My car was in the shop until the afternoon. I did not have much time to get a clean-up accomplished and I had to keep it close to home. This is why I went back to the Trinity Gorge Trail at Beltzville. I knew on previous trips that there were a lot of shotgun shells in this area that I had left before. Searching and picking up smaller items like that is incredibly time consuming, however it is something that really needs to be done as well. I knew there was more bottles, cans and the normal finds in the area, but the last time I went this far in the items were impossible to get to. The winter changed the conditions here and I ended up taking a lot more out than expected.
One of the first items I came across was this balloon. Someone needs to come up with an eco-friendly balloon alternative.
Not only were many more places that were accessible today, there were also a lot of items that were visible that were hidden before.
It did not take long to fill my pack and a small bag. Once I did this I tried to really focus just on the shotgun shells.
If you have been following this blog for awhile, you may have seen a post about this site before. There is one area along the lakeside that looks to be maintained as a hunting spot, most likely for waterfowl. All of the lower branches on the trees have been cut and pile and many of the branches have been replaced on the trees with the shells above. On my last visit I just left them. There were new ones today, like the one on the left and I took them all. To the hunters that left these behind, there really is no reason to decorate trees you cut with your garbage.
Penny quickly got tired of being tied to a tree while I was pulling all of the shells off of the trees. Becoming very vocal she hurried me up.
Not only did I find a bunch of shells at the hunting site, I also found something to put them in and a fish.
I then walked the corn fields until the sun was hit the horizon. It was then a quick walk back to the car before the light was completely gone.
It turned out to be much more than the shotgun shells I was after. I have taken a lot of trash out of Beltzville and I can still find more. Why are there so many that don't respect our state parks?
This was the view from the parking area right before I left. I think this is the best sunset viewing on the whole lake.
You too can help with taking out the trash! If you get out hiking take a grocery bag with you, give it a second use and fill it with trash while you are out! Every bit helps. You can also help contributing to this project here: Help Fund Taking Out the Trash
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