"Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Dark Of Night Shall Stay These Couriers (and me) From The Swift Completion Of Their Appointed Rounds."
- The Mailman's Oath.
Visit #1309, Sunday 30 May 21, 7:45-10:05AM, 4.8 miles, 10.1 lbs. of litter.
Temps in the 40's, cloudy with rain developing in the morning.
This Memorial Day weekend I had scheduled some graffiti paint-over activities in Hubbard Park but the weather was not going to cooperate on ANY of the three days. I changed plans to a regular trash pickup/trail maintenance routine.
I checked the weather before I left the house on Sunday, and rain was forecast to start around 9AM.
As the old saying goes, "there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing" so I dressed for the future and headed out to Hubbard Park.
At the I-691 walkbridge, I checked on the progress of my vine-killing work which I performed last week.
The results look good. Give me a week or two and I will trim the dead vines from the fence.
Slightly further along the fencing I found about eight of these wire wraps. I don't recall seeing these last week when I discovered the newly installed flags, so I wonder if someone removed another flag or banner which was placed there? At least both American flags are still intact.
I hiked my way up to the road between East and West Peaks and walked the road down. Along the way, I ran into a number of other hikers out before the rain. Whether they planned it that way, I don't know.
The rain began just as I reached the north end of Merimere Reservoir at 9:20AM.
By the time I reached the south end of the reservoir, a steady rain was falling and you could barely see Castle Craig through the low hanging rain clouds.
Done with my appointed rounds, I dropped of my (mail) bag of litter for the week.
While this three-day holiday weekend's weather may suck for outside activities, spending it inside relaxin' with a good book is not a bad consolation prize. I've got mine; have you got yours?
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