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I AM GETTING WELL KNOWN FOR BUILDING LARGE CAMPFIRES. I ALWAYS BRING ENOUGH WOOD TO BURN AND OFTEN GIVE SOME AWAY. THIS WAS THE CASE WHILE CAMPING ON A BEACH AT LAKE MICHIGAN IN 1999. I HAD A GREAT FIRE GOING, SOME STUDENTS FROM CHICAGO JOINED ME, AND LATER, I WENT TO BED AND LEFT THEM A BIT OF WOOD. WOKE SEVERAL HOURS LATER WHEN I HEARD A BEAR CLIMBING THE TREE BEHIND MY TENT. OK, SOUNDED LIKE A BEAR, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT TEARING DOWN A LIMB FROM A LIVE COTTONWOOD TREE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THERE WERE LEAVES ALL OVER THE BEACH, AND THE KIDS FOUND THAT GREEN WOOD DOES NOT BURN. PLEASE LEAVE THE LIVE TREES ALONE. LIFE IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH ON A SAND DUNE WITHOUT YOUR GREED.
I CAMPED IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MOST OF THE MONTH OF MAY IN 1999. I MET A PLUMBER AND A CARPET LAYER WHO WERE TO SPEND AN ENTIRE WEEKEND CAMPING AT A SITE NEAR MY WEEK DAY SPOT. I GUESS THEY DID. BUT THEY LEFT A DAMN MESS BEHIND THEM. INCLUDING... 1) AN 8'X10' SHEET OF CARPET PADDING 2) AN ALMOST EMPTY BOTTLE OF CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID 3) FOOD WRAPPERS 4) INSECT REPELLANT IF YOU GO CAMPING, LEAVE YOUR CAMPSITE CLEANER THAN IT WAS WHEN YOU ARRIVED. THE ANIMALS WILL LOVE YOU FOR THAT. (EXCEPT FOR THE RACCOONS AND THE BEARS)
I RETURNED TO THIS SAME CAMPSITE IN APRIL OF 2000. THE SCRUB BRUSH HAD NOT GROWN UP YET, SO I WANDERED AROUND THE WOODS NEAR THE CAMPSITE. FOUND: TWO 2X12X8 BOARDS FROM A PICNIC TABLE. I AM SURE THAT SOME IDIOT NEEDED SOME FIRE WOOD, SO HE DECIDED TO RISK HIS HEALTH BY BURNING TREATED LUMBER. WHEN HE FOUND THAT HE COULD NOT BURN THE ENTIRE TABLE, HE THREW THE LEFTOVER BOARDS INTO THE BRUSH. THEY LANDED WITH NAILS STICKING UP. I WONDER HOW MANY DEER OR COON STEPPED UPON THOSE NAILS. EVEN WORSE, I FOUND I HYPODERMIC NEEDLE AND SYRINGE. IF Y'ALL NEED A FIX, TAKE YOUR USED KIT BACK HOME. THE BUNNIES DON'T NEED TO BE PRICKED BY YOU..
A NOTE TO FISHERMEN DON'T THROW YOUR OLD FISHING LINE IN THE WILDERNESS. I HAVE FOUND ENOUGH LINE ON MY TOES TO SPOOL MANY REELS. I MIGHT NOT SEE IT, BUT A BIRD COULD LOSE ITS LIFE WITH IT. DON'T THROW YOUR EMPTY BAIT CONTAINERS INTO THE WATER. CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF. TEACH THE YOUNG TO RESPECT THE WILDERNESS. CARRY OUT NOT ONLY THE FISH YOU CATCH, BUT THE TRASH THAT YOU GENERATE AND THE TRASH THE LAST NUMBSKULL WAS TOO LAZY TO CARRY HIMSELF.
I WAS SITTING IN MY TRUCK ONE EVENING, WAITING FOR MY BUDDY TO DO HIS BANKING. A WOMAN PARKED HER CAR BEHIND ME. SHE WENT INSIDE THE BANK, TOOK CARE OF HER BUSINESS, THAN CAME OUT. AFTER SHE OPENED HER CAR DOOR, SHE REACHED IN, PULLED OUT A LARGE PAPER BAG FULL OF TRASH AND SET IT IN THE PARKING LOT AS SHE SHUT THE DOOR. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK, PICKED UP THE TRASH BAG, AND WALKED MAYBE 5 STEPS TO THE TRASH CAN. AFTER DEPOSITING THE TRASH IN THE VERY PLACE THIS LAZY B!$<)( SHOULD HAVE, I SMILED AND WINKED AS I WALKED BY HER CAR AND TO MY TRUCK.
WELL, I WAS SITTING AT A
STOP LIGHT IN THE SAME TRUCK AS WAS USED IN THE LAST STORY. I SAW
THE DOOR OPEN IN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AN ASHTRAY WAS SEEN EXITING
THE DOOR AND SPILLED ONTO THE ROAD. I WANTED TO SET THE
PARKING BRAKE AND PICK UP A HANDFUL OF THOSE DAMN BUTTS AND ASHES AND
THROW THEM BACK INTO THAT CADILLAC. BUT, THAT WOULD LAND ME IN JAIL.
WHILE RIDING AROUND TOWN WITH A FRIEND, I NOTICED THAT HE THREW SOME TRASH OUT THE WINDOW. WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHY HE SHOULD NOT THROW TRASH OUT THE WINDOW, HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND GAVE ME THIS PITIFUL EXPLANATION. "I HAVE TO PICK UP OTHER PEOPLES TRASH IN MY YARD, THIS IS MY WAY OF GETTING THEM BACK." I DO NOT HANG OUT WITH THIS GUY ANYMORE, I WONDER IF HE HAS CHANGED HIS ATTITUDE. (I recently saw this guy in a bar. He asked if this story was about him. After telling him that it was, he told me that he was very sorry and that he has changed his ways.)
HEY, LETS DUMP OUR USED MOTOR OIL IN OUR BACK YARDS. THIS WILL SAVE US A TRIP TO THE AUTO PARTS STORE TO RECYCLE IT!
WHILE HIKING ON GEORGIA'S 'STONE MOUNTAIN' DURING THE ATLANTA OLYMPIC GAMES (yes, I was near there that night, but I had nothing to do with the explosion), I MET TWO LADIES. ONE WAS FROM AUSTRALIA, THE OTHER FROM ENGLAND. THEY WERE APPALLED BY FINDING THE "GUM TREE." THIS IS A TREE WHICH IS FOUND IN ALL PARTS OF AMERICA. NOT JUST A REGULAR GUM TREE. THIS ONE IS A CALICO TREE. PERSONS WHO FIND THAT THEIR GUM IS NOT FRESH ANY LONGER, WILL PLACE THEIR GUM UPON THE TREES BARK. SOON, THE TREE WILL BE COVERED WITH GUM OF ALL FLAVORS AND COLORS.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO
SPRAY PAINT YOUR THOUGHTS OF LOVE UPON ROCKS, BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS.
IT IS SO NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE IN THIS WORLD. THANKS AGAIN, I DO NOT KNOW HOW I WOULD LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING YOUR LOVE FOR OTHERS.
WHILE HIKING IN DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST, I CAME UPON A CAMP SITE THAT WAS AT LEAST 2 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST ROAD. LITTERING THE CAMP FIRE RING WAS EMPTY CANS, BROKEN BOTTLES, PLASTIC CAPS. OK, IF Y'ALLS GONNA PACK YOUR STUFF INTO THE WILDERNESS THAT FAR, HOWS ABOUT PACKING OUT THE TRASH AS WELL.
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