Hashing Clubs of South East Virginia

It was 32 years ago that I first moved to the Norfolk / Virginia Beach / Hampton area, early on in my career. Fortunately there were two well established hash clubs . . . the Ft Eustis H3 (first hash club in the USA) and the Tidewater H3. After a few months of getting settled in, I brought in the Virginia Beach Full Moon H3 to add into the mix. That was back in the day when it was common for hash clubs to run on a week night during the summer, and shift to the weekend in the colder winter months. Ft Eustis was Tuesday in the summer and Saturday in the winter, while Tidewater H3 was Thursday evenings in the summer, and Sunday in the winter. They eventually settled on staying on the weekend, and the Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday H3 and the Hobo H3 took there place during the week, so lots of hashing down here.

Hashing did not start out as a military activity, but the military has since help spread the hash around the world (and you can read about that in my book coming out later this week ;) ). SE Virginia is a major hub for all services with several bases in the area. So last year they created a hash / military mixer taking the Dining In (USMC calls it a Mess Night) and making it hash oriented. I was unable to attend last year, but they invited me back this year as the Guest of Honor, complete with a 20 minute speech on the history of the hash here in the area, and worldwide (yea yea, you can read all about that in my book coming out in the next few days ;) ).

The weekend included a Friday night trail, a Saturday morning trail complete with military themed games, the main event dinner last night, and then the regularly scheduled Tidewater H3 trail this afternoon. It was non-stop action for the past 48 hours, so I'm totally wiped out now, ready for a good night's sleep. But it was a whole lot of fun. Many thanks to the local hasher for inviting me back this year.

Also caught up with old friends Shirtless and Bum Pumper on Monday.Read more