Have You Ever Visited A State Park? Did You Take A "Small" Momento?

A rock,flower,?? for a keepsake, just to prove that you've been there?

Have You Ever Visited A State Park? Did You Take A "Small" Momento?
Sand in my bathing suit. I didn't want it, it wanted ME! I would not display sand in my a-- for anyone!
Reply:take photographs as a " small memento " since these prove one has been there better than destroying Mother Nature for others.
Reply:I took sand from a Florida beach once. And shells all the time. In Michigan there are beaches on Lake Superior with really GREAT stones and rocks and signs that tell you NOT to take them. If caught they "may" prosecute.
Reply:I have visited many State Parks and never deliberately brought home anything. , although ,one time I did pick up little memento and also learned why they tell you to stay on the trail. A total body case of POISON IVY .

That was two weeks I'll never forget.
Reply:The first time I saw the Atlantic Ocean, I walked along the beach %26amp; put some sand in a little ziploc baggie, to keep as a momento.
Reply:I visited a place called Rainbow Beach in Queensland Australia and the sand there was truly in every colour you could imagine! (red, pink, blue, green, white, yellow). It was breath takingly beautiful. There are signs posted all over that removing sand from the beach was not permitted. I was devestated as I have collected sand from every beach I have been on since I was a kid! I must admit I was tempted.......I only wanted a sampling of each colour........enough to layer in, and fill a spice sized bottle.......but I didn't. A few days later I found a small bottle of Rainbow Beach sand in a Souvenier Shop and paid $7 for it!! Who knows how they got authorization to snitch it!! I still wonder if I was wrong to buy it!
Reply:I brought home a small smooth river rock from Alaska. It was from a stream at the edge of Denali Park. Am I bad?
Reply:Just a few little rocks and pine cones.
Reply:CRS''
Reply:We have visited a few State and National Parks. I took one rock. It was shaped like a heart. That is the only thing I have like that. We bought our rocks at Crazy Horse Memorial. Usually we just purchase a small magnet or something of that sort.
Reply:no i treat parks like the trusted neighbor lot next door -- leave it like you found it!!!
Reply:Unfortunately in ignorance I took fauna and rocks. I quit when I found out it was illegal.
Reply:Yes I visit them often. No I don't take anything away with me.
Reply:I've been to many state parks and National Parks. No, I never took anything. If I wanted a memento I took pictures and / or bought souvenirs
Reply:No, my friend used to ... till she forgot which park she got it from, .... tis a bit strange, almost as strange as people who buy boxes of mud from their teams footy ground! though i do collect shells from the seaside... the interesting ones, but like my friend i never remember where i got them from but they make lovely necklaces and bracelets as well as birthday cards :D
Reply:no not me
Reply:tempting but no. i just take lots and lots of pictures.
Reply:I absolutely love hiking. I enjoy the world that God created and I am careful about my care of it.



In many of the places I have been there are plastic water bottles, cigarette butts, food wrappers and garbage left behind by those who visit.



When we hike we always take a bag and gather garbage as we go. These momentos are then put in the garbage recepticals that are usually present at the hike entrance.



What I leave behind are my footprints.



There are many places that even if 1/10th of the people took a "momento" of a rock or flower it could change the shape and foilage over the long term. I take plenty of pictures.



Please consider--one small thing adds up to a lot if everyone did it.
Reply:All the time, no, I don't take a momento only pictures.
Reply:I guess I've been guilty of taking an interesting rock off the beach there. Not often, nor much.

We live within a mile of a nice state park, and I never take anything much except the brochures they put out, telling people when the next lessons or classes will be. They teach things about the Great Lakes, and wildlife of the area.
Reply:iwent to shiloh,mouse tail landin and afew others,nope,they ain't got nothing i want
Reply:I've been to MANY state parks ... and I love the plants and the rocks. No, I hve never taken a 'small' memento, and I taught my children to 'enjoy, and take pictures' but not to 'disturb the land' because we LIVE ON THE LAND and the land has rights and even feelings, too.
Reply:Yep. I have some interesting rocks in my garden and I can tell you what state and special area each one came from.
Reply:In Death Valley State Park, we dug up a bunch of cacti.I didn't know at the time you wern't allowed to.They did really well in my yard near San Francisco, and neighbors also got pieces from mine, so in the long run, they did better than in the wild.
Reply:Kris L you hit it on the head, could not have articulated better. Thank you.. I agree and I would like to add, I think it is wrong to take things from our state parks and ruin or alter the natural beauty and stop others from having the pleasure of enjoying it also
Reply:No usually had a decal on the motor home showing where we had traveled to and the pictures and movies taken of the landscape(s)
Reply:Guilty! I'm also a rock person, but I only take small rocks usually no larger than a quarter from state parks.,,,,
Reply:I believe that is against the law, and no I didn't.