Tidewater H3 #1739

Wow, so much nostalgia flowing this weekend, with the 30th Anniversary of the Full Moon H3, running with the Ft Eustis H3, both of which I had not hashed with for over 21 years.

In my 31 year military career, I was stationed here in Norfolk (on sea duty) early on from 93-96, and despite being called away for numerous adventures at sea, we ran so many fun and amazing trails. I will only mention one Tidewater H3 adventure . . . one Sunday, it was pouring rain most of the day, and trail was a fun shitshow. We circled up under some small pavilion, which was near a baseball field. As the puddles grew bigger, I decided to start doing some dive skids (running and diving face first into a puddle and sliding as far as possible. Well, after a couple of these, several others thought it looked like fun, and for the next half hour we tore up that baseball diamond. We were all covered in mud from head to toe. So many more tales, but we all have them, right?!?!

I first hashed with Tidewater H3 (one of the 9 hash clubs I have over 100 runs with) in 1993, and was the GM from 1994-1995 . . . and I never thought about it, but seems I was the 4th GM (see photo). Everyone loved singing hash songs, and we would get through the circle quickly, then reform for those that wanted to hang out, and we would sing songs for an hour or two every week. It was amazing.

Today, we had an awesome shiggy trail that had several water crossings, and some of them were through mud so thick, that at one point I lost a shoe stepping out of the water. My foot was covered in mud, and all I could do was shove it back in the shoe and run along . . . good times. Trail was nearly 5 miles, but we were afforded the opportunity to hose off at the finish . . . and we saw a few bums and boobs in the effort. In the circle, I received a surprise, in the form of a GM cap (it’s a Navy town, so hence the dixie cup). But I was very honored by the gift, many thanks to ‘Gave Educator Dick’ who made caps for all the previous GMs last year (I was unable to attend then, due to hashing in Vietnam on the Mekong IndoChina Hash).

But again, I have so many great memories from my three years here in the Norfolk / Virginia Beach area, it’s hard to put into words. Was great to see a few old timers that turned up, maybe will see a few more at USA Nash Hash next month. Thank you TH3 for letting me join you again today, and great to make so many new friends.Leia mais