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Bay Trail Alphabet
Walking the Bay Trail, I started noticing little numbers, letters, hand-scrawled signs, all sorts of written communications along the way, in addition to a variety of lost or discarded objects.
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I couldn't help but think that one day, these markings and objects might be excavated by some team in the distant future; and perhaps they will ponder over the meanings of such items.
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Urban Bay Trail Alphabet
(based on objects spotted)
A - Apple Core
B - Broken glass, Bottle cap, Bolt, Bead
C - Cardboard box, Couch, Chair, CD, Cigarette butts
D - Drink cup, Dog waste
E - Electrical cord, Envelope
F - French fries
H - Hubcap
I - Indian statue, Ice chest
K - Key
L - Latex glove
M - Map
N - Nail, Nut
O - Onion ring
P - Pencil, Pen, Penny
Q - Q-Tip
R - Rubber glove
T - Toothbrush, Tire, Transformer
U - Umbrella
V - Vanity mirror
W - Wrench, Wingnut, Wrapper
X - "X" (roman numeral 10)
Y - Yellow (do not enter/crime scene) tape
Z - Zebra head sign
Rural Bay Trail Alphabet
(based on objects spotted)
A - Acorn
B - Bay leaf, Beer bottle, Banana peel, Barbed wire, Bicycle parts, Bead
C - Couch, Chair, CD, Caribiner, Cow, Cigarette butts, Corn
E - Electrical cord
F - Fence post, Frog, Fox
G - Gardening Gloves, Glass, Gu packet, Goat, Graffiti
G - Gardening Gloves, Glass, Gu packet, Goat, Graffiti
H - Hubcap, Hammer, Hearing Aide (broken)
I - Ice chest
J - Jam lid
K - Key
L - Lizard
M - Mouse
N - Nut shells, NRA sticker
P - Pool chalk
Q - Quail
R - Rubber spider
S - Snake, Sunglasses, Skunk, Scissors (old)
T - Tire, Turkey, Transformer, Tractor, Turkey vulture, Television
U - Undershirt
V - Volvo logo (from a car)
W - Wrench, Wingnut, Washer
X -
Y - Yellow (crime scene) tape
Z -
Conclusions So Far:
- There aren't that many differences between these two lists.
- I've not found any rural areas without letters, numbers, signs, and objects left behind by people
- While there are signs about disappearing species of mice and birds; other man-made items, such as broken beer bottles, are still thriving in the Bay Area.
- Small signs, hand-written notes, and stencil art are little communications I see when walking that I would miss in a car.