I think I made a good dent in the litter on the "Felipe to Marguerite, Marguerite to Oso, Oso to Felipe" circuit. Today, I thought I'd cross Oso and pick up on either side of Felipe for about a half mile North of Oso.
I was about half way through when a wonderful lady stopped to thank me. How nice was that? You know, so far, only two or three people have even acknowledged that they felt I was doing a good turn, but this was the first time anyone actually thanked me. I said, "That's sweet of you, but if you really want to thank me, perhaps you'll join me, instead. Since you are obviously an exercise walker as well, why not go over to the Denault's True Value hardware store by Pavilions and pick up a trash grabbler for $8 and start walking with a bag in your hand. Then you can just pick up a little each day... I mean you're going to be out there anyway, right?. Maybe if people see both of us doing it, each on our own, it will start them thinking more seriously about what it could mean for our city to get more people involved."
We parted with her thanking me again and promising to speak to her association about getting more people there to do it as well. I think I may have at least doubled the manpower on the Trash-Walker project... Well, at least I had a very pleasant conversation :)
Today was good.
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