3/13/11, Route 31 Southbound, between circle and Search Avenue, #25 & #26

The following morning, Julie and I were back to clean up the opposite side of Route 31.  Julie started around the parking lot of the liquor store while I, thinking ahead this time, walked to Search Avenue so I wouldn't have to walk as far with a full bag at the end of my pickup.  The plan was for Julie to quickly finish the parking lot and then meet me halfway down Route 31.  

Mother Nature does her part to make the world a more
beautiful place, even when we treat her disrespectfully.

That didn't quite work.  Julie found so much trash in and around the parking lot that her bag was too full to join me.  My own bag was very heavy and bursting at the seams.  Much of the trash was smashed into the slope of the yards along the shoulder, probably pushed there by snowplows.  This resulted in a lot of muddy, waterlogged drink containers, plus the usual debris.  Those mini liquor bottles seem to be a big hit, as do the mini 5 hour energy shots. One would think that the recipient of all that energy would have the ability to walk or run or fly to some sort of trash receptacle.  But that's just me thinking out loud.

Julie found it very curious that there was a 24 pack of empty beers in the parking lot, neatly put back into their container.  Obviously the person who drained the bottles was a bit of a neatnik, seeing as they were all organized.  I wonder if it nagged at that person's conscience to leave all of that trash in the parking lot instead of putting it where it belonged, in a recycling container?