Rock park gets a cleanup!

As I was rolling in to work today, I made my normal departure from the river path at Rock park.  I was greeted by a nice sight....a clean up crew.

I've seen the "chain gang" cleanup crew along the river path before and it seems like a great program.  Even though it's a little weird to see someone in the classic black and white stripes of a 1950's era prison outfit. 

 Rock park definitely needed some serious attention too.  It had weeds that were 3 feet high and so dense in places you couldn't even walk up the path to the bus stop!  Hopefully, they'll get it cleaned up and make return trips periodically!

Jailbirds and bicycles, a good combination!

Sorry, I'm sure the politically correct term is convicts.  Either way they're on the river path and it's a good thing!  Late last week when riding back from the 4th street meeting I was surprised to see two guys in black and white striped jump suits near the old Wells Ave. underpass.  I did pause for a minute wondering if a detour was in order but I figured a bicycle isn't the current getaway vehicle of choice.  Turns out it was an old fashion work crew and they were cleaning up trash along the river! 

You can's see them very well in the crappy cell phone picture but they had a sizable amount of debris gathered up.  I can't believe this type of resource isn't out there every day.  This is the perfect job for low level offenders and it would keep Reno looking like the city it deserves to be!