EXIT RAMP FROM ROUTE 8 TO WATERLOO ROAD

As soon as I got off work tonight, I headed back over to the exit ramp from Route 8 to Waterloo Road.  Here is the picture I posted yesterday.

I cleaned the sidewalk and the field before I ventured down into this drain hole.  Ick!  The hill was slippery, and the people in the cars waiting at the light were watching me.   

I could feel them watching me!

I just stayed focused on not falling down, picking up one piece at a time, filling my bucket, then climbing the hill to dump it in my trash bag.

There were two Keep Akron Beautiful bags in this mess.  Sometimes, Keep Akron Beautiful drops off a few bags for the panhandlers, and I think they offer to pay them if they pick up the trash around their corner.  (Obviously, they didn't like that idea.  That would be too much like a job.)

I got it all done.  There's still more trash along the ramp itself, but I'm really proud of the way it looks now.  And even more proud I didn't fall.

I only picked up 901 pieces, but it was hard.  There were so many plastic bags tangled in the trees, buried in the dirt.  I found a few glass bottles, but they were not broken.  Yay!

I filled one of the Keep Akron Beautiful bags and then I piled my 45-gallon construction bag on top.  What a sight that must have been to cars driving by!

I managed to get it all back to my car without tipping over, and threw everything in the dumpster at the park.

I still have the ramp, under the bridge and the entrance ramp to clean, so I'm far from done with this area.  I'll be back here tomorrow.

This morning, I took my dogs for a walk, and for a change, we went a different way.  I saw new trash.  So after the dogs were finished, I went back and picked up 1,295 pieces of trash on Aster, the main street running through Firestone Park.

I stopped by "A Walk In The Park Cafe," and met the owner.  Later, I stopped by the Firestone Park Branch Library and left a message for Sylvia, the Branch Manager, that I cleaned all around the library.  She will be happy about that.  She's a lovely person.

As I drove home on Aster tonight, even though it was almost dark, I couldn't believe how nice it looks.  It's sparkling clean!  

I think a street with no litter looks loved.