LOOK AT THE STUFF I FOUND TONIGHT!!!

 

I had three areas on my list for tonight.  The first was Wilbeth Road, from Route 8 to Arlington (very far!)  The second was Waterloo & Main.  The third was the exit ramp from Route 8 to Wilbeth Road.

When I drove by the exit ramp, it was CLEAN!  There are two full bags sitting there.  I wonder if someone saw me and thought, "I can do that too!"  Thank you so much, whoever did that! 

When I got to the first area, I saw a woman and a little boy struggling with a MASSIVE canvas bag of trash (in the field behind them.)  They would take two steps and stop.  Take two steps and stop.

I hurried up and got my trash cart over to them, and I helped them put it on my trash can.  

I don't think she knew what to think.  (She was very grateful.)

I found crazy stuff tonight.  

Look at this laptop thrown in the weeds!  

I know I should have put in an electronics recycling bin, but I don't have time to figure out how to do that.  It went into the dumpster.

And look at this! I found four Mercedes-Benz floor mats, also in the weeds!  They are in good condition.  

I started to throw them in the dumpster, but I decided not to.  No idea what I'll do with them.  I'll probably throw them away, but not quite yet.

(Now I just need a Mercedes-Benz to go with my floor mats!) 

And I found a toaster oven between the road and the sidewalk.  

Who throws an appliance on the ground thinking the trash truck will pick it up.  

(Guess what?  They won't!)

And this is a crazy story!  I was all the way to Arlington, cleaning the parking lot of the pizza place, and I heard a loud noise like glass breaking.  

There was a guy backing up.  He heard it too.  So he pulled forward and ran over it again!  Then he backed up, and ran over it a third time!  

OMG!  I just stood there and watched.  He rolled his window down and said, "Was that glass?"  I just shook my head.  And he drove off.  I wonder if he gave any thought at all to who was going to clean that mess up?

Luckily, I always have my broom and dustpan attached to my trash cart, and I swept it all up before anybody else ran over it.

And later, I found a tequila box in the road at Virginia & Wilbeth. 

When I see these boxes, I start looking for the liquor bottle.  It's always pretty close by, and I try to find it before it gets smashed.

Sure enough, I found it!  

I was almost back to my car, and I saw this big U-shaped piece of metal on the side of the road.  It was so heavy, my trash grabber couldn't lift it, so I waited until the cars went by and stepped onto the road and picked it up.

I wonder what it was and how it got there.  That could have done serious damage if it was hit right.

I was out four hours, and I walked four miles.  I picked up 4,925 pieces of trash.  And I'm tired.

I was in the parking lot where my car was waiting for me, and I saw what looked like a white trash bag near the grass.  I thought I better pick that up because the parking lot was clean, so I walked over there, and . . .  

It wasn't a trash bag!  It was a kitty cat!  

Usually wild cats run from me, but this one loved me!  If it would have jumped into my car, I would have brought it home, but it took off when I started my engine.

What a great day!