You can EXPECT the following on trail:
- near inferno temperatures
- a temperature-distance appropriate trail
- lots of sweating (regardless of your pace)
- shirtless TSA and/or Just Alex (from Guam)
- heat-induced hallucinations
- strange and somewhat disapproving looks from by-standers
- some beautiful urban shiggy
- a severe case of swamp-ass
-
heat-induced hallucinations OF shirtless TSA and/or Just Alex (from Guam)
- a LONG beer stop (or water, if the court ordered you to stop drinking... again.)
- a halftime entertainment show
- a relatively easy zen trail back to circle
You MIGHT find the following on trail:
- opportunities to splash in fountains, run through sprinklers, and/or pool hop
- FRBs face down and unconscious on trail
- grumpy, but lazy security guards
- a maze
- stray animals
- stray children
- uncommon smells exacerbated by heat
- mosquitoes
- Mad Hatter trying to pawn off her dogs
Meet at 630p Tower Grove Park
We will circle just south of the Music Stand Gazebo. (It's #14 on the map found here: http://www.towergrovepark.org/tgp_map.pdf) It's just East of the Center Drive Circle off the Main Drive. (Here are the approximate coordinates for you GPS people: 38.607094, -90.255427)
Directions:
From North: Take 55S to 44W. Take the Grand Exit. Make a left onto Grand. Make a right onto Magnolia.
Either park on Magnolia or make a left onto Center Cross Drive. Head towards the Music Stand Gazebo.
Look for hashers.
From South: Take 55N to 44W. Take
the Grand Exit. Make a left onto Grand. Make a right onto Magnolia.
Either park on Magnolia or make a left onto Center Cross Drive. Head towards the Music Stand Gazebo.
Look for hashers.
From West: Take 44W to the Grand exit. Make a right onto Grand. Make a right onto Magnolia.
Either park on Magnolia or make a left onto Center Cross Drive. Head towards the Music Stand Gazebo.
Look for hashers.
From East: Take 40/64 into Missouri. Take 55S to 44W. Make a left onto Grand. Make a right onto Magnolia.
Either park on Magnolia or make a left onto Center Cross Drive. Head towards the Music Stand Gazebo.
Look for hashers.
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ON-AFTER
The
On-After will be at Black Thorn Pub @ 3735 Wyoming Street - (Corner of
Wyoming and S Spring). (Thanks to Keyless Entry for the suggestion!)
They have $8 Bud and Bud Light pitchers, $12.75 per pitcher of good
beer (Guinness, etc.). They have Pizza & salads as the food
options. Chicago-style is there specialty. They take orders for
Chicago-style pizzas up to 11pm and the kitchen closes at midnight.
They are expecting us.