Adrian Peterson-Hwy 62-Nine Mile Creek Adopt A Highway

#28 for the Vikings, Adrian Peterson, was ticketed the other night for going 128 mph. He was stopped on Hwy 62 at Gleason Road. I always knew that people went pretty fast on this stretch of highway, where trash is picked by Nine Mile Creek CAC volunteers, but this is ridiculous.

The 2009 trash picking season is over in Minnesota but the trash is still coming

I haven't been out on the highway for about a month now. The weather in October wasn't good. November weather has been much better. New light poles have been put up in around the Hwy 169 and 62 intersection in suburban Minneapolis. Construction crews have been over almost every piece of that ground and the ground looks pretty clean.

Of course, there is always trash to pick but it can wait until the Spring. I have picked three bags from three different walks. I live on 11th Av S in Hopkins and when I walk to the Caribou in Edina I walk on 11th, Smetana, and Opportunity Ct. I figure that I might as well pick up trash on my way. I have placed the three bags away from the street for pick up next year. I don't want to take a chance that Minnetonka won't be able to pick up these bags before we are hit with a sudden snowstorm. It's that time of the year for sudden snowstorms.

2009 trash picking season is over - Adopt-a-Highway

October has been a bad month to pick up trash . On the 3rd it rained, on the 10th it snowed, and on the 17th ice was over everything.

Trash picking activities will resume in April 2010.

Snow today - trash picking postponed until October 17th

Yesterday there was frost on the pumpkin and today there is snow on the ground. Picking is postponed for another week. Let's meet on Saturday, October 17th.

It's Adopt-A-Highway, not Adopt-A-River

We were picking trash on Hwy 371 in Crow Wing County Minnesota. I looked over the highway bridge and saw that a dock section had washed downstream on the Nokasippi and was caught up. Shoot, you don't see that everyday.

October 10, 2009 Adopt-A-Highway Minnesota

The rain on Saturday kept some volunteers at home and that is to be expected. A second round is scheduled for Saturday, October 10th.

The Cass County site, Hwy 64 (mm 24-26) was picked on Monday of this week. About 95% of the trash in this rural site was jetsam. My impression is that in the metro, the trash mix is about fifty-fifty between flotsam and jetsam.

There is currently no Adopt-A-Highway program in Crow Wing County. I will begin a campaign for the county to adopt such a program and secured the name of one of the county commissioners and I will start there. Cass County has an Adopt-A-Highway program and so should Crow Wing County.

Adopt-A-Highway Minnesota October 3, 2009 rainy day

It's dark and rainy at 7:25 AM. If the rain continues we will have to re-schedule. We can pick it up again next Saturday, October 10th. Come to the 'Bou at Bren Rd and 169 anyway and we can visit. How 'bout those Twins? And how 'bout them Vikes? And how 'bout that Bret Fave?