All Caught Up

 

Spectacular clouds over Meriden early Saturday morning. Looking toward South Mountain.

Visit #1529, Saturday 19 April 25, 5:55-8:20AM, 5.0 miles, 5.6 lbs. of litter.

Temps in the 50s reaching the 70s today, an unusually warm April day.

Finally, today I would be inspecting the last trail for downed trees and branches after the late February ice storm. I get chilly just looking at the photos from that blog post.

As I hiked around Merimere Reservoir I found some other flowers trying to compete with the daffodils within the park. I'm always rooting for the underdog.

There was quite a wind pushing that warm air in from the south, as evidenced by the choppy water on Merimere Reservoir.

The wind was so strong it turned my trash bag into a balloon and I had to hang on tight or fear losing it.

The flag at Castle Craig would back me up on this.

At the north end of the reservoir, this sticker on this sign came to my attention last week but it wasn't coming off without a fight. So this week, I applied boiling water to soften the adhesive and removing it was a pleasure. My next challenge will be to try and remove the black paint. Stay tuned.

Up on the ridgeline Blue Trail, I found a letterbox that wasn't particularly well hidden. I corrected that after I inspected the contents.

While this letterbox did have more recent visitors, I merely turned to a random page to read the contents.

Down on the trails below Castle Craig, I found this child's thermal t-shirt. It will make a good shop rag.

I've found and removed so many stickers from this particular fence post on the walkbridge over I-691 that I've decided to keep a running tally. These would be numbers 15 and 16.

As I returned to the park, I cleaned up the dirt parking area around the northwest perimeter of Mirror Lake.

As I pursued a piece of litter which was fifteen feet or so into the woods, I found THIS.

YEAH BUDDY, HAPPY EASTER TO ME!

And Happy Easter to you.