Sat. 19 Apr. 2025, The Bushman Hash, annual Flower Hash, Horn-E was supposed to lay trail from Forest Glen Forest Preserve where the Flower hashes started. Well, that was the plan. How many things can go wrong from what should have been, like in the past, a run through fields of yellow flowers?
Let's start with the Chicago Hash sabotaging the Bushman Hash about three days before the hash, by moving their NORMAL hash date of Sunday, to Saturday, in direct conflict, at the same time as the Bushman Hash announced for three weeks. By who's and what authority, I have no idea. And even worse, the location was about a half mile from my planned trail, and where the flowers start.
The Chicago Hash and myself have calendars that reflect all of the hashes within Chicago. For greater opportunities for area hashers to find other hashing opportunities and to avoid conflicts like this. Our attendances across the area are too low at this time to be creating deliberate conflicts and splitting attendance. Especially unannounced until 3 days before.
So, what else could go wrong. All packed and ready to go and make sure I had a damn good hash trail. Around midnight I was hit with a medical emergency. By Sat morning I made a last minute appeal to Lifa and Berts Special Friend to bail me out. Berts Special Friend and Meat Inside Her hared. Total gratitude. Only four hounds showed up. Lifa, False Advertising, Lower Wackoff and Back Door Bizzle. It also rained all night and the woods were like a swamp. But they had a good run.
And thanks to Berts Special Friend for locating me at the VA Emergency Room and making sure I was okay. I'm getting better.
Hash Break
Sun Apr 20, 2025, The Chicago Hash, canceled with four days notice.