Friday: Hashers donned their finest 70s garb for the welcome party at the Mayan Inn.
There was plenty of tie-dye, polyester, platform shoes, leisure suits, Hog Balls in his sexy denim jumpsuit (good God, I'm glad the 70s are over!). Momma, Meet Her Beaver & Dollar In It looked particularly H-O-T! Me-ow! There was no "official" pub crawl Friday night, so some people went off and did their own thing, while others joined "renegade" pay-as-you-go pub crawls. The combination of polyester clad hashers and leather wearing bikers was quite amusing. Karaoke at the bar formerly known as Robby's entertained us for awhile, but then we decided it was time to go back to the hotel and drink free beer. The techno room was rocking and Ray, the security dude was partying with us until his boss yelled at him. (This is where I lose my memory so on to Saturday.) Has anybody seen my liver?
Saturday: The day started off with the traditional room crawl. This thing gets bigger and better every year! Great stuff, but those Long Island Iced Teas were EVIL! Circle Blow was the official room crawl cheerleader. She was actually wearing a cheerleader outfit (and looked adorable, by the way) and was very enthusiastically cheering us on as we drank. "We've got.blue.stuff, yes we do, we've got blue stuff, how =91bout you?" DBH3 started a new tradition this year by having 2 trails for Saturday's hash. The Eagle trail started around 11:30 and promised the r*nners a good workout so they could sweat out all of the alcohol they drank on the room crawl. They went over the bridge to a little watering hole called Crook's Den, then back to the hotel to meet up with the smart hashers for the Turkey trail. Gilligan was presented with a birthday cake in honor of his 50th, and was promptly covered with icing (Or was it whipped cream? Unfortunately, I didn't see it happen). The Jacksonville guys were all decked out in matching kilts and hot pink "Jacksonville is Gay" shirts. A reporter and photographer from the Orlando Sentinel joined us there. After a few brief instructions and a toast to KGB, Zippy & I Get Named Next Week, we were on-on down the beach to the first stop at Bernkastle's. Next on the agenda was the traditional jog down Main Street, which was considerably shorter this year (good for the fat boys!). Stopped at Wise Guy's, one of our newest hash bars- We LOVE that place! From there we moved on to Robby's, then ended up at J's. Thanks to Thor for another kick-ass pub crawl! Later that evening, hashers headed out to join the action on Main Street.
Sunday: Back to Bernkastle's. The crowd was smaller than usual, probably because of the rain, so No Blow was actually able to conduct a somewhat controlled "circle." I use that term loosely because hashers were standing in any dry spot they could find. It looked more like a big "E" than a circle. He did a great job remembering all the important down-downs. We drank and ate and said our goodbyes until next time. Big thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make Bike Week a success! You guys rock!
See ya when I see ya,
-Cockpit
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