Madison Hash House Harriers

January 31, 2009

HASH HISTORY - HASH RUN #1642

BEER NUTS started his hash at the location of the former Irish Waters Tavern off Whitney Way on the west side. This place closed about a year ago but the parking lot was plowed so the 20 hashers that showed up were able to park there. The snow cover was still deep for this run so BN colored his flour bright green to show in the snow. There was considerable debate over how that would look as the sun got lower in the sky. The trail started by heading south and FRB SHOW ME was soon caught when she mistakenly followed a turn arrow on the wrong side of huge barrier fence. The pack continued through the Crestwood neighborhood but the hare skipped the Crestwood Bar in favor of a beer check on the bike trail at the northern edge of Garner Park. The route continued west and up the big hill into Owen Park before heading back down the hill and into the Highlands area. After a brief turn north, the trail came out near the railroad tracks at Old Middleton Road and seemed to end. After some searching, the pack waded through some really deep snow to cross under the road on the tracks and onto the trails through Kettle Pond Park. A few shortcutters including COLONEL MUSTARD decided to just follow the railroad bed back to the start. The main pack continued through the underpass at University Ave. and into the Mendota Springs area where 3-HOLER lives. They found an On-In at a house just up the steep hill from 3-HOLER's place. This is the home of Just Patrice, a friend of BN's... well a friend at least before hosting the hash. The main floor of this house was another flight of stairs up and the living room looked out over Lake Mendota... and 3-HOLER's neighborhood. Most of the hashers took seats looking in that direction and watched as the SCBs returned with their cars and drove down the street to 3-HOLER's house where they guessed the On-On would be. After letting them wait an appropriate amount of time, cell phone calls were made to give them the correct location. The hares served plenty of beer, and some great curry dishes so with that, and the fine location in mind, it occurred to nearly everyone that this would make a great hash clubhouse. That thought was quickly spanked back into everyone's head by the owner. A mild session of ceremonies ensued wherein Just John was named MAJOR STOOL, and eventually everyone present was rewarded for their misdeeds.