Just so you know the title is not a type. We have silly and sometimes borderline offensive fake names in the Hash House Harriers and Sloppy Rod is just one of our members Hash Name. Hash Names are important. Very few of the people that are in the Hash do I actually know their real names and that is the way it was meant to be. If you become good enough friends with someone outside of the Hash you can use their real name but it is actually considered taboo to use a person's real name unless they haven't yet been given a Hash name, then the objective should be to get them a Hash Name. It's a major part of stuff here.
Now that I got that out of the way let's look at last week's trail
This location is always a winner no matter where we start on it because it has a very large water feature. Everyone likes those. The only issue is that this is "sort of" a national park and every now and then a person who is new to the "force" will take some issue with us all running in a group and shouting even though we are very polite to other visitors and we clean up trash while we are there.
One time some overzealous youth with a uniform came over to our Hash circle and tried to tell us that it was not legal to drink beer out of a cooler in the park, which is nonsense because everyone does that and there are restaurants and shops there that sell you exactly that.
He was just being a pain in the ass because he has a uniform and a tiny bit of authority. Perhaps he was looking for a cash handout or was honing his skills at asking for bribes with foreigners. He wasn't counting on one of the people that was in attendance at that particular moment being related to a high ranking police office and well, his attitude changed after that phone call.
The lake isn't the cleanest looking thing but it is pretty large and that is what makes it fun. The elevation all around it is also pretty nice but you do need to be a bit careful how far you wander off the path because just a bit to the east of it is military land and well, we were aware of this but a great way to get into a load of trouble is to wander intentionally or accidentally onto military land. We didn't do that.
This is one of those runs where we got lucky and it didn't rain. It is now the rainy time of year so we have to accept that some of these runs are going to get rained on. In all the years that we have been doing this we have NEVER been rained out and i'll be damned if it going to happen on my watch. if it does rain cats and dogs you just get wet. Accept it and move on. For anyone joining us from outside though just bring some dry clothes in a somewhat water-tight bag to change into afterwards. We have dry spots and vehicles to store these bags in during the run. at the minimum you should bring a dry jacket for the ride home. It makes a huge difference. It wasn't a factor this time though because the sky gods had mercy on us!
To the Hash!
On on!
