Trash Pick Up on the Eno

So, here i am after over a year since last trying to keep up with a blog, trying it again.  Well, we'll see.  I figure the beginning of a year is a good time to try, and why not get the ball rolling with a trash cleanup.

So, our family paddling picnic turned into an impromptu stream cleanup with some significant results for only being on the water for about and hour and a half with 3 adults, an 8 year old, and a 3 year old.  Below are some specs, and i will attempt to catalog all of our 2013 Trash Cleanup Efforts on a page that will be linked above.

The amount of trash in the Three Rivers floating around was significant.  Much more than normal.  Sure we've had an above average rain year flushing out our streams and creeks, and sure the lack of leaves this time of year exposed lots of trash, ...and sure it's winter and there has been less of a presence from the paddling community on our water ways to be good stewards,...but all of those reasons...excuses...don't make the fact that there was a crap load of garbage in our water. 

01-13-13 - Eno Boat Ramp in the Three rivers Area - Our family picnic outing ended up being a trash cleanup.  There was more trash floating around than i had ever encountered here before :(
Our Haul (exact count): 61 plastic bottles, 4 glass bottles, 6 cans, 15 Styrofoam cups (this does not include the random chunks, this is over half complete cups), 1 rolling cooler (-wheels), 1 basketball, 1 baseball, 4 fishing bobbers, 1 old school water thermos, 1 can of "engine spray," 1 empty bottle of antifreeze.
Paddlers Present: Banks Dixon, Andrea Dixon, Miles Dixon, Zella Dixon, Kendra Rosa-Nusbaum
Photos coming soon.