On On

Yesterday we went to Westerhall Rum Factory and we did 850th Harrier Hash in Grenada.

The first cut off path was the "Chicken V" path. You might think a chicken path is for people who chicken out. Really it is for the people who are sick with Chickungunya - like my mom. We didn't take that path because mom stayed home.

We kept walking past the cut-off path for about 10 minutes until the path got really bunched up. It took about ten more minutes just to get onto the hill and then another 15-20 minutes to go up the hill. Then we walked for about 10 minutes you walk to a forest which leads to a valley. When you go down to the valley there is a circle in the path and you pick whether you want to go the short way or the long way. We took the long walk.

Luckily when we got to the long route cut-out a runner told us about a small path we had to go to. When we got down the path, we found a couple of cut-outs that had "X"s which means you can't go on it. We kept going until we found other hashers who told us to keep going

forward. We did some running and some walking. It wasn't as muddy as the last one, but it did rain, but only for a few minutes.

When we got back there were about 150 already done. This hash about 300 people were doing the hash. We stayed about 20-30 minutes at the end because mom had dinner waiting.

Octoberfest Hash Style

* Mom's notes: Since 1985 a group of runners puts on a harrier run (and now a walk) where you follow a trail of shredded paper through the countryside of Grenada. This week was Octoberfest so we met up in the village of Munich for run #849. Probably two hundred people attend these weekly runs. They always end at a drinking location, with music and dancing!


At the start we were late so we had to catch up . It only took about three minutes to catch up to
the rest of the Hashers. After we caught up it was slow for ten minutes  because we had to cross  a  stream . That is when I started to get mucky . It had rained hard earlier and the trail was a muddy mess.

There were a lot of ups and downs in the trail . When we got across it was very  muddy I did not fall down just yet , but little did I know that I was going to fall later on . My brother  and I were sliding down a muddy section and he by accident he hit me because he was faster than me- that is when I fell. I got my pants all muddy.

 

 

 

Much later we had lost the group because we were slower well not Aiden or me, but Mom and Dad.

After we got out of the forest and I saw a wrecked car in a bush. Soon we were in the town where we started after.

 

 

 

When we got there we bought a 850 hash shirt- next weekend is the 850th hash harrier run in Grenada.  I loved it I want to go every week.

 

 



the trip to Fort George

Yesterday we went to fort George in Saint George it was a steep hill up to fort George. We parked lower than the fort, at the side of the road. We had to climb up a road that lead the police headquarters. What we didn't know was there was an easier back way to go up!

It has amazing views of St. George's. The British, French and Grenada's flags were all flying. I think it is because the British first had the fort, then the French then the British took it back, so it is representing some of the owners of the fort.








There were a ton of cannons at the top of the fort. Some were pointed over where the cruise ships come in and others were pointed towards Grand Anse. The cannons had the Queen's crown printed onto it. I thought it might also have the year it was made because they all had numbers on them. The shoved rock into them so they couldn't be fired.



Wall where they were lined up and shot

Something that was fired at Fort George in 1983 was guns at the Prime Minister and 7 of his workers. They were killed and the bodies were supposedly burned, but no one knows as they have never recovered the bodies. It happened a week from today October 19th 1983. It was sad that they were killed.

I did not enjoy the tunnels in the fort because I hurt my ankle. It was scary going down because it was pitch black, but when I was down there it was neat to see where they were fighting from. It was nice because the temperature was very cool.

Right now they are arguing about when Thanksgiving should be. It is the day the Americans invaded Grenada. Some people think it should be the day Maurice Bishop was killed with seven of his workers because they died heroes for what he believed.