The person who continues to defile the trails by painting rocks and writing on trees will experience a broken heart.
At the beginning of March, I mentioned this trail problem and said it would be the only time I would present updates to you.
I have changed my mind.
Visit #1470, Sunday 17 March 24, 6:55-9:25AM, 5.0 miles, 6.7 lbs. of litter.
Temps in the 40s, cloudy.
By keeping you updated on this person's activity, perhaps I can bring pressure or action to stop this vandal or get them help for their psychological problems.
Like Jack Reacher, I've done this before (1:27 in the video).
Hang on for the ride. Here's a sample of what I've found recently.
Rest assured; I cover over or remove whatever I find.
Kind of ironic since this person is painting the trees themselves.
This tree has repeatedly seen such artwork; they even bother to replace the nails I remove. Strange obsession.
During last week's hike, I found that Hubbard Park's current serial vandal has taken to unsanctioned, unattractive marking of a trail.
I planned to hike this trail on Sunday and cover these marks.
To reach the trail, I had to cross the brook which was knee deep in rushing water last week.
What a difference a week makes!
Hiking the trail and covering the white circles with camoflage paint, I forgot to take After photos.
By my count, I PAINTED OVER 176 OF THOSE WHITE CIRCLES.
Also found along that trail today were two fallen trees. I will remove them in the next two weeks.
Also today, I found Season of the Missing Glove 2023/24 Entries #7 and 8.
This week I also found garden variety graffiti and stickers, all of which I removed.
The slightly blurry sticker refers to Zenleaf, a marijuana store with a branch in Meriden. Another hiker commented to me the smell of marijuana is now commonplace in Hubbard Park.
I also performed some garden variety trail maintenance, trimming back this brush which was leaning into the trail.
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