So everyone who was supposed to go cancelled for Cypress Point so I was hell bend and determined to go there today either with someone or solo. Robert and Sopel managed to run away from home and join me so I didn't go off and do something silly on my own.
Now I contemplated whether to write this up in our private area but decided there are a couple things that I do want public and don't care about the reaction they get.
On the way up Sylvester and the gravel trail heading into the East Stave area we were witness to the fines examples of asinine human behaviour, these people deserve an award. You could find anything from bottles, cans, old computers, appliances, burnt up cars (which were all shot up), spent shot gun shells, gun cartridges, etc on the road, the off shoots, any area big enough to turn a vehicle around in and bushes.
Why is that the people, such as myself, who were not born here care more about this country and it's natural beauty then the morons that were born and raised here and have no respect for it what so ever? We have all seen this time and time again at Harrison Lake, Stave Lake, Eagle Ridge, any place close to the city. What the hell is wrong with these twits? I am curious if when these people get home they s*** on their dining room table, because there really isn't a large difference between the two.
There are firing ranges for this, of course that costs money and is the proper way of doing things. We found similar stuff the last time we were at Roche Lake, closer to the North tip of the park, we found 3 smashed, shot up, driven over, burnt up cars there too. Is this some lovely mix of lack of education and anger management or is it something even dumber?
Rant over, maybe some of these guys will be bright enough one day to point their shot guns the wrong way and solve that issue for us.
Back to the trip....We arrived by Kenyon Lake and on the way there picked up a stray 4runner that tagged along with us, a couple of guys with a dog that were out exploring the area and figured it would be better to follow us for a bit as opposed to going solo. Since we didn't mind we went on the trail on the East side of Kenyon, the one that goes around the lake and has been forgotten by time. Once again another fun little drive through creek beds, largely overgrown with branches, and ending in just shrubs that won the battle over regaining the ground. There is a very nice view from there though that looks over the entire lake and is worth a trip. Once we turned around we headed back and to the camp spot, and all the way down to the beach, which due to recent rain was fun. Robert broke his winch cable after getting stuck and we had to pull him back to take a different line but all was good. You guys did a great job on the site, shame it's so small though and no real places for those of us that sleep in the trucks, but a awesome lake regardless and a beautiful view. While having lunch, several ATV guys came and went on 2 occasions, we talked a bit to them and may have found another Cruiser buyer. The site was luckily fairly clean, a couple minor things here and there which we picked up. The way out was more interesting, between the 4runner and the ATVs the trail to the lake was messed up a bit more and the mud thicker and deeper. I got out after some arguing with a tree stump and a rock, Sopel on the other hand had larger issues. None of us aired down for this trip, which didn't help, and the difference between Mud and All Terrains was clear. Sopel used his winch a lot and some chainsaw time was spent with a nasty stump. We finally got back to the turn off for Cypress around 16:00, which was a little too late to go exploring so we never did it and headed back home. Passing by the finest display of upstanding citizens firing off their rifles and shotguns at vicious and dangerous cans, fridges, and other miscellaneous metal scraps. At least no matter what we do on our trips we pick up everything and clean it up before we leave.
I almost don't even want to go back into that area anymore and have to look at the mess or the people who are causing it.
Now I contemplated whether to write this up in our private area but decided there are a couple things that I do want public and don't care about the reaction they get.
On the way up Sylvester and the gravel trail heading into the East Stave area we were witness to the fines examples of asinine human behaviour, these people deserve an award. You could find anything from bottles, cans, old computers, appliances, burnt up cars (which were all shot up), spent shot gun shells, gun cartridges, etc on the road, the off shoots, any area big enough to turn a vehicle around in and bushes.
Why is that the people, such as myself, who were not born here care more about this country and it's natural beauty then the morons that were born and raised here and have no respect for it what so ever? We have all seen this time and time again at Harrison Lake, Stave Lake, Eagle Ridge, any place close to the city. What the hell is wrong with these twits? I am curious if when these people get home they s*** on their dining room table, because there really isn't a large difference between the two.
There are firing ranges for this, of course that costs money and is the proper way of doing things. We found similar stuff the last time we were at Roche Lake, closer to the North tip of the park, we found 3 smashed, shot up, driven over, burnt up cars there too. Is this some lovely mix of lack of education and anger management or is it something even dumber?
Rant over, maybe some of these guys will be bright enough one day to point their shot guns the wrong way and solve that issue for us.
Back to the trip....We arrived by Kenyon Lake and on the way there picked up a stray 4runner that tagged along with us, a couple of guys with a dog that were out exploring the area and figured it would be better to follow us for a bit as opposed to going solo. Since we didn't mind we went on the trail on the East side of Kenyon, the one that goes around the lake and has been forgotten by time. Once again another fun little drive through creek beds, largely overgrown with branches, and ending in just shrubs that won the battle over regaining the ground. There is a very nice view from there though that looks over the entire lake and is worth a trip. Once we turned around we headed back and to the camp spot, and all the way down to the beach, which due to recent rain was fun. Robert broke his winch cable after getting stuck and we had to pull him back to take a different line but all was good. You guys did a great job on the site, shame it's so small though and no real places for those of us that sleep in the trucks, but a awesome lake regardless and a beautiful view. While having lunch, several ATV guys came and went on 2 occasions, we talked a bit to them and may have found another Cruiser buyer. The site was luckily fairly clean, a couple minor things here and there which we picked up. The way out was more interesting, between the 4runner and the ATVs the trail to the lake was messed up a bit more and the mud thicker and deeper. I got out after some arguing with a tree stump and a rock, Sopel on the other hand had larger issues. None of us aired down for this trip, which didn't help, and the difference between Mud and All Terrains was clear. Sopel used his winch a lot and some chainsaw time was spent with a nasty stump. We finally got back to the turn off for Cypress around 16:00, which was a little too late to go exploring so we never did it and headed back home. Passing by the finest display of upstanding citizens firing off their rifles and shotguns at vicious and dangerous cans, fridges, and other miscellaneous metal scraps. At least no matter what we do on our trips we pick up everything and clean it up before we leave.
I almost don't even want to go back into that area anymore and have to look at the mess or the people who are causing it.
