yep.
I visited Watkins Glen one year and took a trip up the gorge.
Garbage everywhere.
Luckily, when I got to the top there was a store that sold garbage bags.
I passed out bags to everyone that wanted one and on the trip back down we all picked up the trash.
Matter of fact, I gave some bags to some of the people going up and they picked up the trash too.
Met a lot of interesting people that day.
We totally filled the bins at the bottom when we were done.
Needless to say, the gorge looked a lot better when we left, then when we got there.
I like to go by the rule of pack out MORE than you pack in.
Hate trash and trashy people. I refuse to let my kids throw things in the water or the woods. Had one of my daughter’s friends with us one time coming back from town. She rolled her window down and started to pitch something out.
I caught her, called her on it, and she just looked at me, attempted again to throw her trash out the window. My kids were all holding their breath. I said, “Do it and I will stop this car right here in front of God and everybody and you WILL go back and pick it up.”
Her response? She looked at my kids, who were all about to die laughing, met my eyes in the rearview, and rolled her window back up.
Thanks for cleaning up! People look at you weird when you do, but oh well...