Ithaca H3 Trail #937

After about 25 years of telling myself I need to take a break the next time I go home and go over and run with the Ithaca H3, I finally did it. Was an easy hour+ drive out on Sunday, Jo came over for a couple days to go as well. The trail announcement mentioned it was a virgin hare, with other virgins planning to attend. We arrived about an hour early, just as the hares arrived to drop off 2 beer checks and 2 shot stops. We chatted for a bit, and they made an off hand comment that the trail was going to be about 2 miles . . . I wonder how well I concealed my eye rolls? Soon after the hares took off, the pack started to arrive and we had time to chat with everyone. The first few mentioned they normally were getting 12-15 out for trail, but 33 turned up for this one. After the usual introductions, we set off on trail and true to form for a virgin hare, we soon had confusion. Marks were small and sparse, but with a pack of over 30, we spread out and managed to find our way. After 3/4 of a mile, we hit the first beer check, where we socialized for nearly 30 minutes. Then after another half mile, we hit the first shot stop, with another 20 minute halt. Then 1/4 mile later we hit the second beer stop, an another 1/4 mile after that we hit the second shot stop. In the end, true trail was about 2 miles, with false trails and searching, trail was maybe 2.5 miles . . . but just standing around the beer/shot checks, the wobble of the satellites added the additional mile while standing around for over an hour. Not exactly a great trail, but it was fun meeting all the hashers, and circle was a good time as well, with many songs and jokes. We even had an on on on at a local pub, which also was fun. (Hope to get more photos from other hashers, so only the two I snapped before trail so far). https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvEZPoVnGORead more