Tall Tree Short Rope

[Berk]

Prior to our spring trip to TR (Great time thanks to Babs) I headed out to the Kankakee River near my place up here in Illinois with the wife and my old Lab mix mut to try out the new gear. While I'm beating the water to no avail the wife and Abby are policing the area (I thought they were just going for a walk). I carry several garbage bags in the box and the wife informed me that her dad insisted this be done any time they (9 kids) were outdoors. We were at a county conservation area and in just a few minutes they had filled a garbage bag. I carry those bags because my dad pounded that into his kids too. 40 years ago we were in northern Manitoba where I thought I might have been the first human to walk that ground when I came upon a mountain of garbage. Pops did a little CSI on the pile before setting it on fire and spent the rest of the trip cursing the pigs from a specific location in the states that left their garbage in such a pristine location. My dad used to "GI" his non filter Camels so he didn't leave butts laying around. Long story short, pick up after your self and then spend some time picking up after those that don't. We can never fix this, but we can help. Kudos to anyone that cleans up someone else's mess! Keep it up and spread the word.