Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on June 17, 2007, at 10:17:28
In reply to Re: Summer plans, posted by scratchpad on June 16, 2007, at 16:06:24
> My back hurts...
That counts, the mountain biking and setting up camp hurt my back too. At least I'm set up in a cafe with internet. lucky me! I'm kinda pooped out from all the napping!
>I joined in a coastal cleanup this morning in an area where two municipalities can't agree whose responsibility it is to clean up the storm run off. 10 years' worth of debris was cleared away by the Green Armada (I just love the organization's name!), racing the incoming tide. There were 500 registered participants. Lots of people climbing around the mangroves. The mud was thick and some of the pieces of discarded plastic had been there so long that new plants had sent shoots up right through them.
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> We all wore gloves and the cities santitation departments combined forces to haul away the accumulated bagged garbage. I wanted to knock our fair city's mayor into the muck and ask him about a bottle return policy, but the timing didn't seem right. After all, he WAS picking up garbage, alongside the rest of us.
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> It was a really satisfying morning.
> ScratchpadScratchie, you are amazing- and I bet you pulled your weight, despite the other volunteers. Hope you wore sunscreen. (do mosquitos hang out in mangroves?)
-Ll
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