Snips Sandy Wrote: > I collected four supermarket bags of trash from "my" lakes a couple of > weeks > ago. On the Santa Fe River (and others in Fla) I collect (in addition to > beer and soda bottles and cans) those plastic or foam bait (worm) > containers. > > > Hmmm....maybe we could have an international Paddlewise Trash Collection > Day. > We all go out (alone or with groups) and collect trash on behalf of the > Paddlewise coalition for the betterment of our communties. ????? > In my neck of the woods (lower Cheseapake Bay of Virginia) , I find and carry home a lot of bouy's and floats that have been cut off of crab pots by careless boaters who don't steer downwind of the float, and therefore, run over the line and cut it loose from the pot. I don't throw them out, though. A few I've recognized as belonging to friends and returned them. The rest are hanging off of my shed or fence. It's actually quite colorful and attractive if you are in to the "water theme". According to the law, you have to return them to the owner, but how do you find the owner if the numbers are worn off or otherwise illegible????? I particularly like Kayaking after a good storm has past by. I've collected numerous nice fishing rods (if only reels floated too!) , a few good coolers, some PFDs (hey! they wouldn't have lost them if they had been wearing them!), a knee board, a couple boogy boards, etc etc. Again, if they are labeled with a phone number, they get returned, otherwise, I'm a hero with my kids, nieces and nephews........ :-) That's all from just this year - I just started Kayaking this past February! Coincidentally, my wife and I were going to a high school football game recently. She said that morning that she wished she had a nice cushioned stadium seat to take with her. I was going "yakin" that morning, and told her I'd get her one if I found a Super K-Mart out on the Bay. Didn't find a Super-K or a Wal-Mart, but sure enough, I found a brand new seat cushion just floatin on by. She was standing at the dock when I returned. The look on her face when she saw the seat cushion strapped to my deck rigging was priceless!!!!!!! Rick (the one from Virginia) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The strangest trash I came upon was when I was paddling the Intracoastal. $1M houses on one side and the expensive ones on the other. I came across a bunch of brand new soccer balls. There was one about every 100 yards or so. I colleted as many as I could, maybe 8 or 10, and had to leave the others. I guess someone with more money than brains was practicing kicking off their back yard. cu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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