Andre + Rachael: Bachelor/Bachelorette BH3 Run

Andre is quite the experienced hare. Engaging his boy scout skills, and armed with maps and a compass, he headed out to tackle planning two trails in and around Miami Beach for our epic Bachelor/Bachelorette Hash. I stepped in to finalize details on the Bachelorette trail, but largely credit for planning all belongs to Andre.

And this was no ordinary Hash. With two trails, a scavenger hunt involving 6 rum shops and a beer stop, we certainly had some work ahead. On Saturday morning, we mixed flour and Phagwa powder (the Hindu festival Holi is called Phagwa in Trinidad), created secret envelopes for the scavenger hunt, mixed rum punch and prepared snacks. Then, we set off in opposite directions, armed with bagsful of pink and blue flour to mark our respective trails. Once the trails were set, we back tracked in the car to the different rum shops to buy beer and rum in preparation for the scavenger hunt.

Just down to the wire, we arrived at the starting point with hashers already gathering. The new concept was at first (and all along for some) challenging to comprehend for the Barbados hashers, but most successfully went in their respective directions to attack each of the separate trails. In the end, at least a few groups of folks managed to piece together all of the bits necessary to complete the wedding scavenger hunt riddle: something old (expired cans/jars of food) something new (condoms) something borrowed (misc buttons) something blue (blue ribbons) and sixpence (six EC cents) in your shoe.

The run was well-received by all except a few men who apparently only run on the hash to tail women, and the bar was busy all night.All in all we think it was a success.