You don't have to travel far to have an adventure. Today, I visited my local recycling center, better known as CARTM, Community Action Recycling Team of Manzanita, just 2 miles from my cottage on the Oregon Coast. What a fun time I had rummaging through all the junk in the outdoor dumping site, lots of good stuff for making art.
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The check out counter |
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Get a load of this amazing mosaic made out of found objects at the recycling center. I had a great time perusing through all the stuff and admiring the clever recycled art in the this mini-gallery. |
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These two characters greeted me at the entrance |
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I grew up in a family who repeatedly said this! |
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Isn't this a great quote? |
At the end of my adventure looking through all the "junk" at CARTM, I fell into the recycled bathtub
sofa in the back corner reading nook, and settled down to read. Not a bad place at all, considering all the delightful old books there as well. I'd add this to any travel book on the Oregon Coast, as a place to go for those who like to take the "road less traveled" and discover treasure!