Enjoying a walk in the park

[davidwilford]

After spending an hour and a half yesterday afternoon going through a dump truck’s worth of garbage looking for my bag of tunes at the Waste Management facility on Broadway in NE Minneapolis and not finding it, it was nice to enjoy a beautiful evening at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis listening to some live music too. As I smelled of garbage I decided not to eat at the Sea Salt restaurant though. There's a lot of water flowing in Minnehaha Creek right now thanks to recent rains so the falls are pretty spectacular and naturally I took a video. Enjoy.

Comments

[minnehaha]

So sorry about the tunes, but wow am I impressed that you dug for it. I was at the park last week looking for things in bloom. The lower part of the creek is backed up because the river is so full, too. It's pretty flooded.

K. [of the Minnehaha K.s]

[davidwilford]

I even had help from two Waste Management guys picking through it all, as well as a guy running a dozer who spread it all out on the floor. I did find things like Bozo Bus flyers in the mix, so I knew it came from the hotel at least. It was my only chance to find my bag so I decided I had to try at least.

[minnehaha]

This past winter I thought I had thrifted my library books! The thrift store has a whole process for this, with forms and everything. It apparently happens pretty often. I am not surprised that the trash haulers also have a process.

Turns out, my library books had been moved by someone who is not me. I just had to pay fines for late returns.

K.

[minnehaha]

What a scene. Did you take pictures?

K.

[davidwilford]

No pictures, but it looked a lot like the garbage compactor scene in Star Wars, especially after one of the sorting conveyors nearby started spilling plastic bottles down. Lots of broken glass too, but they gave me gloves that were sharps-proof to use, thankfully, along with a hard-hat, safety glasses, and a safety vest.