The dump

Part of Battle Mountain

This week we went to the dump to get rid of some packing boxes and packing paper. It is behind a lower ridge of Battle Mountain proper and we see it from where we hunt rabbit a few miles from the house. From the house we see the front with a giant BM on it. They do that in all the towns around here. It is on the far left of the lower ridge, or Piedmont, of the above picture. This was taken on one of my walks with Buddy.
I was driving and trying to be cautious because, like so many roads around here, it is dirt. This freakin' dump truck was behind me and gaining so I had to speed up. It was like a monster chasing us. When we got to the gate he passed us. First rude driver I encountered so far so not bad. The sign at the entrance was so funny. It listed various items that they would take and the cost. It listed animal carcasses with small being $5 and large bein $10. Never saw that before.

So a woman works at the gate and explained that it is basically free unless you are dumping construction materials. Now, thats a county at work. Our taxes pay for the service and we don't have to pay extra. The down side is that they recycle nothing here. Glass, aluminum, metal, plastic, paper all go in the garbage. I can't get used to it and still rinse everything and put it in separate bags. Even though I know it is going to the same place it makes me feel better. I guess if you really want to recycle you have to drive to California with your stuff.

Joe was so excited that we could drive right to the dump pile. When we passed the metal pile he saw 3 or 4 things he would have taken to make some redneck thing out of. Thank goodness I was there and the signs said no scavenging. I'm sure he will eventually come home with someone else's shit. He already has 3 5 gallon buckets he found on the side of the road. I caught him in action here. And wouldn't you know it. The damn dump truck finished just after us and chased me out of the dump. The speed limit is 25 and I was go 40 and he was gaining on me, jerk.