Some unusual items which I have found along the highway

I found some marijuana in Minnetonka once. I didn't know what it was so I called the local police as the DOT advises.

Another time some of us found a mattress. On another occasion a wallet was found with $100 in it. There was a driver license in it and the guy loaded my Caribou Coffee Card for twenty bucks for returning it to him.

Highway 169 has a lot of traffic and so there are plenty of accidents along the road. The biggest pieces are taken away at the time of the accident but there will always be pieces of broken plastic to pick up.

Last year I found a good German camera. I have no idea who it belongs to, so I am claiming it as a discarded item.

The DOT advises pickers not to handle hazardous chemicals and to avoid poisonous weeds.

The rule is that if you find something that you want to keep along the roadway you may keep it. It's nearly all trash.

Be sure to participate in the trash picking activities. Call Norman Teigen at 612-750-9101.