Dog F'r
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Hare, FRB, FBI & Brainless Award Winner
(Basic Hash Trash)
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Yours Truly, Dabadoo (Dab) & HPV were the hares, Dog F'r was the RA, Puppy was the On Sec, Hash Flash and Hash Cash, Clock Blocker was the FRB, On Ahead was the FBI and Sloppy Red Wings won the Brainless Award.
Dab
Comments, Map
of Trail, Other?
It was a descent turnout for this night of perfect weather. There were 19 faces in total. No out-of-towners, just locals. The only glitch was that the Buckets Sports Grill, our starting location and intended on after, closed at 9 PM, even though it says they close at 11 PM, on weeknights, on the internet. They said if we would've called at least 2 days in advance they could have stayed open later for us. But, since I had to spare hare it, at the last minute, there wasn't enough time to get this coordinated. So, the pack took a vote and decided to go to Hooters at Gandy and Manhattan for the on after instead. Also, some drunks from the bar felt it necessary to come out an tell us we couldn't drink liquor on the property and that we should come inside and drink the bar's beer if we were going to be drinking on the property. I suspected this would be the case, so I only planned to start the trail at the Buckets and end it elsewhere (A to B trail). We can usually get by with doing circle at the start next to a bar, but not circle at the end, at least not on the bar's premises. Although I don't think we were really drinking on their property. I had the beer van backed up to the field next door to the south and we did our circle at the start there and not on the bar's property. Guess I should've parked the van in the field actually. We basically ignored the drunks that came out to talk to us because I had told the owner what we were doing earlier he was fine with it. I think those were just some local bar flies coming out trying to flap their wings a little. But, if you we want to use Buckets as an on in the future, suggest you coordinate at least 2 days in advance to make sure they can remain open (on weeknights anyway) for us and so we can use them as an on after. And make sure the circle at the start is well off of their property so we can drink our own beer without making the bar flies nervous. Actually, it might be better to just start and end somewhere else and only use Buckets as an on after. Great bar though, just not very good clientele. There's some creepy people that hang out there. See below for the runners & walkers A to B trail.
Runners Trail (True Trail)
Walkers Route (with checks,
count backs and
doo loops
pre-solved by
the runners and
with a
few short cuts
given by our
sweeper, HPV.
Dab
Trail Directions & Info
Where: Meet at Buckets Sports Grill (The old Moes), located at 6231 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33611, http://goo.gl/maps/3gLir.
When:
Meet at 6:30 PM, on trail at 7:30 PM. Please patronize the bar some
until we circle up at 7:30 PM so we can justify leaving our vehicles
there while we do trail.
Directions:
To get there from I-275 & I-4, in central Tampa, go southwest on I-275
for 2.9 miles to the Dale Mabry Exit for 0.5 miles. Go left on Dale
Mabry for 5.5 miles and find Buckets Grill on the right,
http://goo.gl/maps/OGD7Q.
Trail:
This will be a 3+ mile, pre-set/dead hare, A to B trail, with 1 beer
stop and a shiggy level of 2, on a
1-5
scale, with 5 being the toughest.
BnB Safety & Buddy System: Wear reflective clothing, a head lamp, or carry a flashlight, as it will be dark on this trail. Try to stay with the pack, or at least one other person for SAFETY SAKE! Nobody should ever do trail alone. If you see anyone behind you, alone on trail, slow down and wait for them.
Hash Cash: Suggest $7 for beer drinkers and $4 for non-beer drinkers.
Hare:
Yours truly Dabadoo (Dab) and HPV will be the hares.On After: The on after will be at Buckets Grill, back at the start.