Drive? Like in my car?

The BackBlast:

Intro:

Have you ever noticed that seafood restaurants tend to be located near bodies of water, even when there is no plausible way the seafood you’re eating came from said body of water. Like Hello Sailor on Lake Norman or the tourist traps at the beach with all their fried “fresh” seafood that gets delivered on the Sysco truck every day, most of which is not local to whatever beach you’re at. I like to think the owners of RockSalt were equally inspired when locating their restaurant in an old dry cleaners overlooking one of the finest bodies of water in all of Charlotte metro. Nothing makes me want to dig into a plate of raw oysters like staring out at the meandering brown trash filled waters of little sugar creek.

I like to think an equal amount of thought went into Frogger’s decision to move the Mustang AO from Myers Park HS to the back parking lot of a strip mall next to this stream side oyster shucking establishment. I know – something about how they got kicked out by a proctor during the SATs last year, but let’s be honest, Frogger just got tired of driving that extra mile from NoDil to MP.

To make things more confusing, the AO now switches back and forth between oyster creek and MP every quarter as their rotating band of site Q’s choose where they feel like driving. I’ve only posted twice, and both times we’ve had to wait on PAX that were en route from the other location at the launch because they didn’t know which location to go to. The Mustang/RockStang site Q’s could learn a thing or two from some of the well-oiled machines of Metro (i.e., Phoenix and Bandit, both of which have exceptional site Q’s).

YHC’s quest to broaden my horizons this year outside of my normal MWFS NoDil rotation has led to (a) more Q’s at AOs I’m not familiar with (seems like you post once and you get stuck with a Q) and (b) lots of driving. My round trip to Sib and RockStang last week put more miles on the old ‘hoe than I did all of last month. I may have to go to a gas station soon if I’m not careful, or trade it in for one of those wind-up cars like What-Did drives.

So, what does one do when they’re stuck with the Q at an AO in unfamiliar territory? You start with a long hot mosey back to familiar territory, of course.

The Thang:

1.  Out of the backlot and up Brandywine to Selwyn; alternating forward / backward between cross streets with 10x merkins @ each.
2. Plank at the top of Brandywine for ~5 minutes to wait for the Pax that went to the wrong AO.
3. Quick stop at the Reid’s fountain for some dips & derkins.
4. Hot mosey to Queens College. Didn’t look to far on the map, but turns out its about 1.25 miles.
5. 4-station circuit around the quad of 10x burpee jump ups, 15x derkins, 20x LBCs, 25x dips. Repeat 3 times.
6. Out the side of the quad over to Princeton. Hot mosey on Princeton to the base of Megatool with 10x pick your poison merkins at each cross street.
7. AYG up Megatool – forward to the hump, backwards to the top.
8. Quick set of mary and some other nonsense, then back down megatool to Willow Oak.
9. 0.6 mi AYG from Princeton to Hillside on Willow Oak.
10. Quick set of planks and mary to catch our breath.
11. Down Reece with 1 sprint back up the hill before taking it home to oyster creek.

5.3 miles, 150 merkins, 85 dips, 30 burpee jump ups, and a good mix of planks and mary.

Moleskin:

• Frogger rolled up with the top down on his new jeep despite being ~47 degrees. He wanted us to think he was hard, but I’ pretty sure he just hasn’t figured out how to put the top back up.
• Pusher texted YHC the night before so I could bring him a water bottle since he was running in and out (~4 extra miles). I forgot, so he got to drink from my gatorade squirt bottle that I haven’t cleaned in probably a year. I like to think of it as an immune system booster – he can thank me later.
• Too cute that Notebook and Pusher decided to coordinate their outfits. Bless.
• Loudmouth also ventured out from his friendly Dilworth confines after topping off his air pressure and consulting Waze before the journey.
• Holtz was still complaining that I made him do too many merkins at PWW over a month ago. He’s also your Q at Bandit this week. Don’t be late.
• Shawshank has apparently fallen on hard times and had to veer off for a quick panhandle. A new land rover in Myers Park is likely a good target at least.
• Check with Frogger if you want to know where the AO is next week. I’m not sure what their fiscal calendar looks like.