CoTex Day 1 - Friday

So we finally got our butts out of bed on Friday morning, or, should I say, WET SPOT and I finally got out of bed. Of course, DUSTBALLS had already been up, showered, packed and was ready to go by the time we got up. Damn military folk. The girls got ready, loaded up the car and we headed out to find the liquor store that BUTT DARTS had told us about because WET SPOT needed some tequila for her margaritas. We pulled up and saw one of those "be back at this time" signs hanging in the door. It was only gonna be about 30 minutes, so we decided to eat real quick and return. But as luck would have it, nobody had come to open up shop yet when we checked back! By now there were several other folks waiting in the parking lot for it to open up. Apparently, we weren't the only ones wanting to get our drink on. :) We decided they weren't going to be getting our business anymore because we wanted to get on the road to Ruidoso. I then noticed I had missed a couple of calls from Wanker Boy. Seems he was bailing due to bald tires, mechanical issues, etc. Whatever the reason, I was no longer going to have my winnings delivered to me that I had been expecting...a bottle of Colorado Vodka. So now I needed a liquor store as well.

Along the way we tried to stop at this cool looking place in the middle of nowhere...before you get to Alamogordo, NM. It looked like a bar that also sold liquor to go. Bonus! We were ready to have a cold brew in a local bar when whammy....it wasn't open yet. Guess they were still working on constructing the inside. DUSTY decided this was a perfect time for a smoke break, so I took some pics and then we were off.



I think it was Alamodorgo where we stopped again and tried to find some liquor to buy. We never saw any liqour stores, but we saw a sign at a gas station. They had a very small collection, but then told us that grocery stores in New Mexico sold liquor! The lady gave us directions to where some store was in Tularosa and we were off. This town was the location of an establishment that made me laugh my ass off. Wish I would have talked Dusty into turning around so I could've taken a picture of the sign.... It said, "Donuts and Burritos." Then I saw the name of the restaurant....it was called Yum Yum Restaurant! Holy crap...I could not stop laughing!!!

So we finally found the little grocery store and made our purchases. Yeah! Ruidoso here we come! We made one more stop along the way, which turned out to be quite close to our destination. It was a casino with a convenient store attached to it. Found some Diet Rockstar to mix with my newly purchased vodka...I needed some pep.

We made it into Ruidoso soon after and as we were driving through the main part of town, WET SPOT noticed some hashers coming out of an establishment...a bar, of course! Turns out they were my future cabin mates that I hadn't met yet. They were cruising around town on their bikes. Anyway, Ruidoso is such a cute town. These little carved bears are everywhere. I just love 'em! I wish we would have arrived earlier so we could have toured the town. But by the time we checked in there were others congregating outside the hashpitality suite, so we decided to hang out and start meeting everyone. Soon after, WET SPOT pulled out her dice and a game of 3-Man began. Others started arriving and then I saw MEATGAZER! Hadn't seen her since March at Texas Interhash. Love that crazy fun girl. :)

Then I saw WANKSGIVING and realized I wasn't the lone Austinite who made the journey to CoTex.

Team Austin!

Funny shirt someone had on

For dinner the ABQ folks treated us to quesadillas, green chile stew and some other goodies. Everything was delicious. Think it was time to go change for the pub crawl. I mixed a fresh vodka drink and met everyone outside again. And we were off. Being the photo loving chic that I am, I came across this store that sold tons of those carved bears, so I wanted my picture with them. That turned out to be a saving grace because immediately after taking pics, BBC came up to us and said to dump out any alcoholic beverages we had in our mugs. Apparently, some Ruidoso cops were writing tickets to some of our hasher buds just ahead. Thanks for the warning BBC! I had to down some big gulps of my drink and then pour out the rest. We then safely made it to the first beer check.

At the first bar, some folks got out on the dance floor and two-stepped. WET SPOT made friends with the DJ, so he played some requested songs for her. The Cotton Eyed Joe song was some crazy techno version, but everyone seemed to keep up ok. Then a few brave souls attempted the Cha-Cha Slide. I had never even heard of this dance until TX Interhash this past March. But I guess Spotty loves it! Anyway, it was then time to head out to the next beer check.

Our 2nd stop was at the Coyote Cantina. While at the bar, a local guy named Lindsey talked us into ordering Irish Car Bomb shots. I thought he was gonna do one with us, but no! I thought they were pretty gross. We ended up chatting with him for a while and then found out this place had a downstairs area with cigars and another bar area, just we immediately went down to check out the "secret area." The hashers took over and we had a great time.

On-On to the last beer check. Can't remember what it was called, but it was here that I met 2 of Lindsey's friends...one being Jonathan a.k.a. "Jennifer's Dad." He wanted to 2-step, so I said sure. But soon learned he had no idea what he was doing and was just stomping all over the place. And when I say stomp, I mean stomping really high where his knees were coming up higher than his waist. It was truly a hilarious sight. Unfortunately, it "offended the bartender." For real you ask? YES. This bald bouncer guy came over to him, while WET SPOT was trying to teach him how to properly 2-step, and told him he had to leave. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me, but I guess the country folk inside thought he was making fun of them? Who knows. So soon after that, a group of us bailed to head back to the cabins. As luck would have it, the light rain had turned into a total downpour. Oh well, nothing we could do about it now. So we just strolled back through the town to our cabins, getting drenched the entire way.

Back at my cabin, I soon saw the others returning from the bar...via the back of some pickup truck. Losers had to get a ride. The funny thing was who else got out of the truck. Jennifer's Dad! He had talked someone into stopping by his place/Lindsey's place on the drive back so he could pick up his guitar, a case of Natural Light and his dog Jennifer. That little puppy got a lot of attention from hashers who wanted to steal her. Such a cutie. Mixture of a black lab, beagle and 2 other kinds of dogs that I can't remember at the moment.

Anyway, Jonathan strummed the guitar, everyone played with the dog, continued to drink for some reason and then eventually went to bed. All in all, it was a great first day at CoTex! Met a bunch of great folks and was ready for more festivities to come.....

Here are the pics from Friday at CoTex.