A collection of fun things seen while biking around
This is my new favorite picture of my bike: It’s got (almost:) all the essentials for a happy stasia: lupine, playing the role of nature my bike and burley, playing the role of human-powered adventure and, of course, mostly-blue skies, sunshine, and open road, playing themselves. And yes. I really …
Speaking of hauling. Why haul one bike up the stairs when you could take two?? :) By the way, if you’ve never been over the staircase that crosses the SE railroad tracks on SE Lafayette St, I heartily recommend it. Most falling-apart-feeling pedestrian bridge ever:)
For those of you who don’t know, Vera Katz was the first woman Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives as well as mayor of Portland from 1993-2005. Since 2003 there’s been a statue of her sitting along the side of the Eastbank Esplanade: There are often various additions to …
When you bike over the Lewis and Clark Bridge that I mentioned in the last post, you might see something like this to the west side of it: (so much evidence of logging!) It’s a “complicated industry,” I say, because while the sight off all these used-to-be trees makes me …
