I like Georgia and South Carolina. They have prisoners clean up the trash. Love seeing those striped shirts along the highways. Chain gangs are alive and well in the deep south.
Tom Nagy On 10 Nov 2004 at 5:27, nvrockhounds wrote: > > > > Yup, sounds like you were in California, when you should have been on > the East Coast, no way would it take a half million to clean-up the > rusty junque. Since you didn't try to stay around other people, can I > ask why? Dogs? Drinking problems? Did you ask Leonard or anyone else > where to park? > > Where are you camped now? Go up to Rice, CA and stay on the old > airfield slabs, there, not that far back to Parker, AZ or Blythe, CA, > and you will be by yourself for the most part. > > > Millie > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fred Stevens K2FRD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > With all due respect to those who are fond of the Slabs, but > I spent 2 1/2 weeks there last month (Oct) and found the entire place > to be trashed with a lot more than beer cans and stray bags of > garbage. Burned out RVs, trailers, busses, and vehicles; abandoned > junker and junked RVs and vehicles partially stripped for parts; on > the main corner is a junk yard with a mostly disassembled mobile home > with someone living in it; old used tires, piles of garbage, > incinerated piles of garbage, huge bonfire-sized burn pits, broken > glass (ubiquitous) add to the visual and physical detraction of the > area. I drove around looking for a site which wouldn't require > extensive cleaning, even way out in the "outback" BLM area and found > many or most of the sites to be unusable or even dangerous to park > (note - I looked around the perimeter areas rather than in the central > parts which might be better). I finally settled on a site next to the > canal where it took me several days to clean it up to make it livable; > for some of the garbage, I dug a pit and buried it while for some of > the other junk (including parts of a metal desk, parts of an RV stove, > parts of an RV furnace, larger plastic gas cans, fence wire, to name > some of the identifiable stuff) I just concentrated it in a pile off > to one side out of the way. > > I understand some people bought the > Slabs a few years ago with the intent of developing it or otherwise > capitalizing on it, but it failed for lack of clean-up money. Whether > this is true or not, I've worked as a consultant to land developers > for site preparation and I roughly calculate it would require one-half > to a million dollars to clean up the Slabs. This is not inclusive of > the adjacent BLM property. > > While I definitely see the attraction > of Slab City with its quietness (Marine munitions not withstanding), > open skies, comradery, and freebie cost, I was turned off by the > environmental degradation of the site. Hell, I drove 3000 miles to get > there. I shall not return. > > At 2:02 +0000 10/11/2004, trapczar2002 > wrote: > >Coalbunny I have to agree with you although I have not > traveled to > >the slabs or to other places in the south I have picked > up my share > >of trash !! It never seems to fail that at some of my > favorite places > >there are beer cans, broken bottles and other trash > that has to be > >cleaned up !Some of it of course can be burned but I > always bring > >back more than what I took ! My friends and I have > filled a pickup > >truck and driven it 50 miles just to be able to > dump it at a dump or > >at a bin site ! Yes some may say are you nuts > but we think that it is > >a small price to pay to keep our kids and > others safe and the place > >nice ! Perhaps it was the Boy Scouts and > all that it taught me that > >makes me this way ,I complain and moan > while I get a garbage bag and > >my gloves and go to work ! I know > there are lots out there who think > >the same and I guess it is up to > us to keep things as pristine as > >possible !! Chuck > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register > anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~- > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To reply to this message, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/post?act=reply&messageNum=7492 Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
