Thwarted......

It's Earth Day 2019 and it's a nice day in Port. My plan was to take a few garbage bags and walk our north beach to pick up trash. I did it last year, and while a small effort, it did make me feel good. It was amazing just how much crap people toss along the edge of our beautiful Lake Michigan.

So....I put on my light jacket, grabbed a few bags and my rubber gloves, gave Fenway a cookie so he would be a good boy....and off I went. Across the park past the band shell, around the water treatment facility...admiring the lake as I walked, watching the birds....feeling good.

Until I rounded the corner.....and found there is NO beach. The water level is even higher than last year and waves lapped at the tree line. There was no way to walk along the beach at all. Sigh. My good intentions.....

Feeling just a bit frustrated I walked up the wooden staircase to the top of the bluff and down the road to our condo. Along the way I did pick up a bunch of cans and plastic cups and some miscellaneous paper/plastic stuff. It amazes me how many people pay for coffee at Starbucks and then just toss the cups out the car window. It amazes me that people just roll down the window and let stuff fly....how lazy, how uncaring.....how inconsiderate of this planet we call home.

Earth Day 2019.....I didn't do as much as I wanted....but I did a little bit and I reached half of my daily steps goal!