Humber River. October 2011
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I rigged up a fishing net and a plastic bag to the the HMS iAyeFloat this morning and paddled off down the river in search of trash. Look what I found!!
That's not the half of it (or the quarter, or an even tinier fraction) I'm afraid.
This was my first time out there, trash collecting and I only scratched the surfacest of surfaces. For one thing, I had to practice my trash-collecting M.O. I bought the fishing net specially for this purpose and it's a matter of paddling up to a piece of garbage, and snagging it without losing the paddle or getting too much mud in the boat or (GROSS!!!) on me.
For another thing, since I have an inflatable boat, I have to be careful about getting too close to shore in some spots, for fear of punctures. But all in all, I'd say it's a pretty good haul for the first time.
It's hard to know how much more I'll be able to do this year as the river freezes over during the winter, but I fully intend to continue with this little project next year.
In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving to you, Humber River!!