LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Beer-can bonus season

Dear Editor,

I try to walk a mile a day, but it’s difficult when winter is technically over and the thermometer disagrees. About now, however, when roadside snow melts for good, beer cans tossed from cars in winter magically reappear after sleeping unseen for months. My route, in the conservancy on North Bayshore, must be just far enough from town to suck down a beer and toss the can. Who tosses ‘em? I don’t care. Each can is a dime in my pocket.

This year’s winter must have kept the can-count down. As of last week, I’d collected only 60 cents’ worth. But some snow remained, and in yesterday’s sunny thaw I added two Bud Lights, a Miller Lite, and a Leinenkugel. I saw another can out beyond the remnant snow but left it for later. It’ll round me up to an even $1 for the year. My best all-time spring totaled $3.10, and in decades of doing this I’ve probably redeemed enough for dinner at Pearl’s.
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To all who toss ‘em out, I say, “Thanks, guys. Come back next year.”

Graydon DeCamp,
Elk Rapids

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