Seattle Hash House Harriers Run

Seattle Hash House Harriers Run #402

April 14, 2001

Dickless Armstrong, being the clever Easter hare that she is, found a resourceful way to recycle the February 28 No Balls HHH trail which was not utilized due to the fact that the earth shook for her on that day. We all know that as you get older anything that makes the earth shake for you is a welcome surprise indeed.

Rumor has it that FC was looking divine in his Playboy Bunny attire. The pack, which included many of Seattle’s finest hashers, made their way out of Fisherman’s Terminal and headed toward Discovery Park. According to sources, the trail went uphill both ways, in and out. Here’s what City Search writers had to say…

Discovery Park

Undeveloped habitat, miles of wooded trails and magnificent views of the Puget Sound, Cascades and Olympics all contained in one great city park.

Dave Watkins and Grace Garcia and their trusty dog, Rocket, look out over Puget Sound from Discovery Park. Few cities in the country offer wild parks that rival Seattle's, and Discovery Park is the crown jewel in that impressive array. In fact, once you're inside the tree-walled, 534-acre park, it's easy to forget that one of Seattle's largest and swankiest neighborhoods — Renton — is just around the corner.

The park, which surrounds the Fort Lawton military installation, has three main entrances and an extensive trail network, ranging from bluff-top stroll shiggy to sandy beach walk shiggy. You can get lost among the joggers, picnickers, dog walkers, beer checkers and other park users. One good introduction to the park and its ecosystem is a 2.8-mile loop from the visitor center, above North and South beaches, and back. You'll pass through an interesting forest of old-growth broadleaf tree shiggy and second-growth conifer shiggy, occasionally stopping at overlooks with excellent views of Puget Sound below. Side trails lead to the beach, where wanking has been disturbed in recent years by construction of the massive West Point sewage treatment plant and shouts of “Are You?” and “ON-ON”.

Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife. Alley Cats, Skunk Dicks, Toad Tits, Chicken Trax and Crusty Dead Pussy can be seen amid the Road Smear and Whale Sperm. Sea lions, seals and even porpoises , orcas and Squid are occasionally spotted off West Point, and at least one pair of nesting bald eagles calls the park home. The park is pleasant all year long, but perhaps most enjoyable in autumn, when the kids are back in school and all those hashers from Seattle are back where they belong.