Mellow

 

Visit #1534, Saturday 24 May 25, 6:50-8:50AM, 3.8 miles, 3.7 lbs. of litter.

Temps in the 50s, cloudy with showers possible.

I like three-day weekends such as this Memorial Day weekend; there's that extra day to decompress-no rush to prepare for the week ahead.

It also makes it easier to rationalize getting up and hitting the trails so early. I was already up at Castle Craig at 7:45AM. Where were YOU?

Seeing the painted heart on the tree last week and doing something about it reminded me I better check on the other trails this vandal uses to see if I might find other signs. Yep.

I came prepared, found three more hearts (one addressed to ME!), and covered over them.

In addition, here's what else I found and removed. Weird stuff.

Done with that entertainment, I made my way to Castle Craig where I found a number of graffiti tags.

On the park bench I was able to cover it with spray paint; on the others I respected the rocks and instead used a wire brush to remove them.

I did take a break from my work to enjoy the view.

Hiking down from the castle, I found Lionel Messi's missing soccer ball.

It was while hiking toward the Halfway House that I came upon #16 in the series, since November 2016, of the cat's butt graffiti. The trail marker was too high for this height disadvantaged person to reach.

What to do?

Well, what I did was return even earlier to Hubbard Park on Sunday morning-on location at 6:33AM to be exact-on my  mountain bike.

Using my patented Short Person's Extend-o Stick® and Sin Remover Fluid, I made ahem, short work of the graffiti.

Now to spend the rest of the Memorial Day Weekend continuing to decompress. Enjoy your decompression, too.