Dick Assley and Catcher in the Brown Eye
H4 1707 – Catcher & Dick A

Click red thing to enlarge. Legend:
Vague-rant – yellow
Rancid A = black
Infested :: Red
McP ~ Blue

2 Hares

58 Regular Hounds

12 New Boots

Hurrah! Finally we started a hash inside the 610 loop.  Thank you hares for a convenient location for so many hashers!  We gathered up for point A at the Lowes parking lot at Gulf Gate Mall. It was a nice cool day,so most decided to do trail in long sleeves. Not too many days in Houston that we are comfortable running in more clothes.

 The hares noticed a few extra new boots, so they made sure that they were “front and center” for the chalk talk.  We were told that trail would be about 5 miles long and that there would be lots of pavement. A beer check was also advertised. Good hares!

A true trail arrow showed us the direction of the start of trail. The pack followed trail through streets, sidewalks and subdivisions.  We even followed trail on a pedestrian walkway that crossed above I-45.

One particular check had the biggest “X”  I think I have ever seen!  There was a poor dead dog near the huge mark that was sure to cause accusations at the circle later on. That mark may have been big, but the solving of the check was even bigger. The back of the pack was able to catch up with the middle of the pack at that check.  When I got to the check, I asked which directions had been checked. When I asked about one particular direction, I was told that Mud in my Crick had checked that route, but did not come back. Hmmmm……so we decided to try that direction. Yes! That was the solution to the check. I was sure that MIMC would be paying for abandoning the hash and selfishly continuing trail. Soon after the largest check ever, we encountered the smallest check ever.  Those hares must have thought that they were pretty clever.

Manstration was on bike and did what, IMHO, a hasher on a bike should do. He stayed near the back of the pack and helped those with the trail.  Thanks Manstration for hash-biking appropriately J

After much time on asphalt, we get to do a small section in a grassy area near a park. But what do we see? Yes, the small area that is grassy also has poison ivy!  99% streets, and the small patch of grass that we get to had poison ivy!  Damn those hares. They tried to make it up by giving us a beer check. Ok, we are hashers and easily swayed . Beer. Beer . Poison Ivy? We soon forgot because they gave us BEER.

The trail continued with mostly streets and some small grassy areas. Beer Near was a very welcome sight.  The trail ended at a park near Bellfort and Calhoun, just a little away from the public eye. Alcohol friendly? I am not sure about that!

A keg of Shiner beer was the treat at the end of the trail. It is half-way between piss beer and premium beer. That was fine for me.  Special foods were also baked by the hares. Catcher made a cake, maybe his own birthday cake?

Missed Her Head aka la Situacion, was at the front of the pack, but made a wrong decision and came in far at the back of the pack. That was a surprise since last week he was FRB.

There was a quick car back, then circle began.  The hares were accused first. Birthdays, visitors, new boots, etc. were called into the circle. Catcher in the Brown Eye, one of the hares, planned the hash to celebrate his birthday. Saran Crap’s son was one that celebrated his Birthday. Watch those young ears, our birthday song was different than the one he sang in pre-school. Two transfers were honored and brought us extra pleasure by bringing out most of the new boots. I think that they will fit right in with us.

While circle was going on the walkers came in. they looked really relieved to find Point B. They must have had a really long trail!

DangleBerry ran with the Hash shit.  He had to be called to the circle to hand it off. I don’t think he wanted to give it up. His treasures to add to the hashshit were two condoms. One new and one used UGH!  Dangle decided to pass on the plunger to Vague-RANT.  He said it was for the way that Vague-Rant kept  “ranting” at him. The two got into a yelling match in circle, to prove the point,

Once the keg was gone, the hares went out to buy cans of beer to keep the circle going. Nice job guys.

The on-on-on brought a lot of the pack to THE DEN on the U of H campus. This gave us a chance for good beer, food and to catch up with one of our favorite bartenders.