised when the doors open with all of us still standing there, still trying to get them to pack in with us, though they still politely declined!
We headed to breakfast and downed even more mimosas as well as plenty of eggs, pancakes, and other yummy morsels to help drive us for the day. We headed to the metro platform and took the train to where we had to switch to the next line. While I changed behind a pillar, everyone decided to just take a taxi the rest of the way since we were running out of time to make the start of the trail.
We got to the start just in time and were able to place out stuff into the bag vehicles and chat for a bit before we started. One thing I like about hash in the DC is the great turn out that they tend to have as well as the young crowd. It is a lot of fun to converse and run with these folks where laughter abounds more than anything else. Trail was a great mix of solid earth and serious off-road shiggy that included a 80 yard tunnel that went under the road ad railway as well as a beer stop in the middle of a large ditch area. We continued along the high for a while and went through a construction site, road crossing, and finally a large water crossing at the end! Circle was fun as usual with even a humorous naming at the end with the final result being dubbed 'Horny Grail' because of the chalice that the hasher always carried around. Some of us were invited to a boat party and decided to do that instead of the hash on-after event at a nearby restaurant. While the other headed to the fish market, where they got $200 in clams, crabs, and shrimp to steam, Wolly Mammoth and I headed to his place to pick up some supplies. We met everyone at the market and, after waiting for the food to get cooked, went off to the boat. Motor Mouth lives in a marina and has often had parties one his boat, once even having nearly sunk it when there were too many people on board when the bilge pump failed! We hung out there for a few hours before eventually heading back to the house after a completely exhausting day. After getting in, we were directed by the home occupants to head straight to the shower since apparently we were smelling like seafood, it didn't take long to completely pass out.
The end was on the roof of a hashers apartment building and was a prime spot to enjoy the sunny morning and warm (finally!) weather. It was nice to be able to lounge back and just relax for a bit while downing plenty of premixed mimosas. Well, at least I didn't think it was premixed at first, so I'd add a bit of vodka to the OJ and later wondered why I was feeling so tipsy! Besides a funny circle, we had a great time just playing around and starting stealing digital cameras any time the owner wasn't looking so we could take a lot of random shots that will be totally confusing when they are downloaded later!
We decided to head to brunch so we could actually get some real food into our stomachs and started to head down. We packed into the elevator and the car stopped a floor short as some tenants with bikes wanted to go down. They of course decided to wait since we were already full. Instead of getting out when we hit the ground floor almost all of us waited as the elevator went back up. The bikers were sure surprised when the doors open with all of us still standing there, still trying to get them to pack in with us, though they still politely declined! 
We headed to breakfast and downed even more mimosas as well as plenty of eggs, pancakes, and other yummy morsels to help drive us for the day. We headed to the metro platform and took the train to where we had to switch to the next line. While I changed behind a pillar, everyone decided to just take a taxi the rest of the way since we were running out of time to make the start of the trail.
We got to the start just in time and were able to place out stuff into the bag vehicles and chat for a bit before we started. One thing I like about hash in the DC is the great turn out that they tend to have as well as the young crowd. It is a lot of fun to converse and run with these folks where laughter abounds more than anything else. Trail was a great mix of solid earth and serious off-road shiggy that included a 80 yard tunnel that went under the road ad railway as well as a beer stop in the middle of a large ditch area. We continued along the high for a while and went through a construction site, road crossing, and finally a large water crossing at the end! Circle was fun as usual with even a humorous naming at the end with the final result being dubbed 'Horny Grail' because of the chalice that the hasher always carried around. Some of us were invited to a boat party and decided to do that instead of the hash on-after event at a nearby restaurant. While the other headed to the fish market, where they got $200 in clams, crabs, and shrimp to steam, Wolly Mammoth and I headed to his place to pick up some supplies. We met everyone at the market and, after waiting for the food to get cooked, went off to the boat. Motor Mouth lives in a marina and has often had parties one his boat, once even having nearly sunk it when there were too many people on board when the bilge pump failed! We hung out there for a few hours before eventually heading back to the house after a completely exhausting day. After getting in, we were directed by the home occupants to head straight to the shower since apparently we were smelling like seafood, it didn't take long to completely pass out.
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I still insist that shower was a dream...
a good dream or bad ?
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