The weather has turned unseasonably cold, there is ice on the lakes and we just stored the boats away.
It is time for our paddling season’s summary:
We were fortunate to be able to start our season with a twelve day Spring trip on the Headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Toward the end of the season, we paddled and portaged a ten day loop in the BWCA.
In between, we paddled personal bests for miles and number of different lakes we were on.
Another positive note was that we collected 706 pounds of trash as we paddled.
This was less than half of the amount from last year and, for us, that is very positive.
The water levels where we paddled were up all season.
This should have allowed us to find more trash.
There was just less trash, particularly the common stuff like beverage containers, wrappers, plastic bags, etc.
Styrofoam products still are very prevalent in terms of numbers of pieces.
Hopefully, people are changing there habits after seeing all the news on plastic waste worldwide and this will be a trend for next year.
Thanks
It is time for our paddling season’s summary:
We were fortunate to be able to start our season with a twelve day Spring trip on the Headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Toward the end of the season, we paddled and portaged a ten day loop in the BWCA.
In between, we paddled personal bests for miles and number of different lakes we were on.
Another positive note was that we collected 706 pounds of trash as we paddled.
This was less than half of the amount from last year and, for us, that is very positive.
The water levels where we paddled were up all season.
This should have allowed us to find more trash.
There was just less trash, particularly the common stuff like beverage containers, wrappers, plastic bags, etc.
Styrofoam products still are very prevalent in terms of numbers of pieces.
Hopefully, people are changing there habits after seeing all the news on plastic waste worldwide and this will be a trend for next year.
Thanks