• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 03/26/2024
  • AO: Diablo Sammich
  • QIC: Stagecoach
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Winehouse, Flintstone, Hunchback, Bandit

It’s been 2 weeks since the infamous “ruck to the rock at Burger King” event (memorialized below), but it didn’t seem right for Burger King to get all the glory…

So this morning 4 HIMs + YHC decided to share that glory with a ruck to another famous local establishment, the Waffle House.

We left our starting point of Pelican’s SnoBalls with gusto and excitement over what was to come. We started to lose sight of the finish line and began to question why we were on this 2.5 mile ruck, but at just the right moment we passed the Mr. Nobody tire shop with a bright scrolling storefront sign that reminded us: “We’re in this together!” Apparently nobody at Mr. Nobody knows how to change the words on the sign since it’s said that for almost 4 years now since COVID hit. But we were now energized and kept going.

We finally made it to the Waffle House, where 2 employees and 1 patron looked on in either delight or concern at the 5 men approaching the store with backpacks and red lights on at 5:50 am. They welcomed us with open arms where Hunchback treated himself and YHC to some very hot coffee (no ice cubes, unfortunately). I just remembered I still owe Hunchback $2.50 for that coffee–whoops.

We were now recharged and ready to about-face and head back to camp.

As we approached “home” Flintstone felt the need to tell us all that we were 15 seconds past time. My apologies, sir.

Through thick and thin, we will always have the Waffle House, and we shall never forget, we’re in this together.

NOTE: The AI image generator tried it’s best when I asked it to generate an image depicting our trip.

Announcements:

  • PainLab Olympics this Saturday, don’t miss it
  • Extinction run might be moving dates/times. TBD.