Doing a little work, finding a little loot!

Today was the kind of day you hear people refer to as the perfect Summer scenario. Low humidity, plenty of sunshine and temperatures that were delightful, if only every day could be like this!

In between our money hunting adventures we did find time to do some much needed work around the house. Today it was staining the front deck. We had done the back deck about 3 weeks ago with a slick tool made especially for this task. It’s similar to a paint gun but works through gravity and flows out to a wide pad that spreads the stain evenly and efficiently. Needless to say, it was a snap and only took us 45 minutes from start to finish. Now all we need to do is wait 48 hours for it to completely dry and we’re good to go.

On the money front we found 66 cents and 117 bottles today.

Not wanting to waste the day, Michele and I jumped on the bikes in search of treasure. On our way we found a couple of yard sales but we didn’t really find anything useful. It wasn’t long on the ride though before we had our first coin find, a dime on Harris Street. After that, we found 2 pennies at the Depot. Then we finished it off with 3 pennies, 1 at Cumberland Farms and 2 on Main Street. Earlier in the morning Michele was out with the Lexi and scored 3 pennies on her walk and one nice looking marble that we added to the marble jar.

On our evening walk, we started out with 2 pennies at the rite aid parking and one at the Sunoco station. Then we picked up 2 dimes at the High School parking lot. Heading north on Main Street we snagged a nickel and 5 more pennies. On the way home we found 2 more pennies at the skateboard park and one on Rankin Street. The final dime came from the Car Wash.

As far as the bottles go, many of them came from the Mousam trail. There’s a party spot on the other side of the river where the locals frequent quite often. We picked 60 or so there and rest came from a number of places. I probably could have picked up another 10 or 15 on the bike ride but we’d already filled the bags and dropped them off at the house. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

Last, but certainly not least was the discovery of some baseball cards randomly deposited on the streets of Springvale and Sanford. The scan above give you a sample of those we found along the way.

Now it’s a time for a little dunkin donuts hazelnut coffee!

Over and Out!

Money totals for 2006 - 111.99
Money totals since Jan. 2005 - 229.34

Bottle and can totals for 2006 - 7044 - 352.20
Bottle and can totals since Jan. 2005 - 17,066 - 853.30