New wardrobe

Monday afternoon I was thinking about going to get that microwave I saw in a ravine north of the 327 James I. Rice Playground but I didn't make it that far.  Instead I went down the side of a hill just south of the playground to a spot on the river that I had started cleaning a few weeks back.  Heavy wet jackets, pants and the usual assortment of bottles, cigarette packages, styrofoam cups, water bottles, hot sauce packets.  I find a tremendous number of hot sauce packets along the river.  By the time I climbed up I was kind of tired and the trash can was several hundred feet away.  I decided to call the city 311 number instead which is what you call if you have a problem that is only 34% as problematic as a 911 emergency.  They connected me to the Park and Rec department. I explained my problem and I asked if they could send someone over to haul this stuff away and possibly look for that microwave.  The guy I spoke to was very nice and suggested I sign up to be an "official" volunteer.  (I might but I don't like to be supervised!) The problem with stuff along the river's edge is that it might not technically be park property so who is responsible for cleaning it. We are fortunate to have many parks in Minneapolis but only so many dollars and workers to take care of that much property.