The Big Econlockhatchee River

                   

1/23/11

     I did a walking clean up of the Big Econlockhatchee River today. I took out a bag of wire, plant pots,beer bottles styrafoam and 18 Cesar Weeds. This was mostly old litter.

1/1/11
     I live half a mile upstream from this "Bridgeout Park". This spot is not really a park it is just where an old road used to cross the river. But people collect there to rope swing, fish, drink and hunt exotic/invasive Wild Boar.
     After new years I went down to Bridgeout Park to pick up some litter and look for exotic plants. I ended up collecting more beer bottles and cans than I could carry. (Top picture). Some little kids joined in on my collecting, often bringing me scary looking pieces of broken beer bottles they had found in the sand while swimming.

     I had to come back the next day to collect the rest (bottom picture). I don't drink alcohol but my recycling bins are full of beer cans. I wonder if my neighbors think I have a serious drinking problem.