Wow, this was a HUGE success today. Although I was the only one from
, we had a lot of volunteers from many different clubs come out and help. I was unaware that this was an annual event, and this year was the 17th annual SOLV clean-up.
The weather was outstanding all day.
We split into different groups in morning all working on different sites. We headed back down the highway and north on 26 to a place called Wolf Creek.
Site #1: We managed to find 3 tires and rims, one chest freezer, a garbage can, 8 contactor bags full of discarded bathroom tiles
mad
, and several bags of trash.
Site #2: We spent most of the time picking up shell casings and blown apart electronics. I was pretty surprised what 15 minutes did to the site. You couldn't even tell a gun was ever fired.
This was a very nice FJ62 complete with a diesel (1HZ?) too.
I slacked off on the pictures the rest of the day. We made it to 3 more sites and managed to pick up numerous bags of trash, a dishwasher 100ft down a bank, some more tires, and a 14ft camper that was stripped of it's frame. I think in total we had about 25 bags of trash, maybe more.
On the way back to offload the junk we collected, I had a little issue.
My drivers side rear drum started to squeal going down the highway (65mph), and when I pressed the brakes the pedal went to the floor. Not a good feeling, fortunately I have a manual and was able to downshift and pull over. I took the tire off and pulled the drum to find the adjuster, and spring laying on the drum.
After reconnecting the spring, and adjusting the shoes the brakes felt fine. I'm going to check them again, but hopefully it was a one time freak accident. Just gives me more of a reason to do a disc conversion though.