VH3 Dark Side 290th June 15th, 2018

Under the Influence of a Dark Side Pre-lube Homer and Digger enjoy a bit of a growler donated by Stroke Alone.	Also under the Dark Side influence is an excited Cock-a-Leeky.	Digger calls our virgins, Ravel and Jessica, to introduce themselves.	The Hare explains his, hard to read, trail marks in the grass:  Nothing fancy.  He got help from Lovely Lady Bush, who then ran off to set the Salt Spring Island Hash litterly leaving Blue holding the bag.  "Oh, and you might get your feet wet."	Runners head off in the urban sprall of North Oak Bay.	Boomerang encouraged to keep up.	Someone must have taken exception to a circle in flour.  I wonder what they would do to a circle in a corn field?	Homer finds a house with just a few impatiens and begonias.
Some Bitchy C' just has to get a selfy, with Homer all, "Oooh!  A selfy!"	This Dutch-style home is owned by Head Gardener Bob and Jan Fleming, who every winter plant 8500 tulips for the spring (check out the video).	The Felmings are snowbird living and maintaining another property in the United States.	Homer running along Bowker Creek, wondering when we'll be getting our feet wet.	A Watery Sky View	Our first on-on on the water.  Reminds me of Smoke on the Water.	Another watery sky in the Bowker.  We reach our first culvert, or bridge.	A prelude to the graffiti to come.
A Throw-up on a Throwie	Really Tubular	Having followed Stroke, to his surprise Homer discovers that we really are on trail.	We break though in to a green jungle.	It's hard to get lost in a tunnel.	What Bowker Creek would look like if when it's not in culverts.	See!  Oak Bay actuall has a jungle.	Stroke enjoying the cool water.
Dikkus finds a soccer ball.	Dikkus Single Hump Wondering if his ball came from the adjacent field.	Another secret path to take down into Bowker Creek. .	With a warning to cling to the fence, The Hare leads the way.	The Hare's keeping an eye out, probably not wanting to miss the chance to witness a boke.  Fortunately none happened.	This is as close as Oak Bay gets to having a jungle.	Lots of blackberry blossoms bode well for lots of fruit down here.	Speaking of fruit, Double Hump's culinary skills might gives him an advantage with what to do with local blackberries.
On into another set of culverts.	If you don't like dark and damp you may want help.  Actually some of Helpz work can be found on www.visualorgasm.com.  Here is a piece he did as a Michael Jackson memorial in 2017.	Well, it's been such a long time since the CRRAP had a bhash, we were bound to come across one of their bikes as a potential archeological find.	Cock-a-leeky braving the closest think Oak Bay has to the dingy waters of the Ganges.  Actually it's relatively clean.	Subterranean Lens Flares Click to enlarge.	Just Jessica is in front of the rabble heading out of this part of the Bowker Creek galleries.  In July of 2016 we visited another part of the galleries.  Click here to see some of the Hares photos.	Post BC, Digger calls the rabble to circle-up.  Double Hump starts looking for the Hare.	Keeping the RA waiting the Hare is calling in the reservation for on-afters.  He has a keg of beer in the back of his car for the Salt Spring VH3 hash.  This newly 'doomed' member of the Dark Side Junta has his priorities right!  Food and Drink.

The Hare's trail is judged.  I think Cock-a-Leekie is rating it a 3.  May be her toes got cold.  Mine did, but I hardly noticed.

A Determined Down-Down

Our virgins, Just Jessica and Just Revel get a down-down, and say they will return.

After reassured that the punishment isn't creek water, they took their punishment like real hashers.

Stoolie Andrews, Premature Evacuation, and Homer get down-downs.  Can't remeber why, but they are important, senior member of the VH3, ... so why not? E.G. Preemie is listed as having run more hashes than even I have. The other two have run so many runs, no one has counted their runs yet.

For getting all our feet wet, and perhaps even as an honour, Blue Balls gets to drink from The Bed Pan, and read its Beer Prayer.  On On!

Bowker Creek Subterranean Graffiti

For the Bowker Creek culvert galleries this is one of the better pieces.  It's close to the Oak Bay entrances.	Notice the water line just below this throw-up.  I imagine this environment could be a paint-eater, but many of these are dated 2015, and still vibrant.	Mosts writer here are doing throwies (throw-ups), with some pieces, and a little wildstyle.
There are no branching trails down here, but, just in case, the Hare left an on-on (probably only because he could).
					I wonder how many he started with?	A Hunger Games view of Frosty: There can only be one.
A bit of wildstyle in a throwie.	You kind of know when you're getting close to the end when you encounter a community of pieces.			Organic wildstyle that reminds me a bit of Anglo Saxon art.  Organic designs, and they have a similar colours pallet.

VH3 Home Page

Dark Side Home Page