The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[HairOfTheDog]

Adventures of Flat Frodo, Chapter 1: Olympia Washington, April 12.

'We must be going at once, I’m afraid. Even now it will be dark before we can reach the Ferry.’

'I’ll drive you all to the Ferry' said HairofTheDog. 'That will save you a good step, and it might also save you trouble of another sort.’

'Who lives in this land?' Frodo asked. 'And who built these towers? Is this troll-country?'

'No!' said HairOfTheDog. 'Trolls do not build… This is Olympia. Men dwell here...'

...'Olympia has long endured; and for a while its splendour grew. High towers that people built, and strong places...'

As they went, they ran into some friends, "Scott from the Left Coast" and his wife.

'This is indeed a strange chance! As there is a rally today to support our troops who are at war, join us!'

Long the rally went, but at length a silence fell, and he heard the music of a waterfall running sweetly in the shadows. Almost Frodo fancied that he could hear a voice singing, mingled with the sound of the water.

'Look over there!' Said HairOfTheDog 'The best beer in South Puget Sound, or used to be: it is a long time since I tasted it.’

‘That settles it!’ said Frodo. ‘Rallies make delays, but breweries make longer ones. At all costs we must keep you away from the Tumwater Brewery.

And he stood guard on the bridge to make sure we did not go that way.

Very well then Frodo... I shall drop you back at the landing.

There they found the havens of many ships. Would they go this way? Frodo wondered?

'Watch your step' said HairOfTheDog.

To be continued....

Follow Frodo's Adventure here: There And Back Again - The Adventures of Flat Frodo

[osagebowman]

Hair: wonderful post; Frodo's first big trip and we were there, thanks to digital photography

[Corin Stormhands]

Ah, Hair and Frodo. Thanks for the news from the outside world.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thank you sirs!

[Sam Cree]

Hey! Happy birthday!

I assume you are 29, like SuziQ and me. Many happy returns.

[Sam Cree]

Happy Birthday Jen! and many happy returns, little one.

[Argh]

Haha! What a hoot, Miss Hair! And such a lot of work for you, too.

[Sam Cree]

Very cool, Hair!

[300winmag]

Great opening chapter, Hair.

For all you folks participating in the Flat Frodo project, remember to have a convincing, non-smartass explanation when/if stopped by a cop.

Maybe a pre-printed explanation could be made to use as a handout.

[Corin Stormhands]

non-smartass explanation

ruh roh, we're in trouble g'nad

[HairOfTheDog]

Was fun! - Tomorrow I am going to get him on the Tacoma Narrows bridge on my way to the beach house and Mount Rainier pic if the sky clears enough to see it! Monday the Space Needle in Seattle (Thinking of some of the pieces of text about towers for that one)

Then I am done with him! - Who gets him next? - No one has a scheduled time till June! So one of these folk want to go next?

Yet to be scheduled:
New Hampshire hiking with RosieCotton
Washington D.C. with Lil'freeper
Dubya's ranch with Wneighbor
Texas capitol and the Alamo with Bear/Rose in RoseBear
South Texas and Mexico with MyBackYard
Rhode Island beach with ItsOurTimeNow

[Scott from the Left Coast]

You were putting poor flat Frodo at risk on that bridge over the falls...there be wind there and Frodo could've become a kite!

[HairOfTheDog]

A little bit of risk! - It was windier at the waterfront! He fell over a lot, but he didn't go in the drink.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I didn't want to tell you this...but I will anyway...that pole you leaned Frodo up next to on the waterfront...Chance pees on it all the time.

[HairOfTheDog]

HA! - Gidget did sniff him pretty thoroughly when we got home. She could tell he had been places!

[SuziQ]

Frodo looks like he had a big job keeping y'all from that brewery! What an auspicious beginning to Flat Frodo's journeys! Who knows what adventures he may have!

[SuziQ]

Spam, spam, spam...

Even that MINI Dwarf moot had an effect on you!

[Corin Stormhands]

Even that MINI Dwarf moot had an effect on you!

**Ahem** "MINI Dwarf?"

Racist.

[Overtaxed]

Good Morning, FRee peoples of Middle Earth!

Seven of our missing were found. Woo Hoo!

Now where's the bacon?

[HairOfTheDog]

WOW. Found alive!

WOO HOO!

And reasonably good health?! - Was just scanning the news to see if that was true! - I had given up hope that they were alive still when they weren't found when Baghdad went down.