River Cleanup

The Friends of the Falls held their sixth annual river cleanup today. I signed up as a cyclist and brought my trailer in case there was something sizable to haul to the pickup point. I ended up hauling the rusted remains of a couple of barrels.


Josh, our team leader, gives us our safety briefing.


Jon hit the mother lode. You can't see them very well but he also has a full bag of garbage (white) and a full bag of recycleables (blue) hanging off the back of his bike.


There was a contest for the oddest items. Someone found a sex toy that, from the size of it, would have been appropriate for an elephant. It was huge! How does something like that end up in the Spokane River? I'm sure there's a story there.

The "toy" was left in the blue bag to maintain some propriety. I entertained myself for a while by watching people check out the contest entries. "What's in the bag--Oh my gosh!"

Good work for a good cause. Doing it again next year.