Dumpster in the park

Hello,

I heard a bit of noise at the dumpster north of us. A van was pulled up and there were several people out by it. Because of the distance it was difficult to say what they were doing. Could someone come to the state park to dispose of their garbage?
After a bit the old rusty van moved down to the next dumpster south of us. Three girls, the oldest might have been 13, came slowly walking past. Then their father yelled, “The last one here goes in.”

The girls picked up the pace for the rest of the walk to the dumpster. The man picked up one of the girls and put her in the dumpster. She started throwing out garbage bags. What can they find of value in the campgrounds? They seemed to be getting the cans because clinking as they put them in another bag. Iowa has a five cent bottle deposit.

What a way to get money. Just a little bit at a time. If I were one of those girls I would have hated doing this. It would have been hard for others to see me do this. But at least they were getting money in a legal even though unsavory manner. Leroy and I do not drink anything from cans so we could contribute to their haul.
Who knows maybe they did not really need the money, but just did it for the challenge. After all, our former car was rusty, but we have enough money. But maybe others thought differently when they looked at the car.

Paula