Hares: Snow Blower and Booty Camp
Location: Banff Trail Residence
RA: Abandoned Pussy
Attendance: 19
Where Canadian Football is Played in Calgary
The Beginning
The Grey Cup is the final game of the Canadian football season. The winner gets to take home the Grey Cup.
There was some hope that the local team would be present to compete, but that was not the case. As such, we were relegated to celebrating the Grey Cup football game with a run, and a watch party.
Grey Cup was held in Vancouver in an enclosed stadium, with teams from Toronto and Winnipeg participating.
Booty Camp and Snow Blower hosted the run. This is a special run on the Sunday in the afternoon. Thankfully, the weather was good for the run. Snow predicted for that evening, but the daytime was double digits and sunny.
A group of intrepid hashers showed up, running without the burden of headlamps. We gathered initially inside, awaiting the late cummers to arrive.
Enough of this warm inside stuff, time to go outside and face the elements!
Insane Bolt ran the circle and went through the announcements and introductions. Milestone for Mucky Dip – 650 runs! The hares went through the marks for the run.
The pack was released and we were off to find the trail!
The Trail
Through the pathways and back alleys to eventually hit the pedestrian overpass to McMahon Stadium, a shrine for Calgary football. We had a chance to circle the stadium to take in all its wonderment. This location will host the Grey Cup in 2026! Stay tuned!
Apparently the walkers also discovered the stadium.
Thankfully, there was more trail with considerable elevation loss and gain coupled with a viewpoint or two. Playgrounds included!
Of course there was more uphill and downhill. Why do they call this neighbourhood St. Andrews Heights!
Thankfully, the good marks showed up and we were directed to the regroup vehicle to find suitable refreshments.
Down Down’s
After a successful regroup, the retreated to the backyard comfort of our hosts. Not as warm as we would have liked, but OK for the down down’s.
Abandoned Pussy was the religious advisor and delivered the program.
All was well and AP declared us “on the piss”. Can Crusher took a moment to demonstrate her superior can crushing skills.
We completed the afternoon with a splendid eating feast and the watch of the football game. Now we know that the Toronto team were victorious.
Scribed by Skewbic Hair
Trail Summary
A fine trail through the posh neighbourhoods with some uphill, views and downhill. Some of us went around 6 km. Others went further to enjoy the check backs the hare had provided!
