HVH3 #86 Hash Trash (The Hash Previously known as HVH3 #78)
Date: Sunday, March 14, 2004
Start: 330 Whitney Ave. Holyoke, Mass. 1400HRS.
Hare: Anti-Cock
The Pack: Cainus Lickus, Hand Job, Col. Mustard,
Just Frank. ( 5th Run and in need of a Hash name.)
Visitors: Follow My Tits, and Super Chicken. Hartford H3
Chalk Talk was held in the parking lot of the Old Heritage Bank Bldg. All signs were explained and then we moved as a pack to the gazebo by the pond for the SP. The Hare axed for a ten minute HEAD start. Little did I know that my comfort would be short lived because FMT had spotted my pre-laid back check on her way to the SP. But luckily I did getaway without any problems. About two thirds of the trail was pre-laid, but I still needed to set the last mile or so.
Trail left the parking lot and proceeded towards the Holyoke Mall, thence to a back check 4, but as mentioned that was spotted, so the pack only had to search for true trail by the mouth of the driveway. TT was obscured by a big earthern berm across the street in the parking lot of another office building. Trail ran across the parking lot and then to a hole in a fence. But first you had to leap a swampy, muddy ditch that was too wide to really leap across. So most members of the pack chose to add a couple of hundred yards on by going around the obstacle.
True trail then mostly ran south along some ass-fault thru an industrial park. There were some checks and such, but it was mostly a straight shot south. Hash marks were few and far between, but so what. Trail then cut a corner thru a bank parking lot and then up a little hill to the west. Then trail turned right onto Quarry Road into the Holyoke Water Reservoir Land. The beer check was at about the halfway mark of 3 miles. The beercheck consisted of some rusty cans of Schlitz, some Ho Hos and stale Granola Bars. Oh yeah and water left over from the Buffett hash. Nothing but the best!!!
Trail then continued north towards the reservoir. Now this was some really muddy trails, but not really that difficult. Trail crossed the tracks of the old PVRR and then ran north along the western shore of the reservoir. This trail eventually looped almost all the way around the reservoir. Except for Hand Job and Col. Mustard. HJ and CM knew the area and spied a short cut back to the SP that cut about 1 1/2 miles off. The rest of the pack followed trail into some woods and down a hash path that led to a little cliff above the RR tracks. That obstacle being navigated then led east along the tracks back to the SP.
Hand Job was FBI and Col. Mustard was FRB. FMT was sweeping trail, so therefore, DFL.
Circle was held in the parking lot. Trail having taken about two hours. (Hare away was at 1440HRS and pack was in by 1700HRS.) Marks for the trail ran the gamut. Too long, Death March, not enough ass fault, not enuf Schlitz, etc. etc. were some of the comments. Some Hash songs were sung. People did Down Downs and then we had the On After at the Hanger in Amherst.
Next HVH3 Hash will be Sunday, March 28th. ( Hartford will probably skip next week because most everybody will be drinking beer in Holyoke, watching the St. Patrick's Day Parade.) I think Cainus or COV is going to Hare. We are trying to avoid drill weekends so Cajonas, Flutter, and Beaver can join in. ( What's Heather's hash name again?)
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