A few months ago, I joined a Pliking Group. They (we) go to trails and clean them up. Trim them back sometimes, and generally just make sure they’re presentable.
On Saturday we hit up some trails in downtown Ogden. Filled 4 large trash bags between my friend and me, then filled three smaller bags with aluminum cans. Found a plethora of homeless places. We learned that if they look recently used, you leave them alone, but if they’re really overrun or obviously abandoned, gather it all up and they’ll throw it away.
We had a few deep conversations, some laughs, and fun experiences as we navigated the dirty, filthy, and interesting junk along the trail. I think everyone in the group enjoyed doing this small service for the city, and it left the trail pretty cleaned up for fall.
Here are a few pictures form the outing. We were picking up trash a lot more than we were taking pictures or “hiking” but it was still really enjoyable and fulfilling to participate.
A curvy bench 
Park Bench, didn’t have time to walk around to the front 
Loved this hollow tree 
Took a picture twice 
Ca-razy roots! 
More ca-razy roots! 
Looking up, great bark 
I forget what this is called, but I liked the contrasts 
We spent a lot of time under here, SO MUCH TRASH! 
I jumped up over the wall, and filled my bag 
Ducks (bad lens for ducks, but I tried) 
Really cool moss under the water 
Moss under the water 
Half Milf, cracked us up 
The underpass of trash 
I’ve always liked this arch 
More old tree curves, and bark 
Felt like I was looking up this tree’s skirt 
Curvy goodness 
This little part of the river was so pretty 
About the beginning of our trash cleanup 
Beavers much? 
Berries 
And more berries 
And more berries 
I parked right by here, this was the start
