April 26th was the annual DeSoto Ranger District Cleanup, a big effort by volunteers to pick up trash at the many recreational sites in DeSoto National Forest. Dozens of people organized into teams at different locations work together to restore the natural beauty that some have chosen to treat like a garbage dump. Niece Bethany was our team leader, and our group cleaned the boat launch area at City Bridge on Red Creek. We also canoed down the creek and picked up as much trash as practical, though cleanup from a canoe can be a precarious task at times. ML and I worked together and had a good time, but my knee injury decreased my mobility and made a lot of my efforts painful.
A misunderstanding about our canoe take-out point and some nasty thunderstorms in the area made the mission potentially miserable, but luck was on our side and Bethany used her local connections with camp owners on the creek to get us out of the storms and back to our cars safely. The canoes and johnboat had to be towed out of the forest for 3 miles over slick mud trails. This was quite an effort and may have been the only time I will ever be thankful for an ATV being on hand.
A misunderstanding about our canoe take-out point and some nasty thunderstorms in the area made the mission potentially miserable, but luck was on our side and Bethany used her local connections with camp owners on the creek to get us out of the storms and back to our cars safely. The canoes and johnboat had to be towed out of the forest for 3 miles over slick mud trails. This was quite an effort and may have been the only time I will ever be thankful for an ATV being on hand.
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