Over the Fence Part II

Last spring I went over the guard rail to this little area between the Hennepin Bridge and the Third Avenue Bridge. In the spring part of it was still underwater so I couldn't work on the far end.  There's a blue barrel over to the left pinned into the corner of tree debris.  That will probably be there until someone shoves it back out into the river and it makes its way into the lock and dam.

                   

That's the old Post Office up there on the other side of the guard rail.  Once you're over the fence there is a little path that someone has worked to clear out.  I brought two large garbage sacks with me but after 30 minutes decided I wasn't going to finish and stopped after I filled up the one bag.  There was the usual stuff plus sunglasses, fishing lures, a baseball, and an old radio.

The garbage is thick down here.  

The thing that I find interesting about this spot is that tourists come here from downtown to look at the river. I see them look at the river and then look down to the garbage.  They look horrified and probably a bit surprised.  Maybe expecting better from Minnesota.  We can spend $$$ on the new Viking's stadium just a few blocks away but can't seem to clean up our own riverfront.

Back up through the clearing.  Enough for one walk.