Items on the beach overnight

[Smiling JOe]

peapod,

I'll work on the snorkel equipment for you. Mostly just saw garbage yesterday, other than all the tent/chair crap which was left overnight.

That shoe pic was taken on Saturday morning of this past week, after JDarg cleaned the beach for her guests. I assumed it was one of the many abandoned shoes which had been found on the beach and placed at the boardwalk.

Yes, I know what you mean about it being strange that people leave this crap out on the beach overnight. I think the problem is that the crap is fairly cheap, when compared to the total cost of the vacation, and people don't really care if something comes up missing. Just wait until twenty chairs of one group, are taken. Then, the 'ole red flag goes up. "Damn, we shouldn't have left them out here."

 

[Smiling JOe]

I feel your pain..SJ. Here at Miramar, it is just as bad.
I cannot imagine what makes a person arrive at a beautiful beach, sit and enjoy the ambiance for hours, then get up and leave a trail of garbage all the way to their car.
There is a disconnect somewhere..maybe, like just about everything these days, they think the beach is one-time-use disposable.:angry: Sheesh...

A kingdom for a handful of red tags...palease!

I did see plenty of cheap plastic crap, left as garbage (small shovels, buckets, etc), however, what I saw on the beach, in the water line was in front of Grayton Beach SP, west of GB, and it was not the usual stuff. Some examples of what I saw: empty bag of potting soil, plant container, three latex industrial strength gloves, small bits of plastic, piece of a laundry basket, cheese slice wrappers, balloon string and deflated balloon, and many undetermined pieces of garbage. It was almost as though a few very garbage bags full of scavenged beach garbage had broken open and flooded the beach.

Back in front of Grayton Beach, there was so much cheap-plastic-beach-crap trash that it was rather disturbing. Keep in mind that the Sun had not set just yet, but I guarantee you that the stuff I saw, wasn't going to be collected by the owners. Seeing all of that trash on what would otherwise be a beautiful walk, makes me really dislike the disrespectful people who trash the place. If I had my choice, I'd sentence them all to a chain gang, collecting garbage from hwy 98 roadside in the heat of Aug, for 30 days.

I realize that I'm probably preaching to the choir on this board, but I say, stay at home if you are a trashy kind of person. We don't want you here!

 

[Smiling JOe]

As far as items at County/TDC accesses, they are being removed this week also. This means kayaks and anything attached to the boardwalks also so if you "had" a kayak at a County beach access, it is probably no longer there.

They cannot get here soon enough.

Do you know if these salvageable items will be available for cheap purchase from the County, by people other than the original disrespectful owners? Could be a good way to help fund the people's salaries who have to clean up the crap.

 

[Cheering472]

They cannot get here soon enough.

Do you know if these salvageable items will be available for cheap purchase from the County, by people other than the original disrespectful owners? Could be a good way to help fund the people's salaries who have to clean up the crap.

I was gonna suggest that too, a big yard sale or police auction type thing makes great sense.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I was gonna suggest that too, a big yard sale or police auction type thing makes great sense.

My suggestion for the sale, would be to have the sale about two weeks after the taking, after the original disrespectful owners leave town, assuming they are visiting people who are here for only a week. I know there are locals who do this stuff too, but right now, the weekly tourists are the perma-tenters.

 

[BeachSiO2]

They cannot get here soon enough.

Do you know if these salvageable items will be available for cheap purchase from the County, by people other than the original disrespectful owners? Could be a good way to help fund the people's salaries who have to clean up the crap.

I am pretty sure it will not. The reason being is that many of the items will be picked up with the trash and to get it into the truck, it will have to be squished, cut, dismantled, etc. If not, there would be even MORE trucks up and down the beach which is a whole other issue, not to mention more people to work with some getting trash and others getting the beach items. The sheer volume of items will not make it feasible. I am not sure about the kayaks though.

On another note, all of the tags have a "remove by" date on them so if you see something that has an "expired" remove date it will be taken that day so go get 'em!

 

[Smiling JOe]

I am pretty sure it will not. The reason being is that many of the items will be picked up with the trash and to get it into the truck, it will have to be squished, cut, dismantled, etc. If not, there would be even MORE trucks up and down the beach which is a whole other issue, not to mention more people to work with some getting trash and others getting the beach items. The sheer volume of items will not make it feasible. I am not sure about the kayaks though.

On another note, all of the tags have a "remove by" date on them so if you see something that has an "expired" remove date it will be taken that day so go get 'em!

That makes sense to me, but put me down for first dibs on any kayaks or paddles. They cannot crush them in with the garbage. ;-)

 

[BeachSiO2]

That makes sense to me, but put me down for first dibs on any kayaks or paddles. They cannot crush them in with the garbage. ;-)

The kayaks will be the interesting part, as I could use one too!;-)

 

[BlueMtnBeachVagrant]

The kayaks will be the interesting part, as I could use one too!;-)

All joking aside, if I were the owner of a kayak that was chained to a walkover, well away from the main beach, I would be REALLY PISSED if 2 days later (instead of 24 hours) I decided to go back to the beach and find my kayak gone.

If TDC is removing these items with no "NOTICE" of this policy posted at the walkovers, I would think they could be held liable for "theft" of private property. IF not, then they should be accused of using VERY POOR judgement.... somewhat negates the emerald coast beach advertising I've been seeing on Fox News lately.

I understand the tent city thingy and other beach junk left in the MIDDLE of the beach, but one's (relatively expensive) kayak chained to a walkover is another matter. Don't bother trying to convince me otherwise.

This is my pet peeve with TDC... all these stinkin' rules, yet they pick and choose what they post at the accesses (including the private property issue, BTW). Then we all wonder why tourists get upset when they "break the law" without even knowing they did.

For that matter, did TDC ever post the "remove it or lose it" on the TDC web site? Try it: http://www.beachesofsouthwalton.com
Then search for "rules" or "policy" or "remove". Nothing.
--edit: They do have the rules posted - http://beachesofsouthwalton.com/FAQRemoveItOrLoseIt.pdf

 

[Smiling JOe]

BMBV, out of curiosity, what would you think about a big inflatable jumping platform which was tied to State Park "no tresspassing" and "keep off the dunes" signs?