Smokey
05-25-2009, 01:59 AM
I went down to the North Saskatchewan south of Spruce Grove the past three weekends to have a picnic and fishing. Last weekend I got there on the Friday for May Long and there was 8 tents of youngins' setting up for a broohaha of a weekend. I was once young and I'd be a hypocrite if I said I was perfect. So I was giving the youngins' the benifit of the doubt. I was polite and smiled and BS'd with them. I knew that what they were doing was probably illegal but I figured if they respected others well I was not going to say BOO. Well I went back there yesterday and the garbage those yahoos left was atrocious. I have never understood why people go to the river to enjoy God's beautiful earth and then dump their crap everywhere. There was garbage and litter everywhere, beer cans, food, cans, it was plain gross. My assumption is that someone with more sense then me said to them, pack up your junk cause I am taking down license plates, and am going to phone the RCMP. Cause they left tent bags, chair bags, a tarp and a couple other items. It was like they left in a hurray. I could not pick up the items, but next time there I will clean up the general area. Next time I am there I promise to write down license numbers of these young brats, and say move your butts in ten minutes. This spot has become a safe haven for people to hot box, leave garbage, and test out their rear shocks.
I wish I could understand why people are so lazy to leave the garbage. To me if you are some sorta self professed lover of the outdoors, and you leave crap, your a joke. I am not against a occasional cold one, but why has camping become lets get bombed with a campfire, and leave junk everywhere. Very outdoorsy, these kids are lucky that there is not much chance of a bear out there, cause if they were in the real woods, a 800 pound grizzly would of probably looked for some lunch and said "hi hooyadoo" Ive learned my lesson, things will be different next time.
If you see kids being stupid down there please report them. Its unfortunate that people have realized this is safe place for stupidity. Ive gone there for years, and word has gotten around that this is great place to endulge in a selfish manner, cause the amount of kids that are going there has grown exponentially. I guess the gravel pits are getting too full. There are so many kids there all of the sudden because they realize that can get away with this type of behavior. (Man I am getting old)
I wish I could understand why people are so lazy to leave the garbage. To me if you are some sorta self professed lover of the outdoors, and you leave crap, your a joke. I am not against a occasional cold one, but why has camping become lets get bombed with a campfire, and leave junk everywhere. Very outdoorsy, these kids are lucky that there is not much chance of a bear out there, cause if they were in the real woods, a 800 pound grizzly would of probably looked for some lunch and said "hi hooyadoo" Ive learned my lesson, things will be different next time.
If you see kids being stupid down there please report them. Its unfortunate that people have realized this is safe place for stupidity. Ive gone there for years, and word has gotten around that this is great place to endulge in a selfish manner, cause the amount of kids that are going there has grown exponentially. I guess the gravel pits are getting too full. There are so many kids there all of the sudden because they realize that can get away with this type of behavior. (Man I am getting old)