Happy Independence Day! Saya and I went and worked the Kite Lake TH for LDBc on the 3rd and 4th. There were 55 cars on Friday and 71 cars on Sat. Rainy and cold on Fri and sunny, windy, and colder on Sat.
On Friday, there were 4 tents camped directly behind the no camping sign (east side of lot) and 2 cars parked in front of the "do not park in front of the fee station" sign. Several people on Friday were not really interested in paying the $3. We were wearing rain gear and covering our CFI patches. Sat, however, we must have looked more official, because everyone who had not already paid, saw us, turned around and went to pay. Some people asked if they could pay us and we showed them where to go instead.
I created an information booth, by using a card table, some printouts with "Did You Know" facts, and the LNT cards. My DYK facts included LDB facts, who we were with and LNT, CFI, and dog info. I put them in clear plastic sheet protectors (Target sells them cheap). Day 1 they got soaked from the rain and some were ruined and would not stick to the table. A solution to this problem that we are considering is using velcro squares to adhere the paper to the table. Day 2 was much better. We placed the table at the start of the trail, which basically forced every person to walk past. Some tried to pretend we were not there, but the majority stopped, looked, and it was so easy to engage from there.
One two-some helped us out while they were hiking. They saw a larger group going off trail and they yelled to them that the trail was over there. The group went back on the trail.
Byron
4th of July
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