The alarm goes off around 5:15 AM on Monday mornings at our house during the summer. Why? Because we are dedicated sea turtle volunteers and we must get to the beach to walk our zone just in case a mother turtle came to lay her eggs while we were sleeping. We always have hope, but this morning was not to be….
It doesn't matter to us; because it is always nice to start the work week off with a beautiful WB sunrise, even if we don't find a new nest. The sunrises are always a little different, but never dull. This morning was cloudy, but the sun still managed to glimpse a peek at this new day. It was as if the Sun was letting everything and everyone know that it was still there and to not worry about a little cloudiness…..
As far as litter goes---it is generally the same. Unlike nests, we never doubt we will find it and we always do!
Here are our finds for today:
10 cigarette butts
64 food wrappers or pieces of wrappers (12 of which are straw sleeves from juice pouches)
14 plastic bottle caps
2 metal bottle caps
7 plastic lids
25 straws/stirrers
6 plastic beverage bottles
1 aluminum can
2 plastic grocery bags
4 other plastic bags
4 plastic cups
4 foam cups
1 piece of rope
1 piece of fishing buoy
1 PVC fishing pole holder
1 balloon
1 cigar tip
7 fireworks & then the packaging
7 foam pieces
25 plastic pieces
22 other plastic/foam packaging
4 cigarette packaging wrap
2 chap sticks
2 hair ties
4 bandaids
2 mismatched socks
16 toys
1 boogie board
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| John with his reusable bag filled with beach debris |
1 bar of surf wax
1 surf board leash
4 sunglasses
5 shoes
2 baby wipes
1 tube of suncreen
1 can of spray sunscreen
3 zipties
Every Monday, we usually run into Rick, who also picks up trash. Rick is not a KIC volunteer, but he is in our book! He says he walks zone 4 most every morning! Thank you Rick for caring and for putting that "caring" into "action"!
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| John and Rick clean the beach. |
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| Gigi will get to play with the tennis ball you see here. She is a happy girl! |
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