So we've been a little absent from the hashing seen for a few weeks now, but really, we can't be to blame. First of all, SHIT keeps having their damn hashes all the way out in the Alexandria/Arlington area, which is basically impossible to get to in time. If I wanted to hash inside the beltway, I'd go on Thursdays with Wednesday. Second, Lost just started back up, and I've been enjoying the gloriousness of Lost on Tuesday nights, rather than freezing cold dark weather. After all, there is still beer in my house.
So onto this weeks hash. It was actually very nice weather out, and we were able to get out several virgins. Just Chad, Just Dan, and Just Jess all made it out to their first hash, and Just Kristin also decided to join us. The virgins picked up quickly what to do, and within no time were falling behind getting lost. Thankfully Just Jess took my flashlight, so that she wouldn't get lost, and Ticki was kind enough to hang back with myself and the other Justs to ensure we had enough light and actually made it back
Silver and Just Jess took off early from the first beer check, found the Turkey/Eagle split, and took the Eagle trail; very ballsy of them. Since it was a Running Bare trail, the split wasn't actually marked yet, and so Silver and Jess actually had no idea that they were heading on a longer path. By the time I got to that point, we had found Running Bare (again), and so were told that it was a Turkey/Eagle split. We smartly took the shorter route. Which ended up well, as we became the FRB group. After another beer check, we finally made it back to start, and amazingly were the first runners back
After waiting quite some time, We noticed that two hashers never actually made it back to start. The only surprising part of losing two hashers is that only two got lost; on any given Running Bare trail, I would expect to lose 5. The group decided that we should definitely go out and look for them, but first we needed to circle and drink some. Luckily, before too long, the hashers stumbled out from the woods, and joined in with the rest of us. The circle was relatively uneventful, as it was starting to get cold, it was relatively quick. After a quick attempt at an OnOnOn, and realizing they stopped serving food, we left, and headed home for some showers and hot dogs - the after hash of champions!
