Back On Track

 Visit #1589, Sunday March 26, 10:35AM-1:25PM, 4.1 miles, 13.1 lbs. of litter.

Temps in the low 40s, cloudy with rain developing beginning early Monday morning.

With much of this winter's snow melted, it was time to address some graffiti which I noticed late last year on the I-691 underpass. I had been itching to get to it for months!

At that time, temps were too cold to paint over it. Conditions today were right to do so before Monday's rain.

Thanks to our detail oriented graffiti artist, you'll notice they dated the year of their work on the leftmost bridge piling. That assured me I wasn't off my game and missed seeing it for a lengthy period of time.

Reaching the site required going through numerous thorn bushes. I had expected this but didn't want to clear my path as I went, which would just make it easier for the next vandal, so I endured and left the growth untouched.

Good thing I checked my gray paint supply earlier this week. I didn't think I would have enough to complete the job so I bought a new can.

Looks nice and tidy if you ask me.

That took all of 45 minutes including the trip to and fro. I dropped off my paint and supplies, removed my coveralls, and started my regular hike.

Up at the water treatment plant I found a couple bags of trash left at the gate. Looking at the contents from the outside of the bags it didn't look like typical litter so I'm not sure whether there's a duplicate of me roaming the park.

A pleasant surprise: the camping gear I removed from Mine Island on a cold day back in January is gone. One fewer tasks for me.

Reaching the I-691 walkbridge I found six instances of this graffiti, which I removed. Much easier than the bridge pilings.

And here are this week's sticker entries on the fence post at the south end of the walkbridge, prior to my removal.

On the trail back to the parking lot I found Lee's medical admission bracelet. Identifying information has been redacted; it's just like The Epstein Files!

Back at the playscape parking lot, the garbage can was overflowing with trash. There's no way I was going to add to that pile, so I took it all home for Monday's trash pickup.