May 2nd is the third scheduled date for Hwy 169 picking

We have made good progress over the past two weekends with willing helpers. I want to invite all to participate this Saturday.

We will meet at 8:45 AM at the Caribou Coffee at Bren Road and Hwy 169.

Hope to see you there.

Forecast is for rain

The local forecast is not looking so good for Saturday, April 25th. If it is raining at 9AM we will not pick.

Who wants to get wet picking up trash?

The make-up date will be the following Saturday, May 2nd.

Adopt-A-Highway

Thanks to a very hard-working crew of trash pickers. This is the Bethany Lutheran College Friends group picking up trash on Highway 169 in Hopkins MN.

Getting in shape

I tested my legs during the past several days. I picked trash along Smetana in Minnetonka. Water from along this place runs into Nine Mile Creek.

My spirit was willing, but my legs were weak.

I don't expect that anyone will be able to endure the whole pick. If we have enough people, we can allow everyone to take a short time at the work. We have 20 vests for the job but over 200 bags.

I would think that the bag supply would last for a little while into the summer.

Tomorrow is the day

It's cloudy this morning in Hopkins. No rain is predicted until late Saturday afternoon.

Preparations have been made. The DOT has given me 200 bags. The DOT will be sweeping the highway on Monday so this section of Highway 169 should be looking pretty perky.

There is a lot of trash to be collected.

It probably can't be completely picked tomorrow so the work will continue on the next three Saturdays.

Bring gloves.

Let's have some fun while we pick up the trash.

April 18th is getting closer

Today would have been a good day for picking up trash along the highway. I don't have a sense of Saturday's weather quite yet. Of course if it's pouring rain we won't pick.

I am not sure of the number of pickers. I am going to go to the DOT garage in Eden Prairie and tell them that I expect to have forty pickers.

Yesterday Rob Kihn came over. Rob is a member of King of Grace and his daughter is a Bethany student. Judy came along with us. I had printed a Google map of the site. We drove over the site so that Rob and Judy could see it first hand and at close range.

We have a plan worked out that should make the work go smoothly.

If a person can't make it on the 18th, there are still 3 more Saturdays to follow.

April 18th is only ten days away

The response has been very good. There will be a very good crew on hand to help with the work.

Sarah Harstad advises that the Alumni Board will meet at the Caribou on the 18th and then adjourn to help with the picking. While the Board meets the rest of us can get started with the work.

It will be great fun. Please call me at 612-750-9101. I need to order a vest for everyone from the DOT.