Waterway Cleanup

Saturday was the Waterway Cleanup - one of my favorite events to participate in. Our kayak-scuba club, Kayuba, works the Bonnet House. We've had this same location for several years now. The section of the property that borders the Intercoastal Waterway is all mangroves, and all sorts of trash gets collected in the tangle of roots and branches. This is not a casual 'walk the beach' cleanup. This is hard work...

A picture of my kayak with my first load including a bar chair


Andy and Tammy unloading construction debris


One of the biggest items we found, but my camera was buried at the time, was a traffic barrier. Our common finds generally include boat cushions, construction materials, plastic bags, plastic and glass bottles, styrofoam, shoes, and the such. We only had about 10 or so volunteers this morning (at our site) which is a lot less than normal - but considering the morning started out with a thunderstorm, we can't blame people for bailing. Today we only filled up one 20-cubic yard dumpster, where last year we filled up two.

To add humor to our morning we had to maneuver our kayaks around these two mating horseshoe crabs who were using our small beach area for their rendezvous point.


I have a few more pictures at my WebAlbums.