Sandy the Eco-Warrior

Ah-hem... Sandy Bear here, out for another hike. And... here's the thing I've started noticing... as humans come out of quarantine... they like to go for hikes as well but...

The amount of trash that they leave in the woods is getting to be ridiculous!

Here we have some weird flavour of Coke bottle... I can tell it's a weird flavour because it has a purple stripe on it. And this was only 30 feet from the parking lot and a trash can!!

And then there are the coffee cups... and their plastic lids... Also 30 feet from a trash can.

So... this little bear has had enough. I have recruited my human and we are now picking up any trash that we see in the woods... in two bags... one for cans/bottles (which have a $0.10 deposit on them) and then one for garbage. I have negotiated with Mama and I will get to keep the deposit money from all bottles/cans and that can go in my treasure chest. Beanie Mouse finds tonnes of change on the pavement in his town but... I really only hike in the woods where I find no coins... but bottles/cans... that works for me!

So... here we are... err... what happened to my face?

Ah-hem... here we are... Eco-Sandy is on a mission... to clean up the forests!

It sure is pretty here early in the morning.

And voila... a waterfall... This is the one I was telling you about in the previous adventure... that seems to be connected to the dry reservoir... well... the water is flowing here for sure!

Oh look, someone left a mega-jumbo marker here... pour quoi?? 

That counts as trash in my books... will have to see if it still writes...

Good grief... 

See!!! There's the exit to the reservoir! And it is definitely dry... just like the reservoir.

I think they don't use the reservoir anymore cause of earthquake risk or something...

Sooo.. at this point, I have a bag of garbage already...

And a pretty good haul of cans and bottles.

But this is not a job for those weak of stomach... seriously...

Do you want to see something super gross?? Mama picked up one beer can and it felt heavy so she turned it upside down to pour out the rest of the beer but... there was hardly any in it... but there was stuff in the can and after much shaking... out came...

WARNING!

SERIOUSLY GROSS!!!

Three semi-dissolved slugs...

See... seriously gross...

Anyhow... them's the dangers of the trade I guess...

Along the way... I found some red huckleberries!!

See... they are moderately yummy... not as good as the black or blue huckleberries/blueberries but will do in a pinch.

And the Oregon Grape is ripening as well... they are meh for eating but quite yummy as a jelly.

That's it for now... Sandy Bear, Eco-Warrior signing off... Hmmm... I like that... Eco-Warrior... I could use a cape to go with that title... Maybe a Halloween costume... hmmmm...