GFH3 Run #1,679; 12 Jan 2013

Oh, to be in Herndon, now that April's there -- except it's January.  Naetheless, it was shorts and t-shirts weather for many of the 42 or 43 (I helped with the roll) hashers who gathered at Blows in the Hole's to run Mike's first trail as a hare!  (Hand Job and BitH helped.)  What could be more wonderful than running around in blazing sunshine, warm but not too warm, and secure in the knowledge that there is NO POISON IVY anywhere in the area?

Stress-free running.

So run they did, for about five or six miles, making it home in 80 minutes or so after a mostly-paved, incident-free run.  The walkers did not make it to Blazing Straddles's to check on The Girls, but enjoyed the clement climate and low-trafficed neighborhood.  At the On In, copious pasta, garlic toast, beverages of all sorts including the delicious and brilliantly convenient Black Box wine, and a pyramid of cookies.  Many people chose an al fresco luncheon, or en plein air, enjoying the back deck.

Indoors, Thanks for the Mammaries showed photos from his latest trip to an appreciative audience.  Antarctica in November vs. Herndon in January in the middle of a heat wave... Hmmm...  The Mufti called the roll, leading a rollicking serenade of Jenn on her belated birthday.  He also welcomed Kathy to the Great Falls Hash (99 to the cup!), and welcomed Mitch, a very occasional GFHer, back.  Maria questioned the wisdom of bringing an infant hashing ("It's very loud in there.") and Air Horn managed to lift the ginormous resident cat for a bit of stroking and not-quite-baby talk.  (You know you did.)

She was covering her ears so she could enjoy it more.

I took some photos you can see if you click here.